... Moscow in that Tbilisi formally supports all anti-Russian international documents, taking sides with the U.S. and the EU at every vote in the UN—because the government of Mr. Garibashvili has not yet renounced its European aspirations.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis, Turkey and Eurasia: Who Wins?
A Pre-February Georgia
In order to understand how Georgia manages to combine a pro-Western course with its defiance of anti-Russian injunctions by the U.S. and the EU (which commands nothing but respect,...
The West's failed Ukraine strategy has empowered the Global Majority to reject US domination
In his recent landmark address to Russia’s parliament, President Vladimir Putin cited the war in Ukraine and US/NATO involvement in the conflict as the main reason for his decision to “suspend” Moscow’s participation in the 2010 New START Treaty on strategic nuclear weapons. Putin also suggested that Russia should be ready to resume nuclear testing.
Effectively, this announcement, promptly turned into...
The resolution of the crisis might well trigger long-awaited reforms in the global order, which should imply, among other things, a more prominent role for the Global South in the international system
However, this mission has turned out to be impossible to accomplish. Over the last year, in the Global South, as a rule, countries do not subscribe to the US or the EU anti-Russian sanctions. These countries have voiced opposition to expelling Moscow from important multilateral international organizations...
Russia’s staunch stance is to be taken seriously in Seoul
For a beautiful word to be heard, it must first be uttered
.
—
Korean proverb
During a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on October 27, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned about the risk of a deteriorating Russo-Korean relationship, given that Seoul was supplying arms and ammunition to Ukraine. The Russian leader posed a logical
question
: “How would the Republic of Korea feel if we resumed cooperation with...
The conflict between Russia and the West is likely to drag on for decades, regardless of how and along exactly what lines the conflict in Ukraine ends
In 1989, the “short 20
th
century” ended with the “end of history”—the victory of the Western capitalist world over the Soviet socialist project. At that time, there was not a single country or community left in the world that would offer a global alternative in the form of its own view on the organisation of the economy, society and political system...
Supporters in America and the EU funding this proxy conflict against Russia should not be blinded to the very serious democratic deficits in Ukraine
Question the billions of dollars being sunk into Ukraine that has resulted in a devastating loss of life, an ensuing energy crisis, and mounting fears of nuclear war; and you are politically canceled as a Putin ally.
To be clear, asking questions about the reasons and costs to this conflict is not agreeing with Russia’s military course of action...
Cyberspace is increasingly becoming a major area of confrontation in the U.S.-Russia relations.
Since 1998, the UN has annually adopted a Russia-sponsored resolution titled Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. A year ago, however, Russia and the U.S.
for the first time submitted
a joint draft resolution on information security negotiations to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. According to Andrey Krutskikh, the Russian...
On October 20, 2022, Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the fifteenth high-level international expert meeting on the challenges of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the future of European security
On October 20, 2022, Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the fifteenth high-level international expert meeting on the challenges of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the future ...
On October 18, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations was held, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states
On October 18, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations was held, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states.
The organizers of the dialog on the Russian...
... Clearly, Middle Eastern states realize that by choosing sides would not only put their evolving bilateral relations with Russia at risk but also rule out the possibility to act as an intermediary in the negotiations, thereby contributing to resolving the Ukrainian crisis. Besides, this would definitely cast a shadow on their intermediary abilities in the future: there will hardly be anyone willing to turn to an intermediary that openly supports a certain party to a conflict.
By pursuing pragmatic policies,...
