Region: Europe

In today’s rapidly changing international landscape, alliances between nations are no longer seen as a guarantee of a state’s long-term survival, especially when it comes to the major nuclear powers.

Experts discussed both the results of the latest European Parliament elections on June 6–9 and their importance for the further development of the European Union and its positioning in the international arena

Quite unclear document vs Specific and clear proposals

MEPs don’t call the shots, so any real change in the bloc will emerge from domestic upheavals

The more casualties both sides suffer, the greater the intensity of hostilities and the closer approach to the threshold of nuclear use. In this scenario, there will be no victors.

The days when an external power dominated Eurasia are coming to an end. Countries in the ‘far west’ of the continent will soon need to wake up

China attempts to delay, to the greatest extent possible, the process of direct conflict with the United States and its allies

Now as the world is passing through the stage of dismantling the former West-centered architecture of international security, the SCO may well emerge as a platform for consolidation of non-Western forces

Historians will most likely conclude the ambitious U.S.-led attempt to expand a militarized NATO on the border with Russia was an ill-conceived strategic failure resulting in lives lost and misplaced, and the catapult vital to compel a significant bi-polar alliance between BRICS to counter the once dominant NATO Alliance

Edging closer to catastrophe...

On May 14, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the European Studies Institute (ESI) at MGIMO University held a conference themed “One Decade Since Signing the EAEU Treaty: Preliminary Results of Creating Common Markets and Paths to Deeper Integration.”