Interview for Gateway House
Russia, the founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), has been hit by Western sanctions on its energy exports and financial system. Still,
Ivan Timofeev
, Director of Programs at the Russian International Affairs Council, sees new ...
... a hybrid format in Riga.
The meeting was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Nuclear Threat Initiative, European Leadership Network, and the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Russian International Affairs Council has been participating in Riga Dialogue summit since 2015. This conference addressed the issues of the future of relations between Russia and NATO, the fate of the OSCE and other pan-European institutions, EU anti-Russian ...
... representatives of the company and financial partner institutions from North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. The briefing focused on the international political and geo-economic consequences of the crisis in relations between Russia and the West, the dynamics of Russia-China relations, instability issues in the post-Soviet space, India's place in the Eurasian integration processes, the future of the SCO and BRICS, and other topical issues in world politics.
Discussion focused on prospects for closer Russia — India collaboration, especially on the economic front
On September 16
th
, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a meeting with Dr Dalbir Singh, National Secretary, All India Congress Committee, and Member of the Supreme Advisory ...
... situation where Vladimir Putin, or even one of his likely successors, would willingly sacrifice the country’s sovereignty and independence, even for the sake of promoting cooperation with China
Whenever I read another Western report on the prospects of Russian-Chinese relations, the old children’s fairy tale
Little Red Riding Hood
involuntary springs to my mind. In this well-known story, a little girl walks through a dense forest to bring cakes to her sick grandmother, unexpectedly stumbling upon ...
On September 13, 2022, with the assistance of the Japanese Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held another online briefing for a group of Japanese international affairs experts on topical issues of Russian foreign policy and the development of the world order against the backdrop of unfolding regional ...
On September 13, 2022, after a summer break, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations resumed its work, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states.
On September 13, 2022, after a summer break, a regular online international expert ...
In fact, the sellers’ market is being changed into the buyers’ market by artificial political methods rather than for economic reasons
G7 countries are working hard to coordinate a sanctions regime to cap prices on Russian oil and oil products. The United States is already drafting a mechanism for applying these sanctions, which its allies and partners will use as a guideline. The new sanctions in the form of legal arrangements are expected to be formalised very ...
Russia must propose a new agenda: a project to establish a union of states stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok
As the fighting in Ukraine rages on, people continue to die, and infrastructure is being destroyed. This means that the time has come to ...
What to do?
After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, a “sanctions storm” hit Russia; more sanctions were imposed against Russia in a few months than against Iran in decades. But a catastrophe did not take place, and the stage of stabilization came.
Indeed, almost all the weapons in the sanctions arsenal were used one after another: ...