The process of lifting sanctions will be slow, and the legal mechanisms of unilateral US sanctions against Syria may remain in force for years and decades, despite political changes
The change of power in Syria raises the question of possible changes to the US sanctions regime against the country. Over the past two decades, Syria has been among the countries against which Washington has applied the most severe regime of restrictive measures. These included blocking financial sanctions, large-scale...
... current post-European and post-human values. But politically and socially, we are more Asian.
We are the proud heirs of two great civilisations: one was Mongol and the second was Byzantine. Byzantium was, as we know, destroyed by hungry and barbaric crusaders.
At that time, it was one of the most flourishing civilisations in the world. It is from there that we got our religion and our faith. The Mongols robbed our country, but also they brought the culture of "
vertical power.
" And also,...
... field of resolving security issues and responding to common challenges. UN, as the only universal international organisation, was the key institutional structure for multilateral diplomacy. The end of the bloc confrontation between the USSR and the USA gave hope that multilateral diplomacy would not be hampered by the contradictions of the leading centres of power. Thirty years later, multilateral diplomacy is in crisis, and has yielded to “classical” balance of power diplomacy.
Andrey Kortunov: ...
In the coming years, the Greater Eurasian space will most likely continue to balance between the natural desire for joint development of its states, on the one hand, and the consequences of the influence that disintegration processes on a global scale have on them, on the other
Any discussions about the future of Greater Eurasia should take into account the impossibility of building regional life around a single institution or informal association with clear and binding tasks, writes Valdai Club...
The countries of the World Majority look at Russia as a country that can show more restraint, even if it sacrifices its interests for the sake of the rest of humanity
The countries of the World Majority look at Russia as a country that can show more restraint, even if it sacrifices its interests for the sake of the rest of humanity. A broader understanding in the countries of the World Majority that this is impossible is an important task of our joint work in various expert platforms, writes Valdai...
The next four years are likely to be a difficult period for the US foreign policy
We know pretty well that the US foreign policy has always been and will continue to be bipartisan; Republicans and Democrats usually have many more disagreements on domestic than on international matters. It is also evident that a very important role in the US foreign policy making belongs to the so called Deep State—a powerful stratum of senior non-elected bureaucrats occupying the corner-offices in most important...
The era of great-power dominance is fading. Moscow’s future lies in mastering regional diplomacy
In 2015, when the Russian Armed Forces launched a military operation in Syria, it marked a turning point in the post-Soviet era. The collapse of the USSR had caused a dramatic decline in Russia’s international standing. For two and a half decades after 1991, Moscow worked to regain lost status, prestige, and influence on the world stage.
Syria symbolized the culmination of that process: Russia’s first...
... communications have been severed. With dwindling internal and external resources, it is becoming more difficult for the government to keep the economy afloat and address social issues than during the active phase of hostilities. For their part, the USA, the European Union, and the Gulf Arab states are imposing preconditions that the Syrian government is not yet ready to meet.
The majority of Syrians are struggling to survive in the face of constantly rising prices, shortages of food, energy and ...
Interaction between Latin America and BRICS promises to be mutually enriching
The BRICS Summit held in Kazan from October 22–24, 2024, brought attention to several defining factors regarding Latin American countries that will be important for the continent’s political and economic development in the near term. With the admission of two countries from this region as associate members of the bloc, the Latin American presence in the pool of developing countries seeking to increase their weight in...
On December, 3, 2024, RIAC hosted a roundtable titled US-China Competition: Opportunities for Russia
On December, 3, 2024, RIAC hosted a roundtable titled US-China Competition: Opportunities for Russia. The discussion featured the presentation of an eponymous book produced by the authors of the Center for Applied Analysis of Global Transformations (CAAGT) of RUDN University and edited by Denis Degterev.
The book examines theoretical approaches to analyzing global competition and explores the phenomena...
