... and other payment mechanisms. It will be particularly important for the countries exposed to various Western sanctions like Russia and Iran.
BRICS could help to shape common non-Western approaches to global problems.
The BRICS agenda is gradually expanding,... ... should note that given its diversity and inclusivity, BRICS can offer a unique platform, at which various non-Western views on global governance and on an extended reproduction of global commons can be articulated and, hopefully, reconciled. The broad range ...
GRANI Project Interview with RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev
The GRANI Project’s Oleg Yankovsky interviews special guest Ivan Timofeev, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, PhD in Political Science.
In the interview they discussed:
The role of states in international relations
The evolution of the world system following the end of the Cold War and its consequences
The conflict in Ukraine ...
The trip is likely to be quite special and important
In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really a big deal: the Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart, Chairman Xi Jinping had bilateral meetings at least forty times ...
... and economically; on the other hand, as cooperation mechanisms composed of countries with different political systems, ideologies, religions and civilizations, their practices is also a valuable source for learning for international order building and global governance. China and the Russia are both major participants in these two mechanisms, and therefore, in their cooperation, the two countries should also pay more attention to combining it with the promotion of international order-building and global governance.
Also available ...
Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable ...
... powers' cooperation; many regional conflicts are purposefully fueled from the outside. The strategic arms control between US and Russia is almost nonexistent; the same can be said about the conventional arms control and military confidence-building measures.... ... hour is just before dawn. This might be the most important takeaway from President Xi's visit to Moscow. The deep crisis in global governance that mankind is going through now might result in fundamental changes in the international system, which many ...
How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems?
A plethora of fora organized by international institutions this fall, above all by the United Nations with its “ministerial week” involving heads ...
... participants establish practical cooperation and formulate common approaches to the development and implementation of AI. At the same time, it is a symptom of the growing technological rivalry in the world, primarily between the United States and China. Russia’s ability to interact with the GPAI may be limited for political reasons, but, from a practical point of view, cooperation would help the country implement its national AI strategy.
AI Brothers
Maxim Fedorov:
AI Is Neither the Terminator Nor ...
... Federation", the state authorities and leading experts of the two countries discussed new foreign policy priorities for Moscow and Beijing, prospects for promoting partnership between the two countries, and opportunities for cooperation between Russia and China on the issues of global governance. The following speakers made reports in the course of the session: Sun Zhuangzhi, CASS Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies (IEERCAS) Director; Andrey Denisov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ...
... Council
Tensions in Syria continued to escalate throughout 2019. Hostilities were stepped up again throughout the country and the conflict’s total toll approached a million. A new wave of Syrian refugees swept through Turkey and flooded Europe. Russia blocked US and British resolutions on enforcing peace on Damascus in the UN Security Council nine times.
Eventually, the Western countries accused Moscow of deliberately subverting the Security Council work. Quoting UN General Assembly Resolution ...
