... towards the region. Among the experts who shared their views on the matter were: Andrey Baklanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University; Maxim Suchkov, Director at the Institute for International Studies of the MGIMO University; Alexander Lomanov, Acting Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the IMEMO RAS, RIAC Member; Alexey Kupriyanov,...
... economic dynamics are likely to continue in the foreseeable future since a solution to the fundamental problems of the Egyptian economy has not been found yet
On December 10–12, 2023, presidential elections were held in the Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE).... ... 2013, would win the elections. At that point in time ten years ago Egypt was on the verge of a civil war. In 2013, Egyptian society was divided between the Muslim Brotherhood*, led by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, and secular forces. The situation ...
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
The following working paper discusses Russia–Serbia relations amid multiple sanction packages that have been imposed on Russia after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine. This paper reviews key areas of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Serbia, considering today’s international climate and the influence of third-party states on these relations. Looking forward, the paper also assesses the probability of Belgrade tagging...
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects. Two sessions of the round table were devoted to the issues of the current state of Russia's image in Africa and analyzing tools and approaches for its improvement and development.
The participants of the discussion...
Russia’s Path to the ‘World Majority’
Long before relations between Russia and the West spiralled into a comprehensive political crisis, officials and experts here were enthusiastically voicing ideas about developing ties with the rest of the world. At the administrative level, such a course began to take shape as early as the 1990s, starting from the views of former Foreign Minister Evgeny Primakov. Subsequently, it also received practical development within the framework of a multi-vector foreign...
... Russia–Iran relations, particularly at the governmental level, could be met with a negative response from part of Iran’s society. For Iran, it is largely natural: for instance, there had been rallies
against a rapprochement with China
, even though ... ... exceeds the current level. The Islamic Republic could well step in some of the vacant niches in various sectors of Russia’s economy, while Iran could also import a greater range of Russian commodities. Besides, Iran is a market as such, with many vacant ...
... certain attributes from the West has been an integral part of almost all such endeavors. This was unsteady, though. We borrowed and creatively developed the organization of the army and state control, while we never took the risk with the autonomy of society, its freedom and subjectivity. We made industrial and scientific advances, but we avoided letting the economy, if partially and lastingly, go beyond the supervision of the state. We borrowed Western ideologies (socialism, liberalism, conservatism), but ended up turning them into imitation.
The third basket
is a set of threats related to the turmoil in ...
... protests
The deepening gap between what can be seen as economic successes and the low quality of life that a majority of the population has to endure, coupled with a super-concentration of national wealth in the hands of the elite and a resource-based economy that depends on large international companies and the situation on the world market, seem to have become the principal social and economic preconditions for the powerful protests that gripped Kazakhstan in January 2022.
Following a major transformative ...
The current state of severe economic turbulence prefers a dominant, state-controlled, centralized economy, while experiments with market economy are phased out
Over the past two or three years, media outlets all across the globe have been emphasizing North Korea’s growing isolation from the outside world, marking the country’s inevitable economic ...
... it anymore. We just need to make love to her.”
— Mamady Doumbouya
More often than not, news coming from countries in Africa remain somewhere on the periphery of our news feeds, seemingly carrying little significance for global politics and world economy as compared to other macro-regions. Many of us, Russians included, know next to nothing as to what is going on across the vast expanses of the African continent.
Many would have heard about the ridiculous incident in the Suez Canal in Egypt, while ...
