On February 11, 2020, Gianluca Alberini, Deputy Director General of Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On February 11, 2020, Gianluca Alberini, Deputy Director General of Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The Italian diplomat was informed ...
West Asia suffers from a regional systems failure in the absence of a sufficiently inclusive and viable regional security framework capable of preventing and defusing conflict
The latest crisis in West Asia only underscores the international imperative and the region’s own conspicuous responsibility to find immediate and long-term solutions to the wicked security dilemmas of that theatre to stanch the recurring cycle of violence and conflict.
Already tense ...
... whether China's involvement in the continent will have a negative or positive impact. Some scholars have questioned Beijing's reluctance to attach good governance practices to its financial assistance. On the other hand, some look at China's approach as a unique opportunity for countries in Africa, previously isolated by traditional western donors due to the lack of political reforms, to access funding. However, the fascination with the nature and approach of economic relations between China and Africa ...
The contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 has underlined the deep division within the country and in the international community
There’s no doubt that nationwide protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) in India has underlined the deep division within the country and ...
Stockholm Agreement is in danger of collapse
UN Reports on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (the latest of which WFP report and the report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen) clearly mentioned and condemned the violation committed by Houthi Militia; including obstructing humanitarian access, manipulating ...
Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for the media of the BRICS countries "BRICS Strategic Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth", November 12, 2019
On November 13–14, 2019, Brasilia will host the 11th BRICS Summit. In the run-up to this key event of the year for our ...
... Regime
Today’s global climate agenda is supported by various international institutions, and its implementation involves a broad range of measures. We are talking about a complex international regime aimed at preventing climate change. The roles and functions of its elements are inconsistent and have changed over time due to a large number of factors. The United Nations plays a special role in this regime, as it is the UN mechanisms that are called upon to coordinate international efforts in combating ...
First, it is too expensive; second, it is technically highly complicated; and, third, no active resident support is likely
Since I once worked at the Soviet UN mission on East 67
th
Street in Manhattan, I know that not all New Yorkers are happy to have the UN Headquarters in their city. Of course, this institution promotes local patriotism, being yet another argument in the endless discussion on what city ...
“World at a Crossroads and a System of International Relations for the Future” by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for “Russia in Global Affairs” magazine, September 20, 2019
These days, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens up. So does a new international “political season”.
The session begins at a highly symbolic historical moment. Next year we will celebrate two great and interconnected anniversaries – the 75th Anniversary of ...
We call on leaders at UNGA to take urgent steps to reduce the risks of nuclear confrontation
Ahead of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, over 100 members of the
European Leadership Network
’s network of political, diplomatic and military figures ...
