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On November 14, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Nataliya Zaiser, RIAC Expert, Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, had a meeting with Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, and Oleg Ozerov, Deputy Director of the Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia On November 14, 2019, Andrey Kortunov,...
The Africa of today and especially the Africa of tomorrow will be too important for the world at large to approach it only as an extension of the ongoing Russia–UK confrontation Today neither Russia nor the United Kingdom can claim a leadership role in ...
Africa moves to a top position on the global Agenda Russia can work with Africa in areas which the EU neglects. Germany in 2017 issued an open document "Africa and Europe - A new partnership for development, peace and a better future". The objective ...
... the current security agenda, European experts generally do not see Moscow making any significant contribution to the future of the MENA In 2016-2019 an international consortium of think tanks and universities from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa carried out a large-scale research project “Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: Mapping Geopolitical Shifts, Regional Order and Domestic Transformations”. One of the final results of the project was the report “Imagining ...
While Russia’s Policy in Africa may very well have produced certain results, there is no discernible strategy behind it The topic of Russia returning to Africa has been brought up with increasing regularity over the past 15 years. The tense of the verb is important here: Russia ...
... years. Having been one of the few Somali intellectuals to remain in the country throughout the entire civil war, Mr. Mohamud’s victory was not based on clan politics, but rather on respect for his work in civil society and education. Reputed on the African continent for resolving often dangerous clan disputes, Mr. Mohamud is now the chairman of Somalia’s largest political aggregation party, the Union for Peace and Development Party, which has the majority in both chambers of parliament. In an ...
... cycle, four seminars will be held focusing on topical issues for Russia and the United Kingdom. On September 4, 2019, in London, RUSI headquarters hosted the first seminar of the new cycle. It focused on the analysis of Russia’s and the UK policies in Africa. The participants of the seminar discussed political, economic, and military interests of Russia and the United Kingdom in African countries, analyzed the effects of the soft power performed by Russia and the United Kingdom on the African continent,...
Experts agree that a new “battle for Africa” is currently unfolding. What Russia needs, however, is not a fight, but rather fruitful cooperation with all interested parties Russia is back to Africa. This is a fait accompli, a new and significant trend of Russia’s foreign policy over ...
Despite worldwide trends towards protectionism, Africa, a rapidly changing continent, is preparing to create a trading bloc of 52 economies. While trade has been declining globally, encouraged by tariff and non-tariff barriers, protectionism has been on the rise. Events such as Brexit, the U.S.-China ...
Does the first Russia-Africa Summit mean opportunities for Russia? During the peak of the Soviet Union, there was no contestant to the powerful influence the superpower held in Africa. The 1970s were marked by the USSR’s active support of the African liberation fight, ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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