... West remains firmly committed to disrupt this trend and the Western pressure on Beijing is constantly growing. Not surprisingly, the Chinese private sector is getting increasingly concerned about the scope of the likely negative impact that secondary sanctions might have on their business prospects. After the European Union had introduced its 12
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package of restrictive measures against Moscow, a number of the leading China’s banks became reluctant to accept dollar payments from Russia; as a result,...
... Regional and Global Politics: Hard and Soft Security Issues.”
On April 27, RIAC held three sections: “Impact of Evolving European Security Threats on Union State,” “Analyzing Situation in the Arctic and Policies of Arctic States” and “EU Sanctions Policy Toward Russia Before and After February 2022: A Comparative Outlook.”
During the session on the evolution of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, experts from both sides reviewed the challenges Moscow and Minsk face amid the European ...
... existing world order built on the authority of the UN and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Moscow has rather tried to play by the established international rules, and although Russian and U.S. diplomats could argue at length about the extent of sanctions following another nuclear test or missile launch, the idea that every step by the DPRK toward becoming a nuclear power would generate opposition was never questioned.
However, since the late 2000s and even more so since the early 2010s, the ...
Sanctions are presented more as an instrument of causing damage, that is, an instrument of war, rather than an instrument for achieving political goals, or what could be called an instrument of diplomacy
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... the important role of the BRICS New Development Bank in the implementation of joint investment initiatives, the creation of a Network of research centres of the BRICS countries in the field of finance, about the use of unilateral restrictive measures (sanctions), as well as support for open world trade being the fundamental role of the WTO.
Yaroslav Lissovolik:
The 2023 “Expansion Summit”: BRICS+ History in the Making
The 2023 Summit Declaration, like earlier BRICS documents, avoided confrontational ...
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 ...
... cooperation in this area even before the pandemic was over. However, the recovery of tourist flows from Russia, which the key countries in the region were counting on to revitalize their economies, faced new challenges triggered by the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia after February 2022.
The most serious factors of the connectivity gap were logistics and finance. Although prior to February 2022, experts had uttered their regret that not all countries in the region had direct air links, generally,...
The tit-for-tat logic will continue to dominate relations between Russia and the West
What will the sanctions policy against Russia be in 2024? Is it possible to predict the priorities of such a policy? Yes, it is quite easy. Key decisions on sanctions in 2024 are already embedded in current political decisions. We will see the further expansion of ...
... relations with the “collective West.” The concentrated expression of the crisis was the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine and the subsequent chain of confrontational events: the acceleration of the arms race, NATO expansion, large-scale sanctions, attempts to isolate Russia, military and financial assistance to Ukraine, etc. The stake for 2022 was the question of whether Russia survives the turning point—will it keep the economy from collapsing against the backdrop of unprecedented ...
... scenarios of mutual assistance and law enforcement support
On September 17, 2023 the transition leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened in the midst of economic sanctions imposed on them by the subregion’s Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) and its threats to carry out a military operation in Niger. For the three landlocked nations, those sanctions had serious repercussions, aggravating the socioeconomic ...