... be to focus on the most immediate dangers that cannot be put on a back-burner till 2035, though to reach consensus on the priorities short-list would already be quite a formidable challenge.
Implications for Russia and China
What does this mean for Russia and for China? What role could our each of the two countries play in the formation of a new world order, based on the changing balance of power in the world, as well as objective resource, demographic, technological and other constraints? Are there any areas in which Russia and China have comparative advantages that allow it to claim global ...
... Russian International Affairs Council, and Zhao Huasheng, Professor at Fudan University and expert with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations.
The world security situation: pessimistic or optimistic?
Andrey Kortunov:
Recent international developments give few reasons to stay optimistic about global security—at least, in the nearest future. Most of the ongoing conflicts in ...
.... In October, it is hard to deny that the damage to the old international system is already beyond repair. The post-Cold War world order that lasted for more than thirty years is unraveling with an accelerating speed. The remaining elements of this order ... ...
It was essential that in Beijing Chairman Xi and President Putin did not limit themselves do discussing the bilateral China-Russia agenda, no matter how important this agenda appears to be. On top of talking about trade, investments, R&D, education, ...
... BRICS countries.
All of the above is only the first approach to individual topics that are on the agenda of the association. In fact, today we are witnessing a turning point. BRICS has received an impulse to make a real transition to a new, more just world order. The ability of the new BRICS to fully realize itself and fulfill the mission of the transition depends on how our descendants will remember the 21st century. The countdown has already begun, but it is 2024 that will show whether Russia, as the chairman and the entire BRICS, have coped with this non-trivial super-task.
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Valdai. Discussion club
... Studies at Fudan University, addressed the participants with welcoming remarks.
The conference was held in two sessions. The former dealt with the development of political interaction in the regional and global context. The issues of the evolution of the world order and the intensification of great-power competition, as well as Russia-China-U.S. and Russia-China-India strategic triangles, have been raised. The emphasis was placed on international cooperation platforms (BRICS, SCO, RIC) where the two countries interact to promote a new international order and develop closer partnership ...
The whole idea that someone—be it Moscow, Washington or Beijing—can ‘lose’ India looks excessively arrogant, if not completely preposterous
Is Russia losing India? They raise this question at practically every conference, workshop or an expert meeting on Russian-Indian relations since the times of the Soviet disintegration in early 1990s. Quite often, the predominant views expressed by participants ...
... trans-border information exchanges? This image is unclear, but it will depend on major powers. And, of course, India remains one of the key actors.
Conflict Termination in Ukraine?
Andrey Kortunov:
Restoration, Reformation, Revolution? Blueprints for the World Order after the Russia-Ukraine conflict
That Russia can sustain the conflict is beyond doubt and is supported by three factors. First is the military hardware. Russia has an advantage because it has a bigger industrial base than Ukraine, and this industrial base is not ...
... Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with RAS IMEMO, and the journal "The World Economy and International Relations" (MEMO Journal) held the 9th joint research workshop on technological leadership in the transformation of the world order
On June 30, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with RAS IMEMO, and the journal "The World Economy and International Relations" (MEMO Journal) held the 9th joint research workshop on technological leadership in the transformation of the ...
... interaction between states with different politics, systems, ideologies, histories, cultures coming together for shared interests, shared rights and shared responsibilities in global affairs and creating greatest synergy for building a better world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that “the change of milestones is a painful but natural and inevitable process. The world order of the future is taking shape before our eyes. And in this world order we must listen to everyone, take every perspective into account, accept every nation, society, culture, every vision and world view, all ideas and religious beliefs, without ...
... in part, for the losses sustained from the rupture with the West—which of course is their immediate objective. The overarching goal of Moscow’s new approach to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America should be creating elements of a new world order that Moscow (and Beijing) loudly proclaim. It does not matter, at this stage, that while Russia is aiming to replace the current setup with a wholly new one, China is merely seeking to modify the current order by substantially reducing Western dominance in the existing institutions and expanding the influence of other players, first of all ...
