... recent
visit
of Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan showed, the movement in this direction has not stopped.
Second, while the focus of geopolitical confrontation between the West (the U.S. and its EU allies) and Russia has shifted from the Caucasus to the Middle East and Ukraine since 2014-2015, this region remains among the most turbulent in the post-Soviet space.
In the last four years alone, the status quo has changed twice in this part of Eurasia. As a result ...
... series of expert meetings aimed at elaborating Russia’s perspective on engagement with China.
The speakers included Igor Ivanov, RIAC President; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Academic Director; Leonid Grigoryev, Academic Supervisor at the School of World Economy, HSE University; Ivan Danilin, Head of the Science and Innovation Department at IMEMO RAS; Artem Pylin, Head of the Sector of Bilateral Ties between Russia and Neighboring States at RAS Institute of Economics; Vladimir Likhachev, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, HSE University; Sergey Tsyplakov, Professor ...
The latest wave of sanctions does not bring qualitative changes—their impact on the Russian economy and its relations with foreign partners is unlikely to be fundamental
Amid the second anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine, a number of Western countries and associations launched a new set of sanctions ...
Working Paper No. 83 / 2024
Working Paper No. 83 / 2024
The following working paper presents the results of foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) following its establishment. The author carefully analyzes free trade zone agreements (FTZs) as a key tool for developing the Union’s foreign economic relations. Additionally, the author assesses the effectiveness of existing EAEU FTZ agreements with third countries, as well as the outlook for new agreements. This research aims...
Russia and Southeast Asia countries are eager to strengthen cooperation despite logistical and financial problems
In the second half of 2023, a series of publications came out in the media on how a number of nations in Southeast Asia—above all Thailand ...
... on Innovation Cooperation for 2021-2024.
As a part of our Chairmanship, more than 200 various events in different corners of Russia have been scheduled, with the October Summit in Kazan being their apogee. The list of meetings includes business and political ... ... most importantly, it undermines its own credibility by creating new crises and hindering genuine decolonization of the world economy.
A situation when a few countries feel entitled to dictate their will to others, threatening to cut off access to global ...
RIAC and Synergia Foundation Report No. 92 / 2024
RIAC and Synergia Foundation Report No. 92 / 2024
Russia — India relations represent an important venue of the emerging multipolar world order. Moscow and New Delhi share a common history, which serves as a basis for the strategic partnership. The two do not hesitate to seize the opportunities of recent ...
... America. That said, the advanced algorithms of offset contacts offered by Russia would favorably compare with the traditional schemes of supplies or simple reinvestment of funds in the MIC offered by arms partners in the West.
The Intergovernmental Russia-Emirates Commission for Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation (IGC) (established in 1994, currently headed by Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy) is a convenient platform, as practice has shown, for developing ideas and initiatives along the lines of specialized partnerships between Moscow and Abu Dhabi, as well as for monitoring their implementation. The
11
th
IGC meeting
was held on ...
... in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and other parts of the world are likely to continue. The short-term future of the global economy remains highly uncertain. Due to accelerating climate changes, threats of natural disasters are growing all over the planet.... ... the Taiwan island and many other places generate even more uncertainties. To sum up, there will be no shortage of topics that Russia and China could compare notes on in 2024.
The question, however, is whether 2024 turns out to be mostly a continuation ...
... ecosystem, although its weakness is the apparent absence of a clear technological and economic strategy as it moves forward. Because of this, Russia is unlikely to take a leading innovating role in the world, although a follower strategy would be ideal.
Russia switched from a Marxist economy to a neoliberal economic model in the 1990s and has since pursued course correction towards a not clearly defined strategy policy of technological sovereignty. While Russia has made great progress in advancing towards technological sovereignty,...