On April 14, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, hosted an international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics the context of acute recent crises
On April 14, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, hosted...
... 2022, the Aspen Institute, Italy, and Chatham House, the British Royal Institute of International Affairs, co-organized the seventh annual international conference on the assessment of political and economic risks associated with current international conflicts and crises.
On March 11, 2022, the Aspen Institute, Italy, and Chatham House, the British Royal Institute of International Affairs, co-organized the seventh annual international conference on the assessment of political and economic risks ...
... same time to seek concrete political changes.
The second circumstance is that the international political consequences for Russia which resulted from the military campaigns were relatively insufficient. No foreign state has intervened openly in these conflicts. Foreign military aid does not radically alter the balance of power. Economic sanctions in their current form harm the Russian economy, but they are still not the main factor contributing to existing problems. The economy itself is stable. In ...
Fresh attempts to expose Russian “red line” deterrence as hollow — whether on the ground, in the air, or at sea — would push Moscow to defend what it cannot give up without losing its self-respect
Fresh attempts to expose Russian “red line” deterrence as hollow—whether on the ground, in the air, or at sea—would push Moscow to defend what it cannot give up without losing its self-respect. This would almost inevitably lead to clashes and casualties, which would carry the risk of further escalation...
... international efforts to provide for peace and stability in North Africa. Russian and Egyptian experts pay specific attention to political risks, social and economic challenges in the North Africa; water and food sustainability in the region; unresolved conflicts and cross-border threats.
Political Risks for Russian-Egyptian Cooperation in North Africa
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... International Crisis Group leadership discussed the priority areas of work for the organization in the current year.
On January 12, 2021, International Crisis Group leadership discussed the priority areas of work for the organization in the current year.
10 Conflicts to Watch
in 2021 were identified as the ones with the most far-reaching implications for global peace and security: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Venezuela, the Sahel, Libya, U.S.-Iran, Russia-Turkey, and Climate Change.
The discussion ...
In the end, the Kremlin could indirectly benefit from a military presence in the region
On November 10, 2020, Moscow announced its decision to send peacekeeping troops to Nagorno-Karabakh following the attack of its Mi-24 helicopter over Armenia, thus putting an end to more than six weeks of intense fighting and several decades of skirmishes between the pro-Armenian separatists of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
Michael Lambert:
Who’s Who in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia's choice is resembling that...
On November 3, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the staff of the international non-governmental organization Crisis Action, that deals with the challenges of protecting civilians from armed conflicts.
On November 3, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the staff of the international non-governmental organization
Crisis Action
, that deals with the challenges of protecting civilians from armed conflicts.
The speech and ...
... Azerbaijan were fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The American thinker cited this conflict, together with the Balkan conflict to illustrate the transition of world order and regime changes after the Cold War. However, contrary to Huntington’s belief, conflicts and wars in the Caucasus, including those in Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are more of ethnical than religious nature. In resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, elites of different ethnic groups have made numerous ...
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Carl Bildt, former Sweden’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke about the main approaches of Russia and the European Union to the crises in the South Caucasus and Belarus.
On September 28, 2020, the International Crisis Group held an online expert discussion of the state and prospects for resolving conflict situations in the post-Soviet space. Particular attention was paid to the latest events in Nagorno-Karabakh and Belarus in the...
