We will not see an early US-Russian summit in 2021
1. Narratives
Russian leadership tried hard to avoid any statements that would indicate its preference for Donald Trump. Still, it is clear that the election of Joe Biden does not quite fit into the official Russian narrative on the contemporary international system. Biden’s predecessor in the White House with his explicit nationalistic, unilateralist, and transactional approach to foreign policy, was regarded in Moscow as a graphic manifestation...
With no “honest broker” available in the Eastern Mediterranean, the risks of new regional clashes and problems increase
Recently, and particularly in 2019–2020, scholars have been increasingly focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean owing to its importance for global transport routes and its growing energy potential. The energy sources in the Levant basin raise the legitimate question: which approach will prevail? Shall we see cooperation in conflict resolution and in promoting collective security...
... rules concerning elections. How you can vote and when you can vote depends on the state you're in. This means there are unequal opportunities to vote, as some states have more days and fewer barriers to voting than others. It also leads to misguided accusations of voter fraud based on citizens misunderstanding the election process in states different from their own.
There is no reason someone in Pennsylvania should have more or fewer opportunities to vote than someone in Georgia. And likewise, there ...
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years, with US and China increasingly likely to compete in advancing their models of mega-regional integration projects. Globalization is coming back and this time it is back on a mega-regional scale, writes Yaroslav Lissovolik, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.
The emergence of the Regional...
The conference was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Interfax Group, Russian and foreign companies, as well as leading Russian experts on sanctions policy
On December 11, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with
Interfax Group
, with the support of
X-Compliance
, held an annual conference on sanctions risks for Russian and international business: 2020 results and 2021 perspectives. The conference was attended by the...
On December 10, 2020, the Russian Association of European Studies and “Europe — Middle East” Center at IE RAS Department of European Security, held an international conference on Euro-Atlantic solidarity: the Middle East vector
On December 10, 2020, the Russian Association of European Studies and “Europe — Middle East” Center at IE RAS Department of European Security, held an international conference on Euro-Atlantic solidarity: the Middle East vector. The event was held online.
The participants...
The only plausible alternative to multilateralism is not a restoration of an old bipolar, unipolar or multipolar order, but a global disorder with no agreed-upon rules, procedures and hierarches of power
The multilateralism of the second half of the 20
th
century has become outdated, and no viable alternative has been found. Instead of trying to go back to old principles, governments should reinvent a multilateralism that is viable under current conditions: a project-based multilateralism that...
There is still time to extend the Strategic Arms Control Treaty, due to expire in early February, even despite the upcoming presidential transition
The Russian ambassador to the United States said there is still time to extend the Strategic Arms Control Treaty, due to expire in early February, even despite the upcoming presidential transition.
Anatoly Antonov, whose diplomatic career largely has been spent focused on major arms control issues, said the START treaty is a “key issue” for Russia...
National security interests will increasingly influence the competition between technology platforms in a wide variety of areas
The COVID-19 epidemic has given a powerful boost to information and communication technologies. The economic blow dealt by global lockdowns has been reduced thanks to remote platforms. Already-existing ecosystems of financial transactions, electronic document management, data storage, etc. have mitigated the shock emanating from the rupture of usual communications. It...
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”.
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, and Wu Yin, former CASS Vice President and Chair of the Expert...
