... War, in the fight against global adversaries, the United States needs to partner with a number of non-democratic countries (for example, Vietnam). Many of the official US allies are authoritarian (including most allies in the Middle East, including Turkey), and Washington is unlikely to abandon these alliances, even though relations with some of them have deteriorated. Loyal NATO allies such as Poland also face serious problems with democracy. However, most importantly, an increasing number of countries,...
... Delegation to Russia; Michael Siebert, Managing Director for Russia, Eastern partnership, Central Asia, Regional cooperation and OSCE in the European External Action Service; and Marko Makovec, Deputy Managing Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans, Turkey and the UK at the European External Action Service.
On the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in the Russian Federation, the speakers and participants included: Bogdan Batic, Deputy-Director ...
... Road Initiative (BRI)?
Andrey Kortunov:
The Liberal Project and Its Relevance for Armenia
Actually, Armenia is the only country among its four neighbors which could not involve any vast Chinese investments in its economy. It is worth mentioning that Turkey and Iran got several billions in the framework of the BRI, while Azerbaijan and Georgia have received several hundred million of investments each. In Armenia, though, China has invested little. For the last four years, the Sino-Armenian relations ...
... that the U.S. would decisively endorse India should it a military confrontation with Pakistan play out. As an example of America’s “low profile” in such matters, we could cite its extremely cautious reaction to the acute crisis between Russia and Turkey in November 2015 after the Turkish Air Forces downed a Russian ground attack aircraft over the Syrian-Turkish border.
In the meantime, if Beijing somehow succeeds in resolving the long-standing problem of “unification with Taiwan” on terms ...
Turkey continues its unusual and risky policy in military-technical cooperation
Turkey goes on with an unusual and risky policy in military and technical cooperation, effectively regarding it to be a continuation of Recep Erdogan’s foreign policy ...
... probably join the next edition. On the one hand, this format is not exactly brand-new, being close to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, which celebrated its 13th edition on July 27–29, 2021. On the other hand, it still differs from U.S.–Africa Leaders, Turkey–Africa or Russia–Africa Summits that host heads of state or government.
Besides, the more informal format of the summit often reflects the incompleteness that formal consultation platforms can represent. Indirectly, a better relationship with ...
The United Nations is much bigger than its Security Council, all the importance of UNSC notwithstanding
When it comes to reforms of the United Nations, it is indispensable for China and Russia, as long-time UN champions and supporters, to take the lead in promoting bottom-up approach to UN reforms. Moscow and Beijing have already accumulated a lot of experience in working together in drafting UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, in setting agendas for UN General Assemblies and in interacting...
... supporting the regimes in power. At the same time, this strategy does not guarantee that the younger generations now supported by France will not reorient themselves to other players at some point in the future, as the competition (including China, Turkey or Russia) is stepping up their activities in Africa. Cultivating contacts with the civil society “over the head” of the local elites may provoke anger, which would lead to a slowdown of the French initiatives on the ground.
It is also unlikely ...
... Intellectuals took place in Pyatigorsk. The conference was organized by the International Institute of the Development of Science Cooperation jointly with Pyatigorsk State University. The meeting brought together more than 70 participants from Russia, the USA, Turkey, Sweden, Austria, and some other countries. Among participants of the conference were former Foreign Minister of Turkey Yaşar Yakış, Deputy Director for Science at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Velikhan ...
... in the Middle East. Moreover, Iran’s anti-terrorist aspirations tend to overlap with the vision of other countries. Iran’s fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, a terrorist group banned in Russia) and its meaningful interaction with Russia and Turkey in Syria are another important indicator.
Another obstacle to Iran’s membership in the SCO was its pronounced and unrelenting anti-Americanism, especially characteristic of Ahmadinejad’s years in power. China, remaining one of the key economic ...
