Has the situation on the Korean Peninsula become more dangerous, and how should Russia proceed given these circumstances?
Throughout 2024, the two Korean states have fundamentally changed their positions on Korean unification and their relations with each other. A new situation has emerged on the Korean Peninsula that affects the ...
Damascus and Ankara sharing more and more interests
The leaders of Syria and Turkey have recently made frequent public declarations of their readiness to start the process of normalizing bilateral relations soon, with Russia as a mediator. Syrian President Bashar Assad, while receiving Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev on June 26, 2024, acknowledged that he viewed the reconciliation positively. In turn, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
... indicate India’s desire to take a more proactive position in European affairs, or does it show how India’s policy of strategic autonomy has reached its limits following Modi’s warm reception in Moscow on June 8?
Alexey Kupriyanov:
New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
Growing Interest in Peace
Since early 2024, right up to Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk in early August of this year, Moscow had—or as some argue, still has—the upper hand in the situation in Ukraine. In turn, this weakened ...
The true potential of Russia–Pakistan relations lies in their ability to adapt to changing geopolitical realities while maintaining a focus on shared interests
In the ever-evolving landscape of global geopolitics, Russia and Pakistan are poised to enter a new phase of ...
On August 28, 2024, Lieutenant General GAV Reddy, a Strategic Advisor at Synergia Foundation in Bengaluru, India, visited and had meetings with the leadership and staff of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
On August 28, 2024, Lieutenant General GAV Reddy, a Strategic Advisor at Synergia Foundation in Bengaluru, India, visited and had meetings with the leadership and staff of the Russian International Affairs ...
The conflict between Russia and the West won’t end after Kiev is no longer viable as a proxy
The
“Ukraine crisis”
is not actually an accurate name for what is happening now in relations between Russia and the West. This confrontation is global. It touches virtually ...
... of the military-industrial complexes of the two superpowers and their allies.
At the peak of its development (1985–1989), the SDI program expended $14.7 billion.
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(This would amount to some $50 billion at current prices, which is equivalent to Russia's annual national defense budget until 2022, according to official figures). Contrary to the empty assertions of some pundits, SDI was not a “grand bluff” meant only to exhaust the Soviet Union economically in the arms race. These considerations ...
Kiev’s leadership isn’t acting in the interests of its own people; instead, it serves Washington’s agenda and those of its closest allies
Ukraine is not a sovereign state. Russia is dealing with an entity that isn’t acting in its own interests, and one operating directly on its borders at that. Therefore, interaction with such a territory – including formal negotiations – would be outside the usual customs governing ...
... devoid of the neocolonialist new world order dictate that seems to be still imposed on most developing nations. In that article, I stated, “we have hope – the development of the BRICS coalition and partnership building with developing nations”. Russia was also holding the Presidency of BRICS at that time.
The Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2025, or BRICS Strategy states, “We express our commitment to sustainable development in three dimensions - economic, social and environmental ...
... goals in the region, as well as a well-established Polar science and research program. Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize, Türkiye, highlights Turkey’s Arctic and Polar policy and cooperation with Russia ai the region.
What are Turkey’s interests and priorities in the Arctic? Does Turkey reflect its Arctic strategy in any official document?
The Future of the Arctic Council. RIAC Report
Evaluating Turkey's interests in the Arctic from multiple ...