On scenarios and conditions for the development of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, or the DPRK, which has been under discussion since January 2024, could not only be perceived as a reciprocal visit after the North Korean leader’s visit to the Russian Far East in the fall of ...
The goal of the round table was to discuss the situation in South Asia in the context of regional and global security challenges. The meeting was attended by leading experts from Russia and Pakistan
On April 23, 2024, a closed round table “Strategic Stability in South Asia: Regional Security and Global Implications” was held. Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with Strategic Vision Institute (SVI) ...
Talk about victory for Kiev has disappeared as Washington becomes a ‘back seat driver
The Istanbul agreements – a tentative peace plan agreed between Russia and Ukraine in the spring of 2022 – are being discussed again. However, as they were written at the time they are no longer relevant and are unlikely to be of any use in the future. The realities on the ground and in the hearts and minds of many ...
Interview for Iran Student Correspondents Association
Interview for Iran Student Correspondents Association
In recent weeks, Russia provided full political support to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the UN Security Council, which will definitely bring the two countries closer together. What do you think about it?
Russia and Iran are indeed moving closer to each other, and Moscow ...
... and the least probable scenarios.
It seems clear that the disintegration of the current world order is still at its initial stage. So far, it has mostly affected a relatively narrow range of bilateral and multilateral institutions and regimes, where Russia plays a significant role—from the UN Security Council and the US-Russian strategic arms control regime to the Arctic Council and OSCE to global energy and food markets. However, what we see today might be only a tip of the iceberg since disintegration ...
The principle of indivisibility of security, not implemented in the Euro-Atlantic project, can and should become key for the Eurasian structure
On February 29, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his state of the nation speech to the Federal Assembly, stressed the need to form a new contour of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia, as well as the country’s readiness for a substantive conversation on this ...
... importance of certain types of state activity. We already see that the modern state is faced with such serious challenges that foreign policy is everywhere subject to considerations of a domestic, political nature. This applies to the Western countries, Russia, China, India and everyone else, and places the most significance on such things that existing theories are not able to make heads or tails of them, simply due to the methodology they have.
One of the curious effects of the two World Wars and, ...
... curators, because decided to ‘decolonize’ completely.
Source: Reuters
When considering the ‘decolonization of Ukraine’, special attention should be paid to the so-called Euromaidan 2013-14, which represented a radical form of emancipation from Russia, through radical violence; violence financed and partly planned by people related to the U.S. The level of violence and bloodshed is what sets it apart from the Georgian precedent of the 2003 Rose Revolution, the 2004 Orange Revolution, and the ...
... Himalayas and Tibet in solving the existing bi- and multilateral problems in this region.
The Future of the Arctic Council. RIAC Report
To clear up a certain mess in this diversity of interpretations and understand what practical benefits can be derived for Russia from the discussions around the Three Poles, it is necessary to review its history and determine the current political, diplomatic and scientific status.
This concept originally existed in the form of such notion as the Third Pole of the Cold, ...
Fears of American withdrawal, over reliance on the Russian bogeyman, and Washington’s tilt to Asia make for shaky foundations
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary – the founding documents were signed in Washington this week in 1949. NATO is so firmly embedded ...