... Member
Luo Yingjie, Professor, Institute of International Relations (China)
Vladimir Baranovsky, Professor, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO University, RIAC Member
Guo Xiaoqiong, Deputy Head of the Secretariat, China–Russia Council for Strategic Interaction, CASS
Irina Prokhorenko, Head of the Department for International Political Issues, IMEMO RAS
The discussion was moderated by Yulia Melnikova, RIAC Program Manager.
... era, marked by frequent armed conflicts and a chaotic international order, the practical path to building an international security system lies in addressing concrete problems.
Julia Melnikova:
Eurasian Security as a Communicative Practice: Tasks for Russia and China
Undoubtedly, the foremost priority is to extinguish the flames of war, bring an end to ongoing conflicts, and prevent the emergence of new armed confrontations. While wars continue to rage and parties remain locked in combat, the establishment of a security ...
... eventually turned into their spoiler.
Elshad Mirbashir oglu:
The Time is Ripe for A New World Order: Multipolarity
Unlike the bipolar confrontation of the 20th century, the new one is more complex. At the forefront there is the confrontation between Russia and the collective West. But in the background there is the gradually increasing rivalry between China and the United States. In the new edition of the Cold War, there’s no clash of military alliances yet. However, the rivalry of the great powers slows down cooperation or makes it impossible even in limited, but at the same time inclusive formats ...
... updating the irrationalities and inequities in the existing international order by means of new constructions, rather than destroying all the old order and mechanisms regardless of the consequences.
As two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China and Russia have an important responsibility to safeguard the existence of the United Nations, the world's most broadly representative multilateral mechanism, and should endeavor to adapt the United Nations to the changes of the times through rational reforms,...
... called for reform of the Security Council after the U.S. vetoed on February 20, 2024 the draft resolution penned by the Algerian delegation on behalf of the Arab Group demanding an
immediate ceasefire
in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.
Russia and China
Russia has always been in favor of making the Security Council more representative while maintaining its compact composition to ensure an adequate and rapid response to the contemporary challenges and threats. The optimal numerical composition of the renewed Council, in Russia’s opinion, is “
slightly more ...
... to subject to revision the existing system of rules and norms: the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and indeed the entire practice of military interventions carried out in circumvention of UN decisions or contrary to the UN General Assembly.
No less obvious is the revisionism of powers such as Russia or China. It extends to those aspects of the modern international order that are better designed to serve the interests of the United States and its European allies: the UN system, international financial and economic institutions, and the accepted rules ...
... will bring significant opportunities to African states to chart their own destiny.
These processes are likely to be accelerated by China’s emphasis on principled opposition to hegemony[6] and Moscow going a step further saying that it will actively counteract neo-colonial structures.[7]
These are not empty words. China and Russia have both shown commitment to reinforcing African sovereignty. China recently unilaterally cancelled 23 loans to 17 countries in Africa.[8] And in a major move, Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, proposed that more African countries join the ...
... the UN, whose main goal was to preserve the monopoly position of the West. However, this required the appearance of formal signs of justice in the form of international law as well as participation in the highest body of the UN, the Security Council (UNSC), of Russia and China, which are immanently hostile to the interests of the USA and Europe.
The institutional form of Western dominance by force has become its final incarnation, and now the main question is whether it is possible to preserve the form following the inevitable ...
... country started this war, in fact Russia started it.
«I was not for this particular scenario, but it happened. And I support my country. The West committed several aggressions. We are now on the same moral level, we are equal, we are doing more or less like ... .... I regret that we lost our moral superiority. But we are fighting an existential war».
Sanctions are getting tighter. Will Russia become more dependent on China?
«There is no question about that: we will be more integrated and more dependent on China. It has positive elements but ...
The United Nations is much bigger than its Security Council, all the importance of UNSC notwithstanding
When it comes to reforms of the United Nations, it is indispensable for China and Russia, as long-time UN champions and supporters, to take the lead in promoting bottom-up approach to UN reforms. Moscow and Beijing have already accumulated a lot of experience in working together in drafting UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, in setting agendas for ...
