....S. president takes office.
U.S. strategy for the next year or two should become clear fairly soon. For now, it appears that Washington is not planning to deploy additional forces immediately—had that been the case, a massive media campaign with accusations against Russia would already be in motion, much as it was ahead of the collapse of the INF Treaty. The latest National Defense Authorization Act makes no mention of New START at all (perhaps Republicans are reluctant to dictate anything to Trump, while Democrats ...
Future prospects for Russia’s political and economic influence in the region will now depend less on ownership of key assets and more on its ability to offer Serbia benefits that outweigh the costs of Western pressure and countermeasures
Belgrade’s reluctant move to ...
... several chessboards at once.
What to do with the United States?
Ivan Timofeev:
Has a Transatlantic Split Occurred?
A year ago, such a question would have rarely occurred to anyone. Brussels and Washington were closely aligned on the issue of containing Russia. There was also common ground on the issue of growing competition with China. The level of economic ties remained high. Military-political integration has been revived. NATO has welcomed two new EU members—Finland and Sweden. Surprises were expected ...
... policy across a number of areas. This shift has impacted cooperation with European allies. These changes stand in particular contrast to the Biden presidency, when the US and EU achieved unprecedented solidarity, including on the issue of containing Russia. But can we really speak of a transatlantic schism? After all, the US and the EU are linked by formal relations within NATO, a vast cultural legacy of alliance relations, and close economic ties. Are we witnessing a fluctuation, albeit acute, but ...
... their readiness to continue developing the organization as an element that binds together all other frameworks of cooperation among Eurasia’s states. At the front and centre of the SCO lies the continuously strengthening strategic partnership between Russia and China – serving as the guarantee of long-term stability across Eurasia for all of the states located here. For Moscow and Beijing, the last few years drove home the realization that security from global threats and the development of both ...
Moscow has sufficient restraint not to slam the door and walk out of negotiations. Such a scenario would play into the hands of its adversaries
The Ukrainian drone attack on one of the Russian President’s residences was difficult to predict in terms of its specific location and timing. However, the numerous enemy drone strikes on Russian territory that have become commonplace over the past three years suggested that such an event ...
... officially defined its position on the Monroe Doctrine, but due to a number of factors – both political and economic – the main directions of its policy in the Western Hemisphere were close to those of the United States. The sale of Alaska and the refusal to incorporate the Hawaii into Russia were entirely logical actions, not sporadic steps. This Russian policy was one of the foundations for the successful development of Russian-American relations in the 19
th
century.
The world of the 21
st
century is too different from the 19
th
...
Russia should support any initiatives of its friends and neighbours that can strengthen the socioeconomic foundations of their independence
Russia should support any initiatives of its friends and neighbours that can strengthen the socioeconomic foundations ...
... belligerent voices are being heard precisely from Europe, as has been the case for centuries, and it is there that preparations for armed conflict are most demonstrative.
This rhetoric and practice are primarily aimed at Europe’s immediate neighbour, Russia, but it also affects China, with which Europe, at first glance, has no objective conflicts. This suggests that the source of our neighbours’ explosive behaviour in the West lies in processes occurring within their societies and government systems,...
... begun to play a significant role in international relations
Autumn is usually a busy season in the nuclear sphere, and 2025 was no exception. In October, NATO held its Steadfast Noon nuclear exercises, followed by the U.S. Global Thunder drills and Russia’s strategic nuclear forces exercises. Developments did not end there: against the backdrop of these exercises, Russia
announced
tests of the
Burevestnik
nuclear-powered cruise missile and the
Poseidon
nuclear-powered torpedo, as well as the ...
