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The Eurasian Economic Union is turning into an important tool for Russia to increase resistance to sanctions, reducing technological and financial dependence and fostering foreign trade with friendly nations Russia commences its presidency in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2023. The very fact of any state presiding ...
Tbilisi has not opted for Russia or the West: Georgia goes first When Russia’s special military operation commenced in Ukraine a year ago, not too many countries have surprised Moscow to the upside by their attitudes to the global changes. However, this was the case with Georgia....
... the direction of searching for ways to restore something like the lost era, and its illusion of relatively evenly distributed prosperity. This, we agree, fully reflects the interests of the Western countries and is somewhat inconsistent with the way Russia, China and most developing countries would like to see the world. Second, even our conceptual apparatus and categories, which technically have the possibility to construct so-called ideal schemes of the future, were formed within the framework ...
On March 6, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University held a videoconference meeting to discuss plans for the implementation of joint projects in 2023 On March 6, 2023, Russian International Affairs ...
The further escalation of sanctions against Russia is inevitable On the anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (SMO), a group of Western countries imposed new massive economic sanctions against Russia. The introduction of new sanctions was announced long before ...
The Global South looks at Norway with a hope to at least push the “un-pause button” of the Council The resonance of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has sent geopolitical tremors in the Arctic that has, in a way, fractured regional ice. Suspension of the Arctic Council, Finland and Sweden’s decision to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the termination of all ...
... must understand that it is impossible to reach a resolution on the political track without mutual concessions For the past year or two, the situation in Syria has retreated into the shadow of global crises, all exacerbated by the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The recent tragedy that befell Turkey and the five provinces in the neighboring Syria has once again drawn the attention of the international community not only to the loss of thousands of lives and colossal destruction ...
New bilateral agreements on cyberspace could hardly be signed in the foreseeable future, so the most important task is to maintain the existing level of ties and relations There have been periods of convergence and cooldown in U.S.-Russian relations on issues pertaining to international information security (IIS), the latter being witnessed by us today. Moscow remains open to dialogue, advocating the rules of responsible conduct for governments, with a view to boosting peaceful ...
Such a large and powerful country really cannot be isolated in terms of foreign policy The sooner we understand that the basis of “soft power” is internal, and not in the activities of Russia’s representatives abroad, the sooner we will be able to benefit from our own objective advantages, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev. A year into the conflict between Russia and the West turning into a proxy military confrontation,...
... many other players, they proceed from the risk of worst-case scenarios and prepare for them, accumulating resources for mutual deterrence. However, political philosophy allows you to maintain the global legitimacy of your influence or to claim it. Does Russia have its own political philosophy? The answer so far is rather negative. Russia has returned in its foreign policy to the principles of realism, which was already an achievement for its time. But it is too early to talk about a systemic and deeply ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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