Igor Ivanov and Andrey Kortunov attended the World Peace Forum held in Beijing on July 7-8th
... skeleton out – and the whole construction will collapse. 6. Of course, one can ask a legitimate question: how can a nation qualify as a major power? Traditionally by major powers we meant permanent members of the UN Security Council – US, Russia, China, UK and France. Their veto power in the Security Council puts these five nations in a very special league, implying substantial additional rights and responsibilities for the state of international security. These powers have the bulk of the world’s ...