Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable manner
When we talk about ‘space economy’, what comes up to our mind? The issue of its definition and measurement, ambiguousness that exists regarding the scope of downstream, upstream and even midstream segments of space economy. Deliberations...
... BRICS enlargement could be a member’s potential for changing or preserving the format per se. At present, Russia and China support expanding the sphere of BRICS responsibility in one form or another as well as the forum’s more active inclusion in global governance processes. Adding a nation with a similar foreign policy stance could help transform the five current members into a more traditional international coalition or a formalized political alliance. On the contrary, the accession of a state ...
... much easier to be pessimistic about the future than to be optimistic about it. Still, one should not forget that the darkest hour is just before dawn. This might be the most important takeaway from President Xi's visit to Moscow. The deep crisis in global governance that mankind is going through now might result in fundamental changes in the international system, which many of us have been anticipating for such a long time.
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How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems?
A plethora of fora organized by international institutions this fall, above all by the United Nations with its “ministerial week” involving heads of states and governments and foreign ministers, is a suitable occasion to explore the prospects of a new international order. Or, perhaps, this could be a good chance to transform the existing system of international...
... organizations (such as the United Nations) and non-governmental entities (such as the International Committee of the Red Cross) but also organizational structures that are considered international organizations
sui generis
. These are informal forums of global governance (G7, G20) and other quasi-organizations (inter-parliamentary institutions, inter-country formats such as BRICS), intergovernmental and non-governmental international conferences, regional integration groups (the European Union, ASEAN,...
No global governance in the digital domain is better than a poorly regulated system spinning its wheels
Today, information space has become a field of confrontation involving major digital platforms, governments, societies and individual users. Stories ...
What the G20 Summit in Rome has shown the world
Annual meetings of G20 leaders are sometimes compared to UN Security Council meetings. In both cases, the world’s most powerful nations sit together at the same table. In both cases, there is frank discussion on the most pressing problems on the international agenda. Both formats shape strategic decisions—ones designed to help resolve emerging crises, contribute to a more robust global security architecture and a bolstered world economy.
Andrey Kortunov:...
We are all facing a stark choice: either unite against new challenges or become hostage to the various extremists and adventurers
We could rest assured that COVID-19 will be defeated, sooner rather than later. The excessive angst and fear we currently feel will gradually subside, while our science will find effective antidotes so that people could look back on the pandemic years as a ghastly dream.
At the same time, it is also clear that a post-pandemic world will be quite different to the world...
Should humankind fail to agree on some civilizational synthesis within the next couple of decades, “globalization 2.0” will definitely fall short of accomplishing the most fundamental mission of the 21st century
These days, humankind goes through a protracted and painful process of deglobalization. It remains to be seen whether this process was historically predetermined and unavoidable; if this is not the case, one can speculate about who should be held responsible for such a turn of events. In...
... of dollars. The global economy would be plunged into a profound crisis with a number of concomitant social and political implications both for individual states and for humanity at large.
Andrey Kortunov:
We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance
Commenting on the Suez Canal incident, the American Admiral James G. Stavridis suggested that a new international security system be created for the most vulnerable maritime arteries. Adm. Stavridis believes this work should be done ...
