For the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a common threat that it must defeat collectively. It is time to start planning for when the eventual victory comes
The coronavirus pandemic has overturned many assumptions about the current world order. As a matter of urgency, it is time to revisit the principles of international security.
In the pandemic, for the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a ...
... Building a national healthcare system is the sovereign business of the United States. But laying the blame on the WHO, China or Russia will not solve the problems of US health care and is unlikely to help in the fight against the disease.
Andrey Kortunov:
Coronavirus: A New Bug or Feature of World Politics?
The attack on the WHO fits into Trump’s general doctrine of the primacy of US national interests over global or universal tasks. In the terminology of the American president, he simply rejects the ...
... impact on the environment, and may, in fact, only partially compensate the overall pollution caused by the conventional energy sector. But then Mr. Byun also adds something that sounds logical for any geographical areas and cultures: after the current coronavirus helter-skelter people may well begin to unite to create micro-energy systems and, of course, energy-saving devices will become more and more popular. And this is an entire new industry.
While this debate is gaining momentum, let us in the ...
... programs on behalf of the US government, served on over 30 technical panels and advisory boards. He is the author of over 60 publications and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense.
Is there a risk that terrorist groups could use the novel coronavirus as a biological weapon?
Andrey Kortunov:
The UN Security Council Shirks the Test for Coronavirus
In America, we have seen reports about some groups here that we call extremist groups—although they might not fit the official definition ...
RIAC online discussion concerning COVID-19 situation in Japan
Despite the relatively stable situation with the number of COVID-19 cases, the Japanese government has declared a state of emergency in seven prefectures, including Tokyo.
RIAC Program Coordinator Alevtina Larionova, together with Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation Taisuke Abiru and Associate Professor at MGIMO University, Research Fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies Vladimir Nelidov, analyzed reasons...
... imposes upon us. In good times and in bad, we instinctively reject attempts from above or from the outside to exert excessive control over our private lives. This is only natural and, I would thus argue, justified.
Even now, at a time when the deadly coronavirus is taking lives left, right and centre, no calls, admonishments or threats can suppress our inherent desire to be free and to make our own, independent decisions. For we are not slaves! But reality dictates our laws. The virus is causing our ...
How the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis will impact procurement for the world's leading armies
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic combined with the resulting economic crisis is already affecting behaviors of most countries in the world, including ...
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, represented Russia in the discussion.
On April 7, 2020, the possible role of the G20 in providing humanitarian assistance and stabilizing the epidemiological situation in conflict areas in the Middle East and North Africa (Yemen, Syria, Libya) was discussed in the course of an online expert meeting held with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy.
The participants of the event included Malcolm Rifkind, former British Foreign Secretary, Dov...
... city and no one was safe from COVID-19. It was also at that time that there seemed to be one party missing from the news—Africa. Fast forward several weeks and we see that Africa, unfortunately, will not, in fact, dodge the bullet that is the novel coronavirus. Nonetheless, the situation on the continent seems to be developing differently from what we might have expected. While sceptics point out that Africa is in no way equipped to fight the virus and could be looking at an approaching humanitarian ...
On April 2, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a lecture to the staff, members, and partners of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the international system.
On April 2, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a lecture to the staff, members, and partners of the European Council on Foreign Relations (
ECFR
) on the coronavirus pandemic ...
