On November 11, 2025, New Delhi hosted the Fourth India-Russia Heads of Think-Tanks (HoTT) Forum, jointly organized by MGIMO University of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
On November 11, 2025, New Delhi hosted the Fourth India-Russia Heads of Think-Tanks ...
On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Russian Federation
On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit ...
On November 6 and 7, the summit “BRICS+ Brazil 2025: Opportunities and Challenges” was held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). The event was organized jointly by the Russia–Latin America Observatory of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Ruslat-PUC Minas) and Kazan Federal University
On November 6 and 7, the summit “BRICS+ Brazil 2025: Opportunities and Challenges” was held at the Pontifical ...
... International Affairs has relaunched the work of its Expert Council, chaired by Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club and RIAC member. The first meeting was attended by Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and RIAC member, and was devoted to the topic: “Transatlantic Pressure on Russia: Near-Term Prospects and Limits of Escalation.”
Key discussion points included:
The Russia–U.S. relations
The conflict in Ukraine
Europe: Common sense vs. the ...
The world is entering a critical phase where the legitimacy of sanctions, the integrity of international law, and the resilience of global energy systems are under scrutiny
The recent imposition of sanctions by the United States on two of Russia’s major oil companies has once again highlighted the counterproductive nature of unilateral economic restrictions. The targeted firms—Rosneft and Lukoil—are cornerstones of the Russian energy sector, not only underpinning the country’s ...
A nation that has buried empires now reaches for a new dream of its own
Authors:
Pavel Malyutin & Professor Sergey Karaganov, honorary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and academic supervisor at the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow.
Russia stands today in a civilizational moment. After decades of ideological ...
On October 27, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in collaboration with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) held a closed roundtable on "Eurasian Security in the Context of Global Turbulence: Challenges, Cooperation Formats, and Balance ...
On October 24, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a closed academic workshop on “The 80th Anniversary of the United Nations: Achievements and the Future. The Role of the UN in Contemporary Global Governance....
Ukraine will have to pay the price for the hawks’ triumph
A new wave of sanctions against Russia has captured global attention, with the European Union’s 19
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package taking centre stage. Brussels had been working on it for a long time; Slovakia blocked its adoption back in late September, and Hungary also voiced objections. However, a ...
... political life continued to emerge. However, the reality is quite the opposite. Particularly after the end of the Cold War, instead of ushering in lasting peace, the world entered a phase characterized by brewing and accumulating new conflicts, with the Russia-Ukraine conflict being a concentrated outbreak of this trend.
The situation continues to drift in an unsettling direction. Traditional factors that influence international security and trigger wars persist, while new risks capable of provoking ...