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mission
in 2026. The mission is designed to search for and study water ice in permanently shadowed regions. The follow-on Chang’e-8 program is linked to the development of technologies for the future International Lunar Research Station, a joint Russian-Chinese project.
For its part, India’s Chandrayaan-4 mission, scheduled for 2028, is supposed to deliver soil samples taken near the Moon’s South Pole. This will be followed by plans in New Delhi for a joint polar expedition with Japan. The ...
... innocent lives but also sought to undermine Pakistan’s hard-earned gains against extremism. In the immediate aftermath, messages of solidarity poured in from across the world. Among the most significant was the strong and unequivocal condemnation by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who reaffirmed Moscow’s readiness to step up cooperation with Pakistan in countering terrorism.
This gesture was not simply symbolic. It reflected a steadily deepening partnership between Pakistan and Russia—two countries ...
... and eliminating the trade deficit. However, tariffs have also begun to be actively used for political purposes, utilized as economic sanctions. Moreover, the targets are not so much US adversaries as allies and partners—pressure on India to abandon Russian oil is one example.
Sanctions against allies are hardly a new phenomenon. The US has been actively utilizing both restrictive measures and the threat of using them. Washington resorted to this threat, for example, during the Suez Crisis of 1956-1957,...
As the foreign policies of Russia’s neighbours are increasingly defined by the pursuit of multi-vector alignment
As the foreign policies of Russia’s neighbours are increasingly defined by the pursuit of multi-vector alignment, the previously elusive concept now shapes events ...
... February 5, 2026 [
[1]
], we will wake up to a new reality. There are much larger developments on the global agenda than the expiration of yet another arms control agreement. After all, the treaty has not been fully implemented for quite some time: Russia suspended its participation in February 2023, and on-site inspections stopped back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without inspections or data exchanges, the treaty was effectively reduced to good-faith commitments not to exceed the agreed ...
On Vietnam’s “bamboo” diplomacy and opportunities for Russia in the Asia-Pacific region.
Amid the erosion of the old-world order and the emergence of new, competing power centers, the Asia-Pacific region has also entered a phase of transformation. For Russia, whose post-2022 pivot to the East has become ...
Russia and India will likely have to exercise strategic patience again—a quality they both possess in abundance
Self-sufficiency in Russian-Indian relations has become commonplace over the nearly eighty years of their history. Both countries are major ...
On January 20, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a roundtable entitled "State and Prospects of EAEU-Mongolia Cooperation"
On January 20, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a roundtable entitled "State and Prospects ...
Ultimately, the future of the Eurasian project in Southeast Asia will be defined by the quality of Russia’s engagement with the World Majority
The contemporary international system has entered a period of
structural turbulence
. This is not merely a transition between global leaders, but a fundamental restructuring of the techno-economic and normative ...
Future prospects for Russia’s political and economic influence in the region will now depend less on ownership of key assets and more on its ability to offer Serbia benefits that outweigh the costs of Western pressure and countermeasures
Belgrade’s reluctant move to ...
