... of international relations is the struggle of democracies against autocracies. This does not mean ideological neutrality. The idea of the ‘free world’ and criticism of ‘communism’ (in which they include China, Cuba, Venezuela, and by inertia, Russia) plays an important role in the thinking of many Republicans. But the defining factor is something else – intolerance of those who for various reasons do not accept American supremacy.
Trump’s choice for national security adviser, Michael Waltz,...
Will Russia continue its “business as usual” aimed at maintaining the existing status-quo or will it be forced to review and to revise its positions towards Israel, Palestinians, Iran and its main partners in the Arab world?
The spectacular comeback ...
How the Soviet leadership pursued foreign policy ob- jectives in relation to Turkey and the resulting legacy from these pursuits in today’s terms
The history of relations between Russia and Turkey can be characterized as complex. Attempts by the Ottomans to capture Zaporozhye and Left Bank Ukraine, along with raids launched by the Crimean Tatars, were replaced by the Russian state’s struggle with the Ottoman Empire for access ...
... imbalance in mutual trade
In December 2024, an interim trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Mongolia is expected to be signed, with the draft finalized in record time. This milestone reflects the growing business ties between Russia and Mongolia and the dialogue between their government agencies, as well as broader trends of Eurasian integration and Russia’s pivot to the East. This interim agreement with a limited set of trade preferences enables Mongolia and Russia to comfortably ...
On November 11, 2024 Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) in cooperation with Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) hold the X International Conference “Current Status and Prospects of Migration to Russia from Distant ...
The Russian and the Indian approaches to security matters compliment each other and should generate the synergy needed to address the very complicated Asia security agenda
The idea of a collective security system in Asia has become a subject of discussions ...
... Not wishing to politicize the dialogue, many global South countries joined the Pact with the GDC as its annex, expressing solidarity with the Secretary-General in his effort to overcome the UN systemic crisis, especially since the Pact is non-binding.
Russia did not support the GDC, distancing itself from the consensus, while its own text received predominantly negative assessments in Russian society, both at the level of officials and among the expert community. For Russia, a pioneer in the discussion ...
The era of Washington’s belief in the need to manage global affairs is coming to an end, and the president-elect will help shape the world
Let’s be clear, the outcome of the US election won’t change the world. Processes that didn’t begin yesterday won’t tomorrow. But the American vote has become an important indicator of long-term change.
The columnists of the liberal New York Times, which actively supported Kamala Harris, declared on the morning after the election: It is time to recognize that...
The North Korean nation has paid such a high price for its independence that it will never consider becoming a junior partner of either Moscow or Beijing
On October 14, President of Russia Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft law on ratifying the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the DPRK, signed on June 19 during his last trip to this country. The Treaty was ratified On ...
The presidential elections in the United States will determine the future of international relations and become a prologue for a post-Westphalian system of inter-civilizational dialogue
Russia, Europe, and America: Towards a Post-Westphalian World Order
The transformation of the current world order, frequently discussed by numerous experts and scholars as a “global restructuring,” is largely driven by a crisis in nation-states and ...
