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Expert Seminar “Africa’s Energy Market”

On June 17, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an expert seminar, “Africa’s Energy Market: Development Trends and Challenges” On June 17, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an expert seminar, “Africa’s Energy Market: Development Trends and Challenges.” It was organized in partnership ...

24.06.2025

RIAC and IAS RAS Hold Conference “BRICS and Africa: Political, Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation” to Mark 70 Years Since the Bandung Conference

On June 16, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for African Studies (IAS) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) hosted a conference, “BRICS and Africa: Political, Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation,” marking the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference On June 16, 2025, the Russian International ...

23.06.2025

Partnership, Not Exploitation—Russia’s Vision for Africa’s Energy Future

Russia is ready to help, sharing its know-how and technology to support sustainable development Energy independence in Africa is crucial but requires time, investment, and cooperation. Andrey Kortunov of the Russian International Affairs Council says Russia is ready to help, sharing its know-how and technology to support sustainable development. Unlike many Western companies ...

18.06.2025

RIAC-IAS RAS “BRICS and Africa: Political, Economic and Humanitarian” Conference for the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference

On June 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Moscow time), the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute of African Studies (IAS) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) will hold a conference, “BRICS and Africa: Political, Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation” On June 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Moscow time), the Russian International Affairs Council ...

10.06.2025

New BRICS Member Climate Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

Policy Brief # 56 / 2024 Policy Brief # 56 / 2024 Climate change is identified in Russia’s Climate Doctrine as “one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century,” a statement that is hard to disagree with. Scientists around the world have agreed that anthropogenic factors play a key role in this process through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2020, the increase in global average temperature...

21.02.2025

Russia’s Policy in Africa: A Geographic Dilemma

Russia faces a tough choice in Africa: either to focus on low-risk and highly competitive markets, where projects will depend on a changeable political climate and eventualities or to explore high-risk and low-competition markets where Moscow has inherent non-market advantages and ...

19.02.2025

How Africa can escape its geographic and historical chains

The West has caught the continent in a neocolonial trap – it needs new partners Africa’s tragic plight serves as a grim reminder of what happens when geography and history conspire against a region. Often referred to as the cradle of humanity, the continent remains plagued by poverty, instability, and conflict. Despite its immense ...

10.02.2025

ASEAN - US Cooperation - Friends with All, Foes with None: Working with all to facilitate Inclusion of Special Needs People

... and civil society organisations and NGOs. This kind of ASEAN hedging allows for good relations with the US, China, Japan, South Korea (ASEAN+3), South Asia (ASEAN-SAACR), Europe ASEAN-EUROPE (Asia-Europe: ASEAN+3 and the 26 EU member nations), ASEAN-AFRICA nations and so forth. There is also ASEAN-BRICS is a partnership between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the BRICS intergovernmental organization. The three ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand became a full ...

31.01.2025

Chinese Investment in Africa and the West. Political Dilemma and Geostrategic Changes

... political and military power. Therefore, it can be said that these investment policies inevitably reflect China’s vision of how to achieve long-term political and economic goals. On this basis, it seems that the influence of Chinese investments on the African continent represents a geostrategic change that will upset many global economic and political balances at all levels and in all areas. Chinese investments have expanded their scope of work across the continent, and the volume of trade between ...

18.11.2024

X International Conference “Current Status and Prospects of Migration to Russia from Distant Countries”

... the Russian labor market. During the second session experts exchanged views on the perception of migrants from distant countries in Russian regions. They also discussed the main trends in the field of educational migration to Russia from countries in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and other regions of the world. Vladimir Mukomel, head of the Center for Research of International Relations of the Institute of Sociology of Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy ...

13.11.2024
 

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