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Luo Yingjie, Professor, Institute of International Relations (China)
Vladimir Baranovsky, Professor, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO University, RIAC Member
Guo Xiaoqiong, Deputy Head of the Secretariat, China–Russia Council for Strategic Interaction, CASS
Irina Prokhorenko, Head of the Department for International Political Issues, IMEMO RAS
The discussion was moderated by Yulia Melnikova, RIAC Program Manager.
... Central Europe into poverty, the moment of final conflict would inevitably come soon. A new war would destroy civilization, regardless of who emerged victorious. Todd Buchholz and Martin Feldstein. New Ideas from Dead Economists. Translated by Feng Jun, China Science & Technology Press, 2024, P. 263.
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. Marshal Ferdinand Foch, who served as Chief of the French General Staff during World War I, held this view and uttered a widely quoted maxim: “This is not peace, it is a 20-year truce.” Winston ...
... Multipolarity
Unlike the bipolar confrontation of the 20th century, the new one is more complex. At the forefront there is the confrontation between Russia and the collective West. But in the background there is the gradually increasing rivalry between China and the United States. In the new edition of the Cold War, there’s no clash of military alliances yet. However, the rivalry of the great powers slows down cooperation or makes it impossible even in limited, but at the same time inclusive formats that were observed ...
... updating the irrationalities and inequities in the existing international order by means of new constructions, rather than destroying all the old order and mechanisms regardless of the consequences.
As two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China and Russia have an important responsibility to safeguard the existence of the United Nations, the world's most broadly representative multilateral mechanism, and should endeavor to adapt the United Nations to the changes of the times through rational ...
..., since this would only exacerbate injustice. Neither Germany nor Japan will bring anything new to the Security Council’s deliberations as they are obedient to Washington’s orders, just like virtually any other Western state,” he
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China’s position on reforming the UN Security Council is reduced to general statements that boil down to strengthening the representation of developing nations. Thus, it can be assumed that the option of granting of permanent membership to Japan and Germany is essentially excluded. Another ...
... changes taking place in the world will be rapid and dramatic - revisionism by its nature does not imply sudden movements. We see how cautious Russia and the United States are about the likelihood of an escalation of their differences in Eastern Europe. China and the United States are also showing serious restraint and skilfully resolve their differences without bringing them into direct conflict. The fact that thousands of human lives become the price for general revisionism is a huge tragedy. But in conditions when ...
... security released by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in February of this year. Many politicians, academics and journalists accused Beijing of trying to increase its global influence by presenting a nice looking, but very general and apparently unimplementable set of ideas.
Ivan Timofeev:
China Does Not Seek to Disprove but Work with and Be Receptive to Others
The Western biases are arguably, unavoidable under the current challenging geopolitical circumstances. However, these biases should not obscure our vision and predetermine our judgement ...
... emphasis on principled opposition to hegemony[6] and Moscow going a step further saying that it will actively counteract neo-colonial structures.[7]
These are not empty words. China and Russia have both shown commitment to reinforcing African sovereignty. China recently unilaterally cancelled 23 loans to 17 countries in Africa.[8] And in a major move, Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, proposed that more African countries join the UN Security Council.[9] Such actions are examples in a wider commitment to African sovereignty ...
... the UN, whose main goal was to preserve the monopoly position of the West. However, this required the appearance of formal signs of justice in the form of international law as well as participation in the highest body of the UN, the Security Council (UNSC), of Russia and China, which are immanently hostile to the interests of the USA and Europe.
The institutional form of Western dominance by force has become its final incarnation, and now the main question is whether it is possible to preserve the form following the inevitable ...
... international crises, preventing nuclear war and ensuring strategic stability in the world. Other multilateral mechanisms at the regional and global level that could be used in crisis management were also touched upon. Leading international researchers from China, the USA, and Russia took part in the round table. Russian side was represented at the event by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
