Analytical articles

Sanctions against Patriarch Kirill make the conflict between Russia and the West a clash of religious values

Trade appears to be the weak link in the new multilateral initiative as the U.S. is reluctant to take on clear commitments to open markets

The status of the US as a leader in the field of digital products and services is threatened when policies and rules in the digital marketplace are determined by other state

The pacification of Russia for the West has become a task that clearly goes beyond the boundaries of the post-Soviet and even the Euro-Atlantic space

The next packages will be less spectacular, but they will be detrimental to specific businesses and areas of the economy

The overall context of Russia–Iran relations looks a little more complex than reducing them to an inevitable rapprochement

Washington still has to muster the art of the chiefdom in the region that used to be the US imperial backyard

The U.S. is likely to consent to Turkey conducting such an operation as this sacrifice may prompt Turkey to unblock Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO

Moscow should prepare for a long-term stand-off with Washington

No animal consumes more natural resources than it needs to provide for itself and its family. Only humans, far from acting as caring stewards, operate as burglars who destroy whatever they cannot…

What should be subjected to international legal regulation is not PMSC as such, but the functions they can perform

Current nuclear arsenals probably won’t cause a global “nuclear winter”—nonetheless, they will inevitably produce unpredictable geophysical, climatic, and biological consequences