... 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 ...
... “partnership of sustainable diversity”—an idea that underscores not numerical predominance, but the intrinsic value of diversity and equal mutual interaction
The concept of the “global majority” has become one of the central elements of Russia’s new foreign policy rhetoric, reflecting Moscow’s intention to capture the transformations taking place on the world stage—the transition toward multipolarity, rise of the Global South, and the dismantling of the Western monopoly over the ...
On October 20, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a delegation from the National School of Public Policy (NSPP) under the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
On October 20, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a ...
On October 16, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a meeting between RIAC experts and Kanwal Sibal, President of Jawaharlal Nehru University, former First Deputy Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India (2002–2003), and former Ambassador ...
... own.
When revolutionary France refused to recognize the monarchies of Europe, war became inevitable. Napoleon’s empire, built on the energy of destruction, could not live in peace with regimes whose legitimacy it denied. But once the coalition of Russia, Austria, Britain and Prussia defeated him, they were able to reach agreement at the Congress of Vienna, because they did recognize one another’s right to exist. For a century thereafter, Europe’s balance of power rested on this shared acceptance ...
China is narrowing the gap and adding complexity to Russian–US strategic nuclear deterrence relations
In recent years, the missile and nuclear forces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have undergone serious qualitative and quantitative changes. This causes concern in the United States and among ...
On October 13, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Orbeli Center under the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia jointly hosted a roundtable discussion titled “Tests of Partnership: Russian-Armenian Relations in 2025.”
On October ...
No single power rules the world anymore – and that may be a good thing
With the deterrent of guaranteed mutual destruction between Russia and the United States still intact, global politics is entering a new phase of
“normality.”
For the first time in decades, there is no single center setting rules for all. Something older, more pluralistic, and less predictable is emerging ...
On September 29, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a round table entitled "Russia and Vietnam in the face of growing competition in the Asia-Pacific region and Eurasia: Points of Convergence."
On September 29, 2025, the Russian International ...
... be most beneficial for the U.S.
Paradoxically, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev seemed to be the most optimistic of all.
Unlike the Europeans, the Kremlin saw no reason to seriously fear Germany reassuming its great-power status, and it was precisely Russia’s stance that contributed most to Germany’s rapid and generally quite smooth unification. Nowadays, Gorbachev’s position is considered naïve, to say the least. Of course, it is easy to see the ramifications of the decisions hastily made ...
