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Keeping It Up? Where Friedrich Merz Will Take Germany’s Foreign Policy

There is a combination of factors that may contribute to easing the most confrontational aspects in Russian–German relations The early elections to the Bundestag highlighted the irreversible transformation of German politics from a stable and somewhat boring process into a series of crises and scandals. Germany definitively bid farewell to the “Merkel era.” The government of Olaf ...

03.03.2025

Countering Foreign Interference: Latest Trends

... gained traction several decades ago, drawing on quite old ideas of Joseph Schumpeter. In simple terms, it is fair to say that this model assumes that ordinary people should have little to no involvement in real politics, limiting their role to voting in elections, where the parameters, such as candidate selection, are predetermined for them. Nevertheless, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S. tried to emphasize the ceremonial and visible adherence to democratic principles as part of its ...

16.12.2024

The U.S. Election and the Post-Westphalian World

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 ...

06.11.2024

The Second Georgian Dream is About to Come True

... while Georgia’s Western partners, on the contrary, expected it to side with the EU and the United States. Georgian Dream bowed to Western demands on issues where it did not see a threat to itself: phasing out of the majority vote in parliamentary elections, which was enshrined in the new Constitution; backing Saakashvili’s former Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili, who holds dual French–Georgian citizenship and has proven herself to be a real agent for the West at the helm of the Georgian ...

18.10.2024

US Elections: Significance for Iran

... Given that American foreign policy today is largely burdened with containing Russia and China , an active anti-Iranian policy may face a lack of resources. Therefore, Trump’s victory will be undesirable for Tehran. The outcome of the US presidential elections has very little significance for Russia. The elections are also unlikely to fundamentally change the course of American foreign policy towards China. However, for Iran, the outcome of the elections is of greater importance. A victory for Kamala ...

09.10.2024

The Trump Factor

... structure of relations between Russia and the West. Generally speaking, Moscow should not care who exactly the US elects as president. The figure of the president is unlikely to play a big role in Russian-American relations. Trump's victory in the 2016 elections was greeted with applause in Moscow. At that time, Russian-American relations had already been undermined by accumulated contradictions, with the issue of Ukraine at the forefront. At the time, it seemed that the situation was still reversible....

16.08.2024

“European Dream 2024”. RIAC Urban Breakfast

Experts discussed both the results of the latest European Parliament elections on June 6–9 and their importance for the further development of the European Union and its positioning in the international arena On June 18, 2024, Dostoevsky Library hosted the Russian International Affairs Counsil (RIAC) Urban Breakfast ...

19.06.2024

Here’s what the results of the European Parliament elections tell us

MEPs don’t call the shots, so any real change in the bloc will emerge from domestic upheavals The European Parliament elections have shaken up the political space but won’t bring revolutionary changes at EU level. Despite the success of Euroskeptic forces in a number of countries, the composition of the representative body has not seriously changed. The main jobs in ...

14.06.2024

Victory Without a Winner, Country Without a Ruler: The Phenomenon of General Elections in Pakistan

Pakistan remains in a state of political instability Despite the fact that a week has passed since Pakistan’s general elections, it is still unknown who exactly will form the government. The latest round of political instability, triggered by the motion of no confidence against the then Prime Minister Imran Khan in April 2022 and then accelerated by his recent imprisonment,...

20.02.2024

US Sanctions Against Venezuela: A Temporary Easing?

... inevitable reduction in export revenues and the degradation of the oil industry. Signs of changes began to appear in 2022. In November 2022, following an agreement on negotiations between the government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition on the 2024 elections, the United States began to reduce sanctions pressure. The US Treasury issued two general licenses that introduced some exceptions to the sanctions regime. In particular, the American company Chevron received permission to engage in the limited ...

03.11.2023
 

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    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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