... the level of regions as constituent parts of states. “New federalism,” “new regionalism,” and other similar phenomena (which have become a natural and logical response to the challenge of a large-scale global, provoked (but by no means caused) COVID-19) necessarily require a significant expansion of the rights and powers of public authorities at the regional level (which are designed to “solve issues in specific territories”) — but at the same time raise the question of the price of providing ...
On November 26, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a round table “International Cooperation in the Fight against COVID-19: Russian and Chinese Approaches”
On November 26, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a round table “International Cooperation in the Fight against COVID-19: Russian ...
On November 16, 2021, the University Consortium organized a discussion “Overcoming Global Challenges Through Engagement”
On November 16, 2021, the University Consortium organized a discussion “Overcoming Global Challenges Through Engagement”. A founder of the Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates was a speaker of the meeting. Participants of the event discussed issues of interaction between national governments and businesses to solve the key global problems. Also the discussion was devoted to the impact...
... Brussels myself back then, and could witness that with my own eyes.
2. The Russia-EU political dialogue was designed exactly to promote greater understanding, overcome differences, find a common ground on regional issues. Breaking through the pandemic of COVID-19 we are now gradually resuming it at different levels.
President Putin and President of the European Council Charles Michel regularly talk over the phone, with four of such conversations having taken place this year. Minister Lavrov and High Representative ...
COVID-19 as a Marker of Past and Future Changes in World Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic was arguably the most important event of 2020—perhaps, bearing significance for the entire decade. As the disease proliferated across the globe from January to ...
... no less formidable. These affected first and foremost the youngest generation of the globe – according to UNESCO, “more than 1.5 billion students and youth across the planet are or have been affected by school and university
closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic
”. On top of the adverse effects on the younger generation (see Box 1), there is also the widening “teachers gap”, namely a worldwide shortage of well-trained teachers. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), “69 ...
... is to understand to what extent the audience changes its attitude toward the presented topic and whether a speaker manages to be persuasive.
The third discussion will begin on October 5 at 18:00 (Moscow time, GMT+3). The topic of the meeting: Has the COVID-19 pandemic ended the era of accelerated globalization?
Speakers:
Anastasia Likhacheva, Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics
Sergey Utkin, Lead Researcher, Center for Situational Analysis,...
Russia is in the process of updating its Foreign Policy Concept. The most recent one was published in 2016, but so much has changed across the world since then, especially with the New Cold War between China and the U.S., as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. At present, Moscow doesn’t have an official Indo-Pacific policy, even though this region is fast becoming the most important in the world, particularly in the context of what the U.S. refers to as “great power competition”. It ...
... adopted a different approach, wherein it is ready to meet with representatives of North Korea “anytime and anywhere.” Yet, in practice, it is obvious that the United States only seeks to reinvigorate its sanctions regime, ignoring the implications of COVID-19 as well as repeated calls coming from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to lift all sanctions during the pandemic.
Konstantin Asmolov:
No Prospects for Denuclearization of North Korea
The rigidity of this policy was evident during a series ...
... the right to call early elections at any time. This year, there will be 36 days for the pre-election campaigns.
Carter Boone:
The 2021 Canadian Federal Election and the Arctic
At the centre of the Liberals’ election campaign is the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in Canada and the economic recovery. The coronavirus has also become a motivator for early elections. In his statement, Justin Trudeau
emphasised
that “Canadians need to choose how we finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back ...
