Analytical articles

Trump’s tariff hammer and the Mar-a-Lago Accord form a strategic triad—protectionism, fiscal relief, and geopolitical leverage—to reboot U.S. hegemony

What kind of order is it, if it is so easy to disrupt?

Trade and economic relations between Indonesia and Russia are in their honeymoon phase

The expansion in the Northern direction offered the nation a variety of unique opportunities, but it also created numerous challenges that other Europeans never confronted

In many ways, Brussels and Beijing face similar challenges coming from Washington

The achieved results and existing limitations create an incentive for Washington and Moscow to discuss a potential peace. Nevertheless, both sides retain the material resources necessary to sustain…

Restarting the architecture of missile and nuclear arms control in a Russian-American or broader format appears highly improbable

In Paris the European Union managed to find a mutually acceptable compromise with the Global South, India turned out to be able to overcome its frictions with China, and only the US and the UK…

If Ukraine fails to find a way out of the conflict, even after enduring significant damage and losses, it risks further erosion of its sovereignty

China seeks to give more than it takes

If the Transatlantic alliance were to fade away, everybody around should be interested in making its deconstruction as orderly and as smooth as possible

There is a combination of factors that may contribute to easing the most confrontational aspects in Russian–German relations