Analytical articles

What Happened at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club?

Moscow and Riyadh have more capability for productive cooperation and compromise on those issues that the parties still diverge on

While Russia’s Policy in Africa may very well have produced certain results, there is no discernible strategy behind it

Does Russia’s relative stability imply that Moscow will be by default the proactive side in its relationship with the European Union?

If the current trend persists, the civil war should be expected to continue on several fronts at once, and Yemen will likely collapse slowly

Measures should be based on existing agreements rather than negotiating a new treaty

The EU/Germany are now on the side of democracy and social justice, and the Anglo-Americans throw themselves and all the rest into the dark Hobbesian world of the period between two wars. How should…

A review of “Global Quality of Democracy as Innovation Enabler: Measuring Democracy for Success” by David Campbell

Repeated attacks and growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran put a question mark over the future of Middle Eastern exports

Macron can achieve tactical, albeit quite tangible, successes in its policy on Russia and Iran

Since neither Russia nor China can countervail the US-led Western alliance on its own, a closer equation is needed between the two

Sooner or later, the Emerging Situation Will Force the Trump Administration to Make the Difficult Choice between the JCPOA and a New War in the Middle East