... these reflect Belgrade and Moscow’s drive to develop multifaceted cooperation, grounded in their economic interests and diversification of partnerships, which is particularly relevant amid external pressure and Western sanctions.
Future prospects and multipolarity
The Prospects for Russian-Serbian Relations Amid Sanctions. RIAC Working Paper
Energy has been and will remain the backbone of bilateral relations, at least on the economic front. Russia has historically ensured Serbia’s energy security ...
The message from China’s twin mega-events was unmistakable: Russia remains central to global peace, stability, and prosperity—not on the margins, but at the very heart of the emerging order
When two of the year’s biggest international events—the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin (Aug 31–Sept 1) and China’s Victory Day commemoration in Beijing (Sept 3)—unfolded back-to-back, one leader was at the center of attention. Beyond the host, President Xi Jinping, it was Russia’s...
... living in these times of change and upheaval – so, let’s make something of it!
„Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast“ [1] (Goethe)
Russia with a reach: Peaceful grazing horses. Russia/Lithuania border near Rusnè.
(Summer 2023).
Multipolarity is a reality
One cycle comes to an end and a new cycle begins. The gravity of the world shifts, the old thinking, the old structures slowly disappear and something new emerges.
That is why the multipolar world or regionalization of the world ...
...
described
by American scholar Robert Kaplan, but it has not yet evolved into a clearly defined structure. Moreover, the nature of regional order and the place of ASEAN countries in the future global political system remain open questions. The emerging multipolarity offers several possible scenarios, in which centers of power, including collective ones, can form symbiotic relationships or act as a counterbalance to hegemons and revanchists.
United by interests, divided by opinions
Andrey Kortunov:
The ...
On February 28 – March 1, 2025 the 3rd International Conference “China-Russia Sanya Dialogue” was held in Sanya, China. For the first time, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) organized the forum along with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, and the China Public Diplomacy Association
On February 28 – March 1, 2025 the 3
rd
International Conference “China-Russia Sanya Dialogue” was held in Sanya, China. For the first time...
In a system where nationalism contradicts globalism, multipolarity seems to be the most conciliatory force that can emancipate the world from the crippling effects of unipolar dominance in the era of hybrid imperialism
The year 2025 marks the first quarter of the 21
st
century. It also marks a turning ...
Nearly twenty years after its inception, the group has become a major engine for world economic growth
The 16
th
BRICS Summit has just taken place in Kazan, Russia—the first in-person gathering of BRICS leaders since the group's largest enlargement. The economic scale and scope of cooperation within BRICS will grow and interactions among member countries will increase. The meeting signifies the beginning of a new chapter of South-South cooperation led by a stronger BRICS, with its elevated global...
BRICS intends to turn itself into one of the most articulated voices of all the Global South, which so far remains grossly underrepresented within most multilateral international institutions
The Kazan BRICS Declaration—is a sizeable document containing 134 points, some of which make quite long paragraphs. The last similar Declaration, approved at the previous BRICS Summit meeting in South Africa’s Johannesburg in August 2023, included only 94 generally more concise points. The earlier summit...
The presence of this dialectic, as we see in the example of the development of BRICS, will contribute to the persistence of uncertainty in international politics and the world economy, which will not allow for a clear formulation of strategic objectives, either at the national or international levels
International politics seems to finally have lost its ability to pursue linear development. This, of course, is extremely sad from the point of view of the average person. However, if we look at what...
... unipolarity has imposed for the past three decades. Against the backdrop of this context, a new conceptual framework is taking deeper root in the image of the near future. It is none other than the already familiar concept in international relations—multipolarity. [
1
] Contributing to the spirit of hope for a fair world, free of injustice and imperialism, the time is ripe for a new world—a multipolar world.
A Modus Vivendi Born Out of Dissatisfaction
Aleksandr Dynkin:
World Order Transformation: ...
