The special military operation is only a small, albeit very important, part of these rapid changes for us
“I think this kind of conflict is a failure of my generation, because we could have prevented open war in Europe, which is perhaps still in its initial phase. We should have acted earlier and more decisively. We appeased, hoped, and believed for too long,” said Sergei Karaganov, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics....
China has taken the initiative to refine its COVID-19 response measures
Over the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc around the globe and posed enormous challenges to all countries including China. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese government, putting the people ...
The development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of the so-called integration dilemma
Authors:
Leonid E. Slutsky
, PhD in Economics.
The Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Head of the Department of International Relations and Integration Processes
Elena ...
... the level of regions as constituent parts of states. “New federalism,” “new regionalism,” and other similar phenomena (which have become a natural and logical response to the challenge of a large-scale global, provoked (but by no means caused) COVID-19) necessarily require a significant expansion of the rights and powers of public authorities at the regional level (which are designed to “solve issues in specific territories”) — but at the same time raise the question of the price of providing ...
On November 26, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a round table “International Cooperation in the Fight against COVID-19: Russian and Chinese Approaches”
On November 26, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a round table “International Cooperation in the Fight against COVID-19: Russian ...
On November 16, 2021, the University Consortium organized a discussion “Overcoming Global Challenges Through Engagement”
On November 16, 2021, the University Consortium organized a discussion “Overcoming Global Challenges Through Engagement”. A founder of the Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates was a speaker of the meeting. Participants of the event discussed issues of interaction between national governments and businesses to solve the key global problems. Also the discussion was devoted to the impact...
... Brussels myself back then, and could witness that with my own eyes.
2. The Russia-EU political dialogue was designed exactly to promote greater understanding, overcome differences, find a common ground on regional issues. Breaking through the pandemic of COVID-19 we are now gradually resuming it at different levels.
President Putin and President of the European Council Charles Michel regularly talk over the phone, with four of such conversations having taken place this year. Minister Lavrov and High Representative ...
COVID-19 as a Marker of Past and Future Changes in World Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic was arguably the most important event of 2020—perhaps, bearing significance for the entire decade. As the disease proliferated across the globe from January to ...
... no less formidable. These affected first and foremost the youngest generation of the globe – according to UNESCO, “more than 1.5 billion students and youth across the planet are or have been affected by school and university
closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic
”. On top of the adverse effects on the younger generation (see Box 1), there is also the widening “teachers gap”, namely a worldwide shortage of well-trained teachers. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), “69 ...
... is to understand to what extent the audience changes its attitude toward the presented topic and whether a speaker manages to be persuasive.
The third discussion will begin on October 5 at 18:00 (Moscow time, GMT+3). The topic of the meeting: Has the COVID-19 pandemic ended the era of accelerated globalization?
Speakers:
Anastasia Likhacheva, Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics
Sergey Utkin, Lead Researcher, Center for Situational Analysis,...
