... in the agenda of the Russian President’s summits with the leaders of China and India, discussed by CIS foreign ministers, and further developed within the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Russian diplomacy consistently incorporates the theme of a Eurasian security system into the dialogue with its partners in various parts of the world’s largest continent. [
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The intensification of activity in this sphere inevitably prompts a series of conceptual and political questions. What exactly is meant ...
On October 27, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in collaboration with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) held a closed roundtable on "Eurasian Security in the Context of Global Turbulence: Challenges, Cooperation Formats, and Balance of Interests."
On October 27, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in collaboration with the China Institute of International ...
... recent years, the SCO has increasingly been portrayed as a platform for constructive discussions on security—in other words, without excessive ideologization and politicization. Russia has been particularly insistent on the SCO’s central role in Eurasian security, arguing that the organization should lay the foundation for a new system of cooperation among states
in line with the Shanghai Spirit
, which would replace Eurocentric and Euro-Atlantic models. It seems too early to speak of a complete ...
On June 2, 2025, the TASS Press Center hosted a RIAC roundtable on “Russian–Armenian Cooperation at the Present Stage.”
On June 2, 2025, the TASS Press Center hosted a RIAC roundtable on “Russian–Armenian Cooperation at the Present Stage.” The event included a presentation of RIAC
Policy Brief
.
Participants noted that for much of their shared history, Russian–Armenian relations have been marked by a high degree of mutual trust and a traditionally warm dynamic grounded in the cultural affinity...
... against Pyongyang and the six party negotiating mechanism. In the South East Asia region Moscow preferred not to take sides in local territorial disputes and to enhance bilateral relations with ASEAN nations, especially with Vietnam.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Architecture: Five Questions and Five Answers
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine this approach to the region has changed in a significant way. There are no longer prospects for improving Russia-Japan or ...
... brand-new venue for the parties’ connectivity cooperation [
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Yet, both projects would require from Russia and India significant investment, political will and creativity to not only make them economically feasible, but make sure they fit into broader Eurasian security architecture. And this is where Moscow and New Delhi might face convergence issues. Another challenge is of geopolitical nature, as involving India in Greater Eurasian Partnership proposed by Russia may clash with the fact that its core ...
On April 8, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Institute of World Politics and Economics (IWPE, Serbia), held a roundtable on “The Balkan Region in the Eurasian Security System.”
On April 8, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Institute of World Politics and Economics (IWPE, Serbia), held a roundtable on “The Balkan Region in the Eurasian Security System.” ...
... managed to launch a dialogue process around the initiative with the largest powers in Eurasia, with partners in neighbouring countries. In the logic and spirit of the initiative, new bilateral agreements on security issues are emerging.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Structure: From Idea to Practice
To use a space exploration analogy, we can state that the first stage of the rocket worked flawlessly. However, ahead is the launch of the second stage and the initiative's entry into the necessary political ...
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #94 / 2024
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #94 / 2024
Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2024 Model is the tenth annual report that reviews Russian-Chinese cooperation in 2023 through Q2 2024. The bilateral relationship developed in a challenging...
... perspectives may be helpful. In this paper, the author intends to focus not so much on common, but rather on divergent views that should be kept in mind while trying to forge new proposals on security in Asia and beyond.
Threat perceptions
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Structure: From Idea to Practice
Needless to say, there is a lot of concurrence between Moscow and New Delhi on a broad range of security challenges across Asia. Both nations are concerned about potential regional crises that might break ...
