... the majority in the extraordinary parliamentary elections again, despite all the opposition’s attempts to pull the shocked society to its side. And after the full restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, liquidation of the separatist project ... ... for years if the latter refused to support the Karabakh separatists).
Andrey Petrov:
Peace in Southern Caucasus: What Awaits Russia in Azerbaijan?
From his predecessors and political enemies, Kocharyan and Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan not only adopted the ...
... are we not to be,” and “who are our significant others?”
The transition to a new normal is characterised by the emergence of new concepts that reflect such normality.
Ivan Timofeev:
Hybrid War and Hybrid Peace
Changes are also taking place in Russian society. The year 2022 was characterised by shock and confusion after the start of the special military operation. This state of affairs was inevitable given the radical nature of foreign policy changes. In 2023, Russian society appears to have adapted ...
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
The following working paper discusses Russia–Serbia relations amid multiple sanction packages that have been imposed on Russia after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine. This paper reviews key areas of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Serbia, considering today’s ...
If the practice becomes widespread, another nail will be driven into the coffin of human ties between Russia and the EU
In Russia, the new European Commission (EC) rules on the import of sanctioned goods by Russian citizens has caused quite a stir.
The EU sanctions policy against Russia includes a wide range of measures. These include blocking financial ...
... around the sanctions or substitute for the absence of Western products and technologies, but is beginning to transform itself away from being the world’s gas station that Russia has come to be known for in the wake of the Soviet Union’s demise. Russian society, which had become increasingly atomized as few made instant fortunes, is now relearning solidarity and finding a common cause through volunteer work. In terms of values, patriotism—reviled and scorned in the immediate post-Soviet period—now ...
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects. Two sessions of the round table were devoted to the ...
In the absence of other achievements, Poland touts the seizure of the school as a “victory” over Russia
On the eve of the May holidays, the Polish authorities
seized
the building housing the Russian Embassy school, which was famous for its long traditions and high level of education. The Embassy lost its educational institution in the year of ...
Russia’s Path to the ‘World Majority’
Long before relations between Russia and the West spiralled into a comprehensive political crisis, officials and experts here were enthusiastically voicing ideas about developing ties with the rest of the ...
... fundamental problem in the US is not even some specific manifestation of current economic and social malaise, but that American society remains divided: right-wing factions are growing stronger in the Republican Party and left-wing factions in the Democratic ... ... difficult role of the main protectors of global public goods, let alone to be the main architects of the new world order.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict cannot be stopped without active American participation. For all the undoubted successes in the de-dollarization ...
... proposals to Britain and France in 1939, that makes a deal that would take on Axis powers most struggling, but I think history would agree that Churchill wasn’t interested in doing it, because Churchill thought that Hitler would ultimately go for Russia because as per him, Hitler’s principal target was Russia. The French also condescended to that view. If at that time Britain and France had cooperated on the Soviet proposals to be together, the world would have been saved from catastrophic disaster ...
