... For instance, the multilateral agreement on the Iranian nuclear portfolio (JCPOA) was stalled by the Trump Administration withdrawal already in 2018, and in 2019 Washington also withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Moscow. An unprecedented migration crisis hit Europe in 2015. The infamous British vote on Brexit took place in 2016. An increased volatility in global commodity and financial markets started even earlier—at least after the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Regional ...
... political upheaval. In the case of the European Union, it is about a more complex balance of power between the big countries, allowing the sustainability of overall cooperation despite the persistence of injustice towards the interests of the weaker countries.
BRICS and the SCO have nothing in common with this nature. Taking into account the difference in interests and geopolitical priorities of its participants, evolution in this direction also does not seem likely. This is the most important sign that needs to be studied: ...
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the tenth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS),...