... institutions, creative associations, labor unions, youths' women's and public organizations.
Radical Nationalism
The West was to be handled by capitalizing on differences between the United States, Europe and Japan.
At about the same time, the CPC developed a foreign policy designed to shore up China's political regime by strengthening the country's economic and other levers in the world, primarily in Southeast Asia, where ethnic Chinese are deeply embedded in national economies. The region was seen as the ...
... rather try to limit Russia's access to global sources of growth and development. The pressure will be powerful and concerted, and Russia lacks reliable playing partners. Restricted access to the resources of globalization is the penalty for a tough foreign policy. In the present circumstances, Russia will not be able to assert its political ambitions and still maintain the same level of access to global sources of development.
In this situation, two inauspicious scenarios present themselves.
The ...
The XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club opened in Sochi today (October 22). The topic of this year’s meeting is “The World Order: New Rules or a Game without Rules?” Around 100 participants from over 25 countries will come together at the Session to work on new approaches to issues on the global agenda. Among those taking part will be RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
, Director General
Andrei Kortunov
and Programme Director
Ivan Timofeev
.
As of 2014, the...
Russia needs a world order in which its opponents cannot monopolize global sources of growth and restrict access to them should political differences arise. Multi-polarity has acquired a completely new meaning. In the past, it was understood as the co-existence of several great powers; but now it is seen as the presence of alternative sources of growth and development.
In the run-up to the
XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club
, the Russian International Affairs Council...
Working Paper #XVIII / 2014
This working paper is an examination of the modern world order. Theoretical approaches to the analysis of international relations are revised and its guiding characteristics are determined.
The structure of the modern world order and its particular dynamics are revealed with the help of mathematical modelling methods. Possible directions for Russia’s policy in the changing world environment are considered.
World Order Or World Anarchy? A Look at the Modern System of...
... international relations and the role of parliamentary diplomacy in the international arena.
You chaired the Russian Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee for nearly 13 years. How would you assess the changes that have taken place in the Russian foreign policy over the years?
A cooling in relations between Russia and the United States, and therefore the West as a whole, is, I would say, the most apparent feature of these 13 years in foreign policy. And this is not just my personal opinion. President ...
... are quite professional when it comes to grandstand play, to blocking everything, to shirking the search for a compromise and to avoiding direct answers. People of this sort address some very different tasks. And nearly all of them lack an independent foreign policy. There are only strict instructions from this or that high office that have to be followed. And they scrupulously toe the line.
Naturally, you always expect your partners to be consistent in their actions, to observe common standards. After ...
In an exclusive interview with RBTH on the Ukraine crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the highest priority must be an unconditional ceasefire to end the suffering of civilians. He also warns that trying to settle disputes by imposing unilateral sanctions threatens international peace and stability.
Russia Beyond the Headlines: There has been repeated speculation, particularly in the Western media, that Russian troops could be deployed in Ukraine and even that they have already crossed...
... and Fall of the Turkish “Trading State” in the Middle East: Increasing Cooperation and Regional Integration Following the Arab Spring
Upon the rise of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) to power in 2002, Turkey embarked on an activist foreign policy in the Middle East. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was previously Prime Minister Erdoğan’s chief foreign policy adviser, argued in his famous book Strategic Depth that the Middle East was a natural environment ...
Vladimir Putin was expected to make headlines at the extraordinary meeting of Russia’s Security Council on July 22. Some thought he would announce a change of foreign policy, while others believed he would signal a harder line. Both were disappointed.
The president’s remarks at the meeting, or at least the part that was open to the press, seemed perfunctory. He said the right things, but betrayed little ...
