... based in countries recognized as having committed armed aggression against Ukraine. This creates legal grounds to prosecute and dissolve parishes and dioceses of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate solely because of their canonical communion with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), even though the Council of the UOC proclaimed the “full autonomy and independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church” on May 27, 2022. The law does not directly mandate the dissolution of the UOC, but only because it does ...
The decision was long overdue and is a response to reckless agression from Washington
Updating Russia’s nuclear doctrine is certainly not a spontaneous step. It is long overdue and is linked to the fact that the current level of atomic deterrence has proven inadequate. Especially given that it failed to prevent the West from waging a hybrid war ...
... resolve the contradictions impeding the new world order’s formation.
In the fall of 2024, such an understanding is in need of correction.
First,
regarding nuclear weapons. It is not that they have ceased to function as a deterrent. Their possession by Russia, China—and to some extent Israel—does deter those states’ adversaries from actions that they would likely otherwise take to achieve success. But the Ukraine conflict has forced the world to reconsider the limits of nuclear deterrence, i.e....
Changing Russia’s demographics, shifts in the global trade structure, and transition to the post-information society resulting from the fourth industrial revolution
When in February 2022 Moscow launched its special military operation in Ukraine, most experts—Russian ...
Multipolarity, Economic globalization, and International order
Sino-Russian international cooperation revolves around a number of core concepts, among which multipolarity, globalization, and international order-building occupy a prominent place. The consensus between the two countries on these concepts constitutes an ...
The Gateway House Podcast
On-ground realities and political dynamics have shifted in the Russia-Ukraine war, with the latter’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, even as there is a push for peace from multiple quarters. Ivan Timofeev, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council discusses Russia’s perception of the ...
... political chapter under the leadership of Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first female president and a key figure in the ruling Morena party, questions arise about how Mexico’s foreign relations will evolve—particularly with global powers like Russia. Historically, Mexico’s approach to Russia has been one of pragmatic non-alignment, seeking to maintain diplomatic ties while navigating complex geopolitical dynamics. With Sheinbaum at the helm, could we see a shift in Mexico-Russia relations?...
... soil) remains a driver of these threats and risks. Furthermore, the current geopolitical turbulence, coupled with Afghanistan’s strategic geographic location, offers a high potential for the country to be used as a stage for a global conflict between Russia and the U.S. with its allies, between the U.S. and China, or between Iran and the collective West.
Russian-Chinese Strategic Cooperation to Ensure Security in Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal. RIAC Report
In the present circumstances, the ...
... Sustainable Development, Creating Common Home”
On September 21–22, 2024 Xian (China) hosted an International Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Think Tanks “Promoting Sustainable Development, Creating Common Home”. The Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Science organized the event together with the Institute of Central Asian Studies of the Shaanxi Xueqian Normal University as we as with the China University of Petroleum. The forum ...
... Corridor reveal Tehran's displeasure with Moscow over the project, which connects Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan region to Azerbaijan proper through Armenian territory. Tehran focuses on one of the clauses of the international agreements signed by Armenia with Russia and Azerbaijan that ended the Second Karabakh War in late 2020, while turning a blind eye to other activities that pose a greater threat to its national security, such as the frequent joint military exercises between Washington and Yerevan, and ...
