Despite the degree of uniqueness stemming from its particular specifics, each case of nuclear weapons proliferation also exemplifies one or more of the five main determinants of a state’s decision to acquire nuclear weapons that have been identified in the relevant literature: security, domestic politics, norms, technology and economics. While recognising the complexity of multi-causality, I would argue that a careful analysis of existing cases leads to sufficient explanations about the general...
... powers of Europe, which have or once have had classical attack aircraft carriers, are gradually abandoning this type of ship in favor of smaller, but multifunctional vessels. This process within the fleets of such major actors as the United Kingdom or France is either very painful or has not yet begun. Countries with more limited financial resources have reoriented their shipbuilding programs towards combining attack aircraft carriers with amphibious assault ships, since building and operating them ...
Interview with Yuri Rubinsky
Interview
Russia and France have been always had a special relationship in a variety of ways, from economy to culture. However, in recent years the two have seriously diverged on key global issues, including the Syrian crisis. We met
Yuri Rubinsky
, Professor at the Higher ...
Interview with Arnaud Dubien
Interview
France and Russia boast a truly long history of economic relations. Paris is one of Moscow’s ten largest trade partners, with turnover steadily growing even during the height of the global economic crisis. However, some experts insist that trade ...
On July 17, RIAC and
Franco-Russian think tank l’Observatoire
held workshop “
Russia and France: a New Agenda for the Relationship
” with participation of leading experts on the bilateral dialog from RAS Institute for European Studies, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, MGIMO-University, and Higher School of ...
On April 18-20, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, a RIAC corporate member, held conference “Russia and European Union: the Dynamics of the Relationship” aimed to adjust the research of Europe experts and accentuate the significance of the European vector in Russia’s foreign policy.
The event was attended by leading Russian and foreign scholars in European studies, who were addressed by Kant University Rector Andrey Klemeshev, European Parliament member Yustas Paletskis and...
International colloquium titled "France - Russia: future of strategic partnership" was held in Paris on April 18, 2013. It was organized by the French-Russian analytical center "Observo" (Observatoire franco-russe), Paris Institute of International and Strategic Relations ...
... deaths of South African peacekeepers are unlikely to lead to a regional conflict, although these losses will definitely affect bilateral relations between the Central African Republic and South Africa.
– How likely is a military intervention by France, similar to one in Mali? Some observers believe that the French were behind bringing Michel Djotodia to power. Would you agree with that, Natalia?
– I don’t think that a Mali scenario will be repeated in the CAR. France will most ...
... democracy, secularization, human rights. The acute struggle for them, at times taking radical forms, crossed national boundaries and became truly global.
The departments of Counselors for Cultural Affairs in French embassies (in the number of which France is running a close second to the US) usually have special staff who are either in charge of classes of the French language for the local population taking place in cultural centers, or are engaged in promoting it within the educational system of ...
The Mali Conflict and France's Military Operation
After the Mali situation became aggravated, quite a number of researchers focused on the conflict's geopolitical and ethnic aspects, whereas the military side was largely neglected. However, the French operation offers a ...
