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Forming a strategic partnership between Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali: prerequisites and outlook The foreign ministers of the three West African states—Olivia Rouamba (Burkina Faso), Morissanda Kouyaté (Guinea) and Abdoulaye Diop (Mali)—made a joint statement on February 9, 2023 during their meeting in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The principal message of their statement ...
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects. Two sessions of the round table were devoted to the issues ...
... with a real prospect of civil war, which could indefinitely postpone the transit of power to the civilian government, turning Sudan into one of the hottest spots in the world for many years to come. What caused the current conflict Nikita Panin: When Africa Is Just Around the Corner The current armed escalation of Sudan’s internal political crisis has been triggered by a delay with the signing of a political agreement to form a civilian government and initiate a new transitional phase towards elections....
The reality is less rosy for Paris than the Elysée Palace wants to present In the last winter days of 2023, French president Emmanuel Macron held a large press conference where he heralded a postcolonial “new era” in Franco-African relations. This statement was made on the eve of the French leader’s second tour to several local countries in recent months, with the intention to set the tone both for the trip and for France’s regional strategy for the coming years. In ...
Russia’s Foreign Policy Aspirations on the Eve of the Summit On January 23, 2022, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was embarking on a new tour of Africa. During the week, the high-ranking Russian delegation paid a visit to several countries on the continent: South Africa being the traditional “mainstay” of Russia’s foreign policy in Africa, the continent’s smallest kingdom of Eswatini, ...
The bet on Africa may be justified, and Russia will be able to significantly expand its niche on the continent Russia has chosen the Politics First course, in which economic preferences are a natural consequence of successful political cooperation. This approach ...
On September 8, 2022, RIAC hosted a meeting with Amama Mbabazi, Chairman of the African Global Security Fund (AGSF), and Jean-Yves Ollivier, AGSF Deputy Chair. On September 8, 2022, RIAC hosted a meeting with Amama Mbabazi, Chairman of the African Global Security Fund (AGSF), and Jean-Yves Ollivier, AGSF Deputy Chair. Amama Mbabazi ...
... of the existing regional free trade agreements of the Global South may prove to be the most effective operational framework. Such an approach may allow for an integration among all of the main three pan-continental platforms of the developing world: Africa + Latin America + Asia/Eurasia. Accordingly, one possible abbreviation for the Global South FTA could be “Triple AAA FTA” that denotes the tripartite alliance between the developing economies of Africa, America and Asia. In terms of sequencing,...
In Africa, Moscow is moving from “flexible geometry” toward agile and parallel dialogue structures, which entails nuanced and subtle work Since the early days of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the diplomacy of the Сollective West ...
On June 23, 2022, RIAC, together with Africa Business Initiative, held a strategic session on the new prospects for cooperation and honest communication between Russia and Africa On June 23, 2022, RIAC, together with Africa Business Initiative, held a strategic session on the new prospects ...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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