... multipolarity means always staying close and creating diplomacy and peace-binding measures.
Who is actually isolated?
New players, China, Russia and the BRICS states are on the world stage and are powerfully heralding the end of US hegemony, and with it the end of the dominance of the so-called “democratic Western world.”
On the currency front, too, more and more countries, especially the BRICS states, are decoupling from the US ...
... it wrecked arms control with Moscow and the nuclear deal with Tehran; and it continued to constantly provoke China over Taiwan – while launching a trade and technology war against Beijing to hamstring its prime economic competitor.
In the meantime, Russia, India and China – the three leading non-Western countries in Eurasia, as well as many of the continent’s other important independent players, continued to rise economically, as well as consolidate their cooperation. In purchasing-power terms, they currently represent, respectively, the fourth-,...
... nuances of the Chinese language. This is probably a scarce commodity today, and the shortage will become even more apparent as Russia and China deepen their ties.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
The World in 2035: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
In general, the ability to communicate with partners from non-Western cultures in a proper way seems the key competence to me that needs to be developed. The paradox is that even though we ...
... dependence than before. At the same time, both sides, and especially Russia, will be managing the level of that interdependence by diversification of their international cooperation when possible.
China’s political position on the crisis: between Russia and the West
The role of China as a key economic partner of Russia proved to be the decisive factor of the military conflict in Ukraine. China’s decision to use the collapse of the Russian-Western relationships to quickly boost the economic cooperation with Russia has basically ...
... dynamics of great power relations will change, and the positions of Russia-US and China-US relations in US diplomacy may be swapped. After the end of the war in Ukraine, Russia may no longer be the "most direct threat" to the United States with Russia's relations with the West easing. At the same time, China-US relations will become the most direct focus of the United States. This is not to say that Russia-U.S. relations will turn friendly and China-U.S. relations will necessarily deteriorate, but only that Russia-U.S. relations will be relatively less ...
... and the politicisation of the economy and finance. The unresolved nature of these issues in relations between Russia and the West has become one of the predetermining factors of the current crisis. Discussions about a new security structure could include ... ... focused on a broader range of security issues.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
An important issue of the new structure will be its functional ...
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The XXI century reality is that great powers can no longer afford to wage classical wars between themselves since such wars may well lead to a complete annihilation of the humankind. Instead, they prefer to go for proxy wars (like the one that the West now wages in Ukraine against Russia) or economic and technological wars (like the one that the United States has launched against China). Such wars may last for many years and even decades without defining the ultimate winner. Therefore, a new balance of powers—in Europe, in Asia or in the world at large—is likely to remain uncertain, ambiguous and contested for a long time....
... power competition
1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global peace, as harsh ideological divisions and conflicts began to be resolved. Now, three decades on, that peace has been lost. With war in Ukraine and increasing tensions between China, Russia, and the West, great power politics once again dominates the world stage. But could it have been different?
Richard Sakwa shows how the years before the first mass invasion of Ukraine represented a hiatus in conflict rather than a lasting accord – and how, since ...
... everyone. But without addressing the strategic issues that gave rise to this conflict, a long-term solution seems difficult.
In Russia, we appreciate the 12 proposals for resolving the conflict put forward by the Chinese diplomacy. They seem timely and constructive,... ... it is extremely difficult to reach a new system of Euro-Atlantic security.
From a theorist's perspective, how do you assess China's efforts to attach Chinese characteristics to Western political theories - such as Marxism - so that it works for China's development? What do you think of the Chinese government's ...
... reluctantly, in the direction of a new geopolitical, economic and technological bipolarity. This is clearly not what most of us hoped for earlier this century, but this trend cannot be ignored and it affects both Moscow and New Delhi.
Year after year, Russia is moving farther east, strengthening and developing its multiple ties with China. Year after year, India is shifting further west, increasing various forms of cooperation with the United States. This is the reality we have to acknowledge before moving any further.
This trend contains considerable risks. If it continues in the medium term, the two friendly nations may eventually ...
