Washington has many allies, but there is no sign of active support from them. Russia’s position completes the diplomatic puzzle that has currently taken shape, and Minister Arakchi’s visit to Russia reinforces it
The visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to Russia once again raises questions about Moscow’s position regarding the conflict between Iran on one hand, and the United States and Israel on the other. The Iranian minister’s trip should come as no surprise. Russia is a major...
Dmitriy Trenin: The world is already multipolar; the key question now concerns the order within this world
Since the second half of the 1990s, the “struggle for a multipolar world” has been a central pillar of Russia’s foreign policy. This notion has been repeatedly reiterated ever since. Yet, in reality, this “struggle” has already been won. The multipolar world is already a fact—and has been for more than a decade. Its emergence signifies that the era of unipolarity—when U.S. hegemony went largely...
China is a power with an economy that remains intimately dependent on foreign markets
China is a power with an economy that remains intimately dependent on foreign markets—be it energy and raw resources to fuel an extensive industrial sector, consumer markets abroad to provide demand for manufactured goods, foreign capital to stimulate growth and innovation, or other major benefits derived from unimpeded access to the international economy.
Timofei Bordachev
, Programme Director of the Valdai...
On April 21, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Horizon Insights Center (China) held a closed roundtable titled “Trump 2.0 and the China-Russia-U.S. Triangle”
On April 21, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the
Horizon Insights Center
(China) held a closed roundtable titled “Trump 2.0 and the China-Russia-U.S. Triangle.” Russian and Chinese experts analyzed the international situation ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to China and assessed the evolving...
While war may significantly reshape the Middle East, it will not alter the capabilities of global powers
The de-escalation of the conflict between Israel and the United States, on the one hand, and Iran, on the other—as occurred in June 2025—is usually accompanied by triumphant declarations from all sides. Even the Gulf Arab monarchies, which have become unintended victims of a war not of their making, proclaim victory. Yet, as was also the case in June 2025, such statements do not mean that the...
Dmitriy Trenin: Russia and China could form the core of a new type of coalition, better equipped to counter hegemonic powers and to bring closer a more balanced and equitable world order
In about a month, President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit China. In preparation for the trip, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently traveled to Beijing. The visit will take place in a year marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the strategic partnership and cooperation between the two countries...
The global consensus on artificial intelligence is fragmenting into competing regulatory philosophies
From February 16 to 20, 2026, New Delhi
hosted
the
India AI Impact Summit
—the fourth and largest in a series of global artificial intelligence summits launched in 2023. The event brought together over 100,000 participants, around 20 heads of state and government, as well as delegations from more than 110 countries and 30 international organizations. In total, more than 400 sessions were held—such...
... virtually the entire top leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran was assassinated.
The strikes against Iran were carried out primarily in the interests of Israel, a State that has historically ignored the NPT, while reserving the right to raise accusations concerning non-proliferation obligations against other countries. The United States, which supported this aggression, was one of the founding fathers of the NPT and remains to be one of its depositaries.
The cynicism of the situation lies in ...
... can pay the toll, or it can suffer another Great Depression. Those are the stark options. The U.S. can resume bombing on April 22, but it will sooner rather than later be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Ironically, the latest war began with accusations over nuclear weapons, yet the only nation ever to have threatened the United States with nuclear or “unconventional weapons” is none other than Israel. One need only listen to what convicted Israeli spy
Jonathan Pollard
admitted on this ...
Interview with Ivan Timofeev for Brasil de Fato and Forum Geopolitica
Despite Pakistan’s leading role in diplomatic mediation efforts between the US and Iran, Russia appears to be playing an important role behind the scenes. The visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (14–15 April) to Beijing—to whom many attribute the real driving force behind the negotiations in Islamabad—was accompanied by numerous telephone calls to his counterparts in Iran, the UAE, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It could...
