In recent days, the official U.S. position on the situation in Syria has experienced certain transformation. As we know, Russia called for putting Syrian chemical weapons storages under international control which must ultimately lead to its destruction. It is worth noting that the Moscow's proposal hit the bull's eye and was more than likely the only possible ...
Cold War stereotypes prevent the building of a new system of international links
On August 9, Russian foreign and defense ministers met their U.S. counterparts in Washington the day after President Obama had cancelled his September visit to Russia. American hawks were triumphant, as were Moscow’s hawks and some like-minded figures in Europe ...
... world presents unique challenges and opportunities for nations aspiring to be superpowers.
In an exclusive interview with
Russia Direct
,
Ivan Timofeev
, program director at
Russian International Affairs Council
(RIAC) and associate professor at ... ... the U.S. is to adapt itself to the new realities and get on top of the new trends.
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President Barack Obama and the new
geopolitical reality
Some experts and historians thought that new economic blocs would emerge - one ...
"Window of opportunities"
On the 17th of June this year, a meeting of Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin was held at the G8 Summit. The two Presidents signed several important arrangements aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Russia and the U.S. that lived though a complicated period in 2012. In essence, it became possible to elaborate a new agenda after ... ... THAAD anti-missiles and 84 Patriot PAC-3 anti-missiles
[13]
. By the end of this decade, their number might grow up to 1.5 thousand
[14]
. Nevertheless, these systems cannot intercept the ICBMs and do not substantially affect the strategic military balance....
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) expresses its deep satisfaction with the ... ... outcome of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama, held on June 18 in Los Cabos (Mexico).
The joint statement issued following... ... be an opportunity to play on the contradictions in the approaches of Russia and the USA to non-proliferation, this will not happen.
The coincidence of Russian and U.S....