Working paper № 69 / 2022
Working paper № 69 / 2022
The working paper explores the factors that predetermined the Western switch from divergence to convergence in the 2020s along with the key features of the commenced consolidation within the ranks of the Collective West. Is current Western unity incidental or strategic? Is it transient or long-standing? How much do the interests of the major power centers of the Collective West diverge? How likely is this unity to extend to subsequent engagement...
Current geopolitical trends
The Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the UK (2011-2019) Alexander Yakovenko specially for Forpost highlighted the main, current today geopolitical trends. Deglobalization, the second wave of decolonization,...
... becomes an instrument for ensuring the collective interests of its participants, but a factor in diplomatic interaction between them, writes Valdai Club Programme Director
Timofei Bordachev
.
The continuation of the military-diplomatic clash between Russia and Western countries led by the United States raises questions for us, the answers of which seemed obvious until quite recently. Among them is the problem of such phenomena as permanent alliances and allied relations. It is no secret to anyone ...
While Xi Jinping may respect the legitimacy of Russia’s actions to protect its national interests and security in the face of external forces, he has a greater interest in having a bird’s eye view of China’s greatest costs of war
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States ...
On September 22, 2022, Werner Almhofer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Russia, and Ambassador Martin Sajdik, Special Advisor for Eastern Europe to the Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, visited Russian International Affairs Council
On September 22, 2022, Werner Almhofer, Ambassador ...
... transport blockade. Furthermore, the national political system must be capable of ensuring a normal flow of social activities as well as of protecting the vital interests from a wide range of challenges and threats. The Arctic accounts for a third of Russia’s entire territory and,
according to Russian President
Vladimir Putin, new Arctic and northern territories will be attached to Russia in the decades to come.
Expansion in the Arctic
Natalia Viakhireva:
On Pause: Dialogue with Russia in the ...
On September 21, 2022, at the Residence of Egypt Ambassador to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of foreign diplomats, including Alison LeClaire, Ambassador of Canada; Gilles Beschoor Plug, Ambassador of the Netherlands; Madalena Fischer, Ambassador of Portugal; and Krystyna ...
Washington is not interested in establishing peace and tranquility in Ukraine
Hours after Russian President
Vladimir Putin
ushered in a new phase to the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine with a partial nationwide military mobilization, his longtime top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, spoke with
Newsweek
Senior Foreign ...
... freedom. Unlike the majority of Soviet and pre-revolutionary leaders, who died either in power or as a result of losing it, Gorbachev lived a long and comfortable life after leaving his post. However, he still remains probably the most tragic figure among Russian leaders. A vigorous orchestrator of long overdue reforms, he eventually lost control over them and failed to prevent a quick and inevitable catastrophe.
When studying the experience of Gorbachev’s leadership, people are tempted to suggest what ...
Agreements on certain problems slightly increase the chances of the parties returning to the negotiating table
Tougher stances
It has been almost half a year since the end of March 2022, when the Istanbul round of Russian-Ukrainian talks took place. At that time, it seemed that the outlines of future agreements to end the Ukrainian conflict
were beginning to emerge
. Unfortunately, the parties are now further away from a compromise than they were in Istanbul. ...
