Region: East Asia and the Asia-Pacific

Speaking notes during the Beijing Forum 2019

On November 7, 2019, Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute, delivered a public lecture at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The…

Partially recognized states such as Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South-Ossetia are neither considered part of the international system, nor as sustainable enough to fulfil the Montevideo Convention…

In the past several weeks ahead of the BRICS summit in Brazil a number of initiatives were unveiled by representatives of the BRICS economies. One of the more significant discussions centered on the…

Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, took part in the Forum and made a report on the changing perceptions of globalization processes in the modern world at the session on the new world order

The possibility that decisions about the use of nuclear weapons will be influenced by information and communication technologies (ICTs) is the most serious threat that exists today.

Interview with Steve Crown, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft

Five Explanations for the Kremlin’s Recent Foreign Policy Dominance, and Why It’s Not Such a Rosy Picture After All

On November 1, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a public lecture on “The Dynamics of China-the U.S. Relations and its Importance for Asia and Russia.” at the Institute of…

On October 29–31, 2019, Peking University hosted the sixth meeting of the “North Pavilion Dialogue”, an annual high-level international seminar focusing on topical issues of international relations…

Vietnam, Iran, Singapore, Serbia… What’s Next?

Only the continuation of nuclear arms control can create the political and military conditions for eventual limitations of innovative weapons systems and technologies, as well as for a carefully…