In the 21st century, the whole idea of junior and senior partners looks outdated and even archaic. True international partnerships are based on mutual respect, empathy and a carefully calibrated balance of interests
When the current dynamics of Russia-China relations is discussed, the conversation often boils down to the concept of a "senior-junior partnership." A popular view—especially in the West—is that with more cooperation between the two nations, Russia is gradually, but inevitably, turning into a junior partner to China. When it comes to all the privileges, rights and responsibilities within the partnership, the junior partner has ...
Russia’s Path to the ‘World Majority’
Long before relations between Russia and the West spiralled into a comprehensive political crisis, officials and experts here were enthusiastically voicing ideas about developing ties with the rest of the world. At the administrative level, such a course began to take shape as early as the 1990s,...
... develop into an open conflict in the foreseeable future because the price would be too high for both sides
Introduction
In 2014, Russia and the West entered into a serious conflict due to the Ukrainian crisis. At that time, it seemed that Moscow was doomed to oppose a powerful ... ... the majority of US allies. It is obvious that the rupture of their economic ties will have global consequences for the world economy.
The situation that is taking shape raises many questions. How irreversible is the confrontation between Washington and ...
On October 31, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the OSCE Network of Think ... ... Academic Institutions (
OSCE Network
), the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and
International Relations (
RAS
IMEMO
) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation... ... Network and addressed the following issues: the future of the European order; Russian and Western interests in the military-political and economic spheres; challenges and threats...