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UN feedback shows that while the West is hostile to Russia, the world isn’t

The US and its allies are beating a drum that isn’t finding receptive ears. Most states have other priorities The UN’s High-Level Week – an annual gathering of senior representatives of member states who address the General Assembly – is taking place in New York. It is a period of speeches of varying length and intensive contacts between ministers or even heads ...

22.09.2023

Russia’s Global Information Security Initiatives

The geopolitical situation is hampering the promotion of Russian initiatives – so far confrontational rhetoric, rather than dialogue, has prevailed. Yet, the OEWG keeps on working in the UN venues, which inspires certain optimism September 2023 marks the 25 th anniversary of Russia’s revolutionary move in 1998, as 25 years ago Russia became the first country to raise the issue of information security at the UN, having timely assessed ...

22.09.2023

International Information Security in US-Russian Bilateral Relations

... view to boosting peaceful development of the ICT environment, both globally and bilaterally. However, Washington is betting on maintaining its leadership and deterrence of Russia in cyberspace, so reaching agreements in the near future seems rather unlikely. Amid a complex geopolitical environment, communication between the two countries needs to be maintained for managing contradictions and reducing the risk of escalation in cyberspace. Today, bilateral interaction takes place on the platform of ...

01.03.2023

Time for an International Cyber Court?

There is urgent need to establish an international mechanism, dedicated to addressing the most grievous cybercrimes In the current international environment, the significance of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is steadily rising. In this context, international cooperation is gradually moving towards a legal architecture for ICT governance and international information security (IIS) as an integral part of the overall international ...

28.02.2023

Syria: Humanitarian Crisis and Disaster

Moscow is calling for an end to the policy of collective punishment of the Syrians and has urged its partners to start rebuilding the Syrian economy On January 9, 2023, the UN Security Council extended the cross-border mechanism for the supply of humanitarian aid to the north-western regions of Syria. According ...

13.02.2023

Meeting with Ambassador of Switzerland to Russia Krystyna Marty Lang

On November 8, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Krystyna Marty Lang, Swiss Ambassador to Russia, and Christoph Gerch, Defense Attache of the Swiss Embassy On November 8, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Krystyna Marty ...

10.11.2022

The World After the Hegemony

The coming period will be the time for defining a new power base of the order, and it is still difficult to say which powers and to what extent will become part of it The uniqueness and drama of the current state of affairs in international politics lies in the fact that we cannot count on the ability of one state, or a group of sufficiently powerful countries, to play the role of leaders in the future. This means that ...

27.10.2022

G20: Does Multilateralism Have a Chance?

... hegemonic aspirations of the West that allow the rest of the G20 members to look for and eventually find those bold and non-standard solutions that will lead to a new, more just and equal world, writes Viktoria Panova , Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Sherpa of Russia in the Women's Twenty. Instability Instead of Compromise: The Open Face of the West's Anti-Human Toolkit The turbulence in international affairs has been discussed for more than a year, but the situation ...

19.10.2022
 

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