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India-US Entente: A Russian Perspective

Like Russia, India is likely to resist the evolution of the international system towards a rigid U.S.-China bipolarity since such an evolution would inevitably deprive New Delhi of the freedom of manoeuvring that it enjoys now Recently there have been many ...

06.09.2023

Reviving John F. Kennedy’s “Vision of Peace”

... confrontation with the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles they placed in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy (JFK) delivered a speech which must be heard by everyone concerned about the existential threat emanating from NATO’s aggressive stance against Russia in Ukraine. The decision in October 1962 by JFK to blockade Cuba brought the two nations face-to-face in a possible nuclear confrontation. Both leaders were under heavy pressure from “hard-liners” in their defense and intelligence establishments ...

09.06.2023

This Distant Damascus

... consisting mainly of Kurdish militias. Part of Idlib is occupied by the radical Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham movement (outlawed in the Russian Federation). A number of areas in Aleppo, Raqqa, Al-Hasakah and Idlib are under the de facto protectorate of Ankara, which ... ... terrorists in Syria and Iraq, not counting the present representatives from other organizations. Additionally, there are thousands of terrorists in Syrian prisons (including those controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces), which are becoming breeding ...

16.03.2023

RIAC at "Sixty Years of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for the 21st Century" International Conference

On October 19–20, 2022, the Geneva Center for Politics and Security (GCSP), Russian PIR Center, and U.S. Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey (CNS/MIIS) hosted the international conference "Sixty ... ... Antonov, Russia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States; Alexei Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at IMEMO RAS; Evgeny Buzhinsky, Chairman of PIR Center Board; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vladimir ...

21.10.2022

Seven Differences from Cuban Missile Crisis

For both sides, the stakes in the current crisis are higher than they were 60 years ago Today, it’s come to be trendy to draw parallels between the current state of U.S.-Russian relations and the famous Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. All the more so, because we are on the cusp of the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Crisis: the decision taken by the John F. Kennedy administration to impose a blockade on Cuba was made at the ...

17.10.2022

Dis-United Nations and Conceptual Mazes of the New World Order

How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems? A plethora of fora organized ... ... agenda, such as socio-economic progress, national and regional development, rather than just the issues of war and peace or international security. That this picture was far from reality became increasingly clear as negative trends in international relations ...

03.10.2022

China’s 100-year Plan in Ukraine

While Xi Jinping may respect the legitimacy of Russia’s actions to protect its national interests and security in the face of external forces, he has a greater interest in having a bird’s eye view of China’s greatest costs of war During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States ...

26.09.2022

Special Warheads and the Special Military Operation

... nuclear weapons . Since February 24, the nuclear topic has appeared in several dimensions in remarks made by different actors: Russia’s statements concerning the consequences third parties will face should they become militarily involved in the armed ... ... including legislators, from making public statements concerning permissibility of nuclear strikes or from putting forward accusations of nuclear terrorism. Third, with an NPT Review Conference coming up, it would appear very useful to re-launch the activities ...

06.07.2022

We are closer to a nuclear war

... military conflict in Europe after WWWII. It has deep historical roots, and many layers, including a domestic Ukrainian dimension, a Russian – Ukrainian dimension, as well as a broader dimension of Russia-West relations. Russian President Putin seems to be ... ... West-oriented Ukraine presents a formidable existential threat to Russia’s security and even to Russia’s mere existence. This crusade seems to be very personal, though Putin is not the only one in Russia, who has such views. 60 years ago, Cuban leftist leader ...

23.03.2022

Why Did U.S. Prioritize Containing Russia Over China?

The U.S. felt that it needed to reshape European perceptions to revive the “Russian threat”, galvanizing the West under its hegemonic influence Experts are scrambling to explain why the U.S. prioritized containing Russia over China despite most prior indicators very strongly suggesting that it would prioritize the second ...

15.03.2022
 

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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
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