Analytical articles

Twelve objectives for Russia’s foreign policy in the coming year

The key intrigue of the coming year is the situation around Ukraine

Postponing the elections provides an opportunity for the interim government and the High National Election Commission of Libya to prepare for their organization better

No signs of an easing are foreseen for the key targets of US sanctions

A smart foreign policy has to focus on international problems rather than on foreign adversaries

An exchange of views between UK and Russian experts on the growing tensions between Russia and the West

The OSCE can provide framework conditions for conflict resolution, but these must be in demand among the political actors in order to for the potential to be realized

Russia cannot hope to aspire for global leadership with its current lag in the development and deployment of “super-deep” neural network models

The MENA remains highly important, alternately fascinating and frustrating but full of promise and opportunity in a changing world

Russian policy is essentially an attempt to balance a number of diverging principles, goals, priorities and modes of engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean

Not sending officials to the Olympic Games in Beijing, Western leaders demonstrated a spectacular lack of vision and a deficit of common sense

The December round of sanctions continued the course of tough measures. Now the Belarusian leader faces two basic scenarios: low profile or a new round of escalation