A Kiev-provoked Ukraine/Russia naval clash near the Kerch Strait, Crimea, threatens to derail the Argentina G20 Summit and to worsen US-Russia bilateral relations
First, a little essential geography. The Kerch Strait, joining the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov, is a narrow shallow passage, less than 24 NM wide at its narrowest point. So it all falls ...
On July 10 Valdai International Discussion Club organized an expert discussion on the outcomes of G20 Summit.
On July 10 Valdai International Discussion Club organized an expert discussion on the outcomes of G20 Summit.
Fyodor Lukyanov, Member of RIAC, Academic Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club,...
... unfolding quite uneasily, Russian Ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak told TASS.
The Russian ambassador expressed his opinion in an interview with TASS on the eve of the first meeting between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Trump has repeatedly stated that he wishes to work together with Russia in the fight against terrorism and to respond to other shared challenges. However, the opposition in the United States has taken on a hostile attitude towards ...
Relations between Russia and the United States, as well as between Russia and US-oriented European countries, further deteriorated following the G-20 summit in Brisbane due to the crisis in Ukraine. This poses the question for analysts as to how this situation might affect Moscow’s Middle East policy and the existing forms of cooperation with the West on regional issues, namely: the Middle East quartet of international mediators; the negotiations of the five permanent members of the UN Security...
... public-private partnerships (PPP), foreign direct investment (FDI) and reforming the financial regulators.
The G20 invariably touches on reforms to international financial institutions, and this year is no exception. It is a well-publicized fact that the G20 summit in Seoul in November 2010 approved plans to reform the IMF governance system and quotas. However, it remains largely just a talking point, as nothing has happened at the national level either in Europe or in the United States. It is rather ...