Diversity is one of the main sources of G20 legitimacy that G7 or NATO clearly lacks
The G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FMM) is being held in Bali on Thursday and Friday. It is one of the most important events on the way to the G20 summit that the island will host on November 15–16. The official announcement discloses the overarching theme of the meeting—"Recover Together, Recover Stronger"—as well as the aim "to enhance further collaboration through dialogue to revive multilateralism...
... nuclear-related rhetoric. It certainly does not mean curtailing freedom of speech as such, but it appears possible to prohibit officials, including legislators, from making public statements concerning permissibility of nuclear strikes or from putting forward accusations of nuclear terrorism.
Third, with an NPT Review Conference coming up, it would appear very useful to re-launch the activities of the P5, if not in a full-fledged cooperation mode, then at least in coordinating the parties’ stances. Mutual accusations ...
... Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the state of the prisoner-of-war exchange process, the possibility of resuming the export of Ukrainian grain, and the prospects for the parties to return to diplomatic dialogue. Leading international researchers from China, the USA, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Russia took part in the event. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
... and EU institutions, a special system of relations between Russia and China, the post-Soviet space, and other associations we know little about. When representatives of different communities meet each other, their communication boils down to mutual accusations of lack of goodwill and desire to come to an agreement as borne out quite vividly by the example of Russia and the West. The reason for disagreements is not that someone is being hypocritical. The situation is much more tragic: everyone believes ...
... “a long game”, achieving the goals set in circuitous ways. Recent history knows a number of such instances.
Record no-shows
Andrey Kortunov:
Slim Chance for US to be Successful in Summit of Americas
The Forum’s main sensation was the pointed refusal of the leaders of five states (Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador) to attend the event in person. Some did not attend due to objective circumstances, but everyone who declined the invitation to appear at the summit had their own reasons,...
The decline of the Russian economy is not beneficial to China
The large-scale sanctions that have been slapped on Russia by the “collective West” naturally raised the question of its deepening and expanding economic relations with China. According to a number of parameters, Russia has no alternatives to cooperation with the PRC, or at least these are the most optimal. Such cooperation can be supported by the unprecedentedly high level of political relations, their already established economic partnership...
On June 21, 2022, at the U.S. Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of U.S. diplomats headed by Elizabeth Rood, Deputy Chief of Mission
On June 21, 2022, at the U.S. Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of U.S. diplomats headed by Elizabeth Rood, Deputy Chief of Mission.
During the meeting, topical issues of Russia-the U.S. relations were discussed, including the prospects for control over strategic...
On the prospects of Russia‒NATO relations
On the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid, to be held on June 28-30, Julianne Smith, U.S. Permanent Representative to the alliance, announced that Russia’s actions in Ukraine had violated the NATO‒Russia Founding Act. Building on this, she added that the West no longer considers it imperative to adhere to the provisions of the document that has shaped Moscow‒Brussels relations over the last quarter century. However, the fate of the Founding Act will finally...
The thoughtless imposition of restrictions only aggravates the situation in the U.S. economy
Russia's top envoy to the United States has warned that the sweeping sanctions campaign pursued by President
Joe Biden
and his allies has backfired, instead hurting the U.S.' economy and international prestige during a dangerous period of global instability.
Moscow's ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, told
Newsweek
that "the situation in Ukraine is critically tense" nearly four months...
Trade appears to be the weak link in the new multilateral initiative as the U.S. is reluctant to take on clear commitments to open markets
On his visit to Tokyo, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on May 22 the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
initiative
, initially made up of 12 of the region’s countries – the United States, Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
A New Political Tool for the Indo-Pacific...
