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During the event, Russian and Chinese experts conducted a detailed analysis of the UN’s role in the contemporary international system, discussed the causes of the ongoing crisis in multilateral institutions, and assessed the prospects for Russia–China cooperation in reforming global governance.
Opening remarks were delivered by Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director General, and Sun Zhuanzhi, Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social ...
... power. The UN has own constitution, the Charter of the United Nations, its own budget, the membership fees of member states, the UN Security Council, key decision-making body that could adopt legally binding resolutions. Five nations (France, Russia, China, the UK, and US) were granted permanent status and given veto power. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), separate from the Security Council, holds annual meetings with the participation of all member states and operates permanent functional ...
China is narrowing the gap and adding complexity to Russian–US strategic nuclear deterrence relations
In recent years, the missile and nuclear forces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have undergone serious qualitative and quantitative changes....
... a direct military confrontation. This did not negate the ongoing struggle with the USSR, which continued until the collapse of the socialist system and the Soviet Union itself. The establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China in the mid-1970s, as well as the expansion of their economic and political cooperation, also did not mean that the West accepted the right of the communist government in Beijing to exist in perpetuity. As soon as US-China relations began to be diluted ...
... policy tool in relations with a major power, but it does not rule out the appropriateness of using them as measures of deterrence, or to send certain political signals to an opponent
Introduction
Since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, the United States has actively employed economic sanctions against the country. However, these sanctions have evolved from large-scale restrictive measures to their gradual mitigation in the 1970s to 2000s, followed by their similarly ...
... effectively. The European Union offers the starkest example of this change, though even the United States – despite its power – is less confident than it was twenty years ago.
At the same time, other nations have grown relatively more independent. China has led the way, proving that economic success need not depend on direct control of other states. Its global political initiatives may still be taking shape, but they already offer a model based not on coercion, but coexistence.
Russia plays its ...
... experts discussed key issues on the international agenda, including global and regional security, juxtaposed the concepts of Greater Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific, as well as analyzed relations between Vietnam and the leading powers, including Russia and China.
Julia Melnikova, Head of Asia and Eurasia Program at RIAC, and Bui Hai Dang, Director, Center for Korean Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City delivered welcoming remarks.
As part ...
... signals. Brussels believes Serbia
should
reaffirm its strategic commitment to the European path and prove in practice its readiness to embrace EU values in politics, the economy and culture. Yet the presence of alternative partners, namely Russia and China, gives Belgrade enough confidence for balancing between centers of power.
Beyond gas: other areas of bilateral economic cooperation
Despite Western efforts to impede closer economic cooperation between Russia and Serbia, bilateral trade
grew
by ...
Russian and Chinese experts discussed current international events and political trends, and exchanged their views on the key challenges for Russia and China in new circumstances
On September 15, 2025, a delegation from the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). Russian and Chinese experts discussed current international events ...
The message from China’s twin mega-events was unmistakable: Russia remains central to global peace, stability, and prosperity—not on the margins, but at the very heart of the emerging order
When two of the year’s biggest international events—the Shanghai Cooperation ...
