... (Memel) River with a view of Kaliningrad oblast/Königsberg, summer 2023
West
There’s also a lot of excitement on the “Western front.” With Donald Trump as president of the US, the pressure on the EU will grow. The trade war between the US and China will intensify and, in keeping with the dictum “Make America great again,” not only will the conversation’s tone become harsher, we will see whether the US becomes part of a multi-polar or multi-regional world, or whether a “bloc mentality” ...
... and they entered into their decisive phase with the outbreak of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and Palestine. These conflicts, directly linked to the great powers, are painful and destructive, but implicitly motivated by the need to resolve the ... ....
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regarding nuclear weapons. It is not that they have ceased to function as a deterrent. Their possession by Russia, China—and to some extent Israel—does deter those states’ adversaries from actions that they would likely otherwise take ...
... between Russia and NATO was considered unlikely, and the corresponding ideas of using nuclear weapons during local or regional conflicts with the United States they were not detailed, at least not publicly. Today, as it seems to me, the situation offers ... ... remember this conflict. It was the bloody clashes on the Ussuri River in March and on the Kazakh part of the Soviet border with China in July of that year. The possibility of war with China was considered quite high in Moscow. The use of nuclear weapons ...
... — the development of events we observe shows that one cannot count on wisdom in matters of international politics. Moreover, we now see how conflicting the behaviour of the United States and allies is becoming in relation to the growing ambitions of China. Diplomatic pressure on Beijing and the creation of military infrastructure in Asia look like military preparations much more than the creation of more privileged positions for a later “political” resolution of accumulated fundamental contradictions....
... the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the state of the prisoner-of-war exchange process, the possibility of resuming the export of Ukrainian grain, and the prospects for the parties to return to diplomatic dialogue. Leading international researchers from China, the USA, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Russia took part in the event. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
... understanding of the strategic stability concept, possible concepts of European and Euro-Atlantic security after Russia-Ukraine conflict is over, as well as the future of bilateral and multilateral arms control. Leading international researchers from China, the USA, Great Britain, and Russia took part in the event. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
... international crises, preventing nuclear war and ensuring strategic stability in the world. Other multilateral mechanisms at the regional and global level that could be used in crisis management were also touched upon. Leading international researchers from China, the USA, and Russia took part in the round table. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
... for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, hosted an international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics the context of acute recent crises.
Leading international researchers from China, the USA, and Russia took part in the round table. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
Since neither Russia nor China can countervail the US-led Western alliance on its own, a closer equation is needed between the two
Each of us has his own definition of “geo-history”, and mine is the interface of the “geopolitical” and the “world-historical.”
We ...
... Declaration
on the future of Hong Kong, and many others.
The Asia-Pacific balance of power is in fact much more stable than anyone thinks because it is not a balance of power at all. It is a one-sided, overwhelming preponderance of force - and not in China's favor.
The Asia-Pacific region is riddled with conflicts, cold, warm, and hot. It doesn't help that the countries of the region are armed to the teeth. Five of the world's top 10 military powers are concentrated in Northeast Asia, according to a 2015
online ranking
– though not a scientific ...
