The core of the new system is going to emerge in Eurasia, which remains not only the most populous, but also the most dynamic and economically potent continent of our planet
When Chairman Xi Jinping was departing from Moscow on his last trip to Russia in March of this year, his farewell words to Vladimir Putin were the following: “We are encountering change unseen in a hundred years. Let us work together to drive it”. Those of us who took courses in Chinese history may recall that the first ...
... Chairman of the Foundation, Ex-Chairman of CITIC Group, visited the RIAC
On October 18, 2023, a delegation of CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies, headed by Kong Dan, Chairman of the Foundation, Ex-Chairman of CITIC Group, visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
During the meeting with Council leadership, participants discussed the prospects for cooperation between the Foundation and RIAC, as well as Russia-China relations in the changing world order. The parties ...
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1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global peace, as harsh ideological divisions and conflicts began to be resolved. Now, three decades on, that peace has been lost. With war in Ukraine and increasing tensions between China, Russia, and the West, great power politics once again dominates the world stage. But could it have been different?
Richard Sakwa shows how the years before the first mass invasion of Ukraine represented a hiatus in conflict rather than a lasting accord ...
On October 10, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center, Azerbaijan) held a joint closed online workshop on security issues in the South Caucasus in the context of interaction of regional players
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... constantly oscillating between three options: direct control from the center, self-determination of the autonomy and the integrity of the AzSSR. As a result, the intra-state conflict turned into an interstate confrontation involving various external actors (Russia, Iran, Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union).
However, the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict had its own logic and dynamics. And it would be wrong to consider it only as one of the factors (albeit an important one) of the Soviet collapse. The appeal ...
What might Russia’s veto mean in its approach to implementing and expressing its foreign policy within the UNSC?
On August 30, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted on extending its sanctions regime against Mali. These measures aimed to renew a travel ban ...
... to the pre-Ukraine crisis balance of power structure. NATO’s expansion into Sweden and Finland can radically transform the political and security landscape in the Baltic region and destroy the established forms of cooperation these states have with Russia. This paper covers: risks and opportunities states face by engaging with Russia in the Baltic region; the changes in the region’s security configuration and their implications for Russia; the position of the Baltic states on the Ukraine crisis ...
India and Russia have recently discussed the possibility of exploring new transport corridors like the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) between Vladivostok and Chennai. Both sides also agreed that Indian seafarers will be trained ...
The termination of hybrid wars and their transformation into a hybrid peace is the fundamental problem of modern diplomacy
Over the past decade the concept of hybrid warfare has firmly established itself in political rhetoric in the West and in Russia. Russian experts have rightly pointed out the vagueness of the concept, its intersection with other concepts (such as irregular wars), as well as
the weak scientific base.
Nevertheless, the widespread use of the term can hardly be called accidental....
On September 27–30, 2023, the 3rd International Expert Forum “Russia — Middle East” is being held in St. Petersburg
On September 27–30, 2023, the 3rd International Expert Forum “Russia — Middle East” is being held in St. Petersburg. The event is organized by the Evgeniy Primakov Center for International ...
