... Karaganov dubs the relationship a
“semi-alliance,”
noting that it came about due to the West’s geostrategic failures. However, the political scientist warned against
“selling the country’s sovereignty”
to Beijing, repeating the mistakes of Europe’s close friendship with Washington in the past.
Karaganov is well-known for his favorable opinion of relations between Russia and China, and has pushed for a closer relationship between Beijing and Moscow.
“Knowing Russian history and the psychology ...
... the international community could do to provide assistance to the least-developed economies. In 2020, official development assistance (ODA) by member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) (comprises developed economies, including the EU and the United States) amounted to USD 161.2 billion, representing 0.32% of their combined GNI. Initial estimates indicate that within total ODA, DAC countries spent USD 12 billion in 2020 on COVID-19 related activities. As a result, ODA assistance ...
... has revealed the high degree of readiness of the United States and its allies to create risky situations for the sake of momentary political benefits
The Lukashenko government is becoming one of the permanent opportunities for the United States and Europe to stage high-profile political campaigns without a real threat to the world, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev. But this is not a guarantee that if there are grounds for a big conflict, the behaviour of the West would be ...
The fight against the pandemic changed Russia from the inside and these changes are more important than any foreign policy manoeuvres or adaptation to international affairs
The fight against the pandemic changed Russia from the inside and these changes are more important than any foreign policy manoeuvres or adaptation to international affairs, writes Valdai Club Programme ...
Russia and the European Union need to imagine a more realistic goal for their relationship: a model of neighborliness, in which the inevitable disagreements will be managed in order to prevent disruptive conflicts and damaging collisions
Russia and the European Union ...
The Arab Spring, which promised to open the way to positive change in the region, turned out to be a major disappointment
The year 2020 was probably the strangest year of the 21st century so far. It also concluded one of its most eventful decades. For the Middle East, it began with the Arab Spring, which was the culmination of a long period of worsening political crises and increasing social tensions.
The Arab Spring, which promised to open the way to positive change in the region, turned out to...
... systems. Given these trends, there appears to be sufficient scope to create a platform for bringing the standards in national and regional ETS systems into greater conformity, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik.
Across the continent Eurasia, major constituencies such as the EU, China and Russia are forging ahead with their plans to develop an emissions trading system (ETS). The system works by putting a limit on overall emissions which is reduced each year. Within this limit, companies ...
Once the EU and Russia are ready, as they eventually will be, a new framework awaits
The furor that followed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s threat to sever Russia’s ties with the EU wasn’t really justified: there have been none to speak of since ...
For Europeans Biden will be a more convenient counterpart then his predecessor, but not necessarily in everything
Brussels, the established centre of the EU, Berlin, Paris, and other Member State capitals met the victory of Joseph Biden in a mood of uplift ...
... country alliances formed on the basis of regional integration arrangements as well as cross-regional partnerships also involved platform strategies. At the level of regional integration arrangements some of the examples of such strategies include the EU’s
Digital Single Market (DSM)
strategy as well as the Digital Agenda of the
Eurasian Economic Union
. The use of platforms is progressing also to the level of “integration of integrations” that brings together not only individual countries,...
