Interview with Andrey Kortunov and Zhao Huasheng
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine drags on. In response to France’s President Emmanuel Macron floating the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine, there has been a storm of indignation and a wave of disavowals ... ... the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and... ..., like all wars it has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, cities and houses reduced...
As the world's two super-nuclear powers, the relations of Russia and the U.S. are inseparable from nuclear risk
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and the United ... ... aware of the presence of the nuclear weapons factor in this conflict. Russia's main objective is to deter the United States and NATO from directly intervening in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The U.S., on the other hand, tends to believe that Russia will ...
The U.S. felt that it needed to reshape European perceptions to revive the “Russian threat”, galvanizing the West under its hegemonic influence
Experts are scrambling to explain why the U.S. prioritized ... ..., after it provoked a third round of civil war hostilities with Washington’s backing. The Russian leader also claimed that NATO clandestinely established military infrastructure in the former Soviet Republic for the purpose of carrying out a surprise ...
To Moscow, Russian security will never be American security reimagined. Simply ... ... precisely such an existential threat emanating from the U.S. and NATO, which has to do with their deployment of major weapons as ... ... international situations ever, the leadership of the USSR and the USA were motivated not so much by the formal norms of international ... ... diplomatic and military “double standard” causes great harm to international security, as it pushes Russia into a situation where ...
With the INF Treaty collapsed and Russian proposals to prevent another missile confrontation in Europe possibly rejected,... ... the country’s current security concern has recently emerged: the United States and NATO with its U.S.-led enlargement into the post-Soviet space, with them having completely... ... Russia’s borders—Russia will nevertheless be unable to neglect the flat-out refusal it encountered on the issues that were declared vital to its interests.
In the...
... enough time and stamina to follow the political and diplomatic marathon launched by Russia’s December initiative on security guarantees, the situation is close to surreal... ... SolarWinds. In January, the US-Russia consultations in Geneva and the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels have produced the preordained dose of frustration as... ... when tentative diplomatic steps forward are coupled with a show of force and absurd accusations. It seems that Washington and some of its allies have decided to combine the...
... the immediate prospects of the Ukrainian crisis. Journalists, experts, and politicians claim—with all seriousness—that a Russian-Ukrainian war can hardly be thwarted, not to mention article that seek to explore a purported coup in Kiev, the crushing ... ... going on and what could happen to the Ukrainian issue in the near future?
Andrey Kortunov:
Is There a Way Out of the Russia-NATO Talks Impasse?
Starting off with Moscow’s plans and intentions. Anyone who is slightly familiar with the structure of power ...
Resounding "No" to Nuclear War
Given the harsh words and shrill tone from the Biden team preceding his meeting with Russian President Putin on June 16, it seemed realistic that both sides were lowering expectations in pre-summit pronouncements. In the days before the summit, Biden met with G7 leaders and NATO officials to create an impression of a united front against the "threats" posed by Russia and China. His spokesmen repeatedly painted a picture of an "Alliance of Democratic States" prepared to confront "autocratic regimes",...
... organizations—the European Leadership Network (ELN), the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)—work... ... Advancing Strategic Stability
For decades, strategic stability between the United States, NATO, and the Soviet Union/Russia included a mutual recognition of vital interests,... ... Commission on Missing Persons, United States
Ambassador Richard Burt
Chairman, Global Zero USA, United States
Evgeny Buzhinskiy
Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board; Vice-President...
Review of: Stephen F. Cohen. “War with Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate.”
Review of: Stephen F. Cohen.... ... détente. Such a posture led to an expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to “Russia’s borders,” building more nuclear bombs, and in 2002 even withdrawing... ...
Prashad, Vijay.
Washington Bullets
. New Dehli: Leftworld, 2020.
Roth, Andrew. “Thousands march in Kyiv to oppose Ukraine peace plan,”
The Guardian
, 14 October 2019...