... stressing the remaining security dilemma and the need for reciprocity in the Seoul – Pyongyang dialogue, as well as on socioeconomic and cultural issues, supporting or impeding the normalization of the situation in the region
On May 11, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Korea Foundation (KF) held the second round table “The Korean Peninsula: State of Affairs and Denuclearization Prospects. Room for Collaboration” as part of the 2021 Next Generation Policy Experts ...
... been building up its own
maritime militia
, which patrols the area around Hainan, the Spratly and the Paracel Islands. China believes this to be a covert operation in order to spy on the Chinese military infrastructure and ships.
Ivan Timofeev:
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands of kilometers away, Russia may look like a full-fledged outsider of this dispute. Still waters run deep. Back in 2016, Vladimir ...
The problem of trust between the people of Russia and Iran remains unresolved, if only because they have very poor knowledge of each other
Should we define the current Russia–Iran relations as a strategic partnership or rather as a tactical alliance between countries with diverging foreign ...
The solution to the problem of psychological wars in a "psychological peace" should be based on a common understanding on what is allowed in the international information exchange and what is not
Andrei Ilnitsky, an advisor to Russian defense minister, said in an interview at the end of March that the US and the West are waging a "mental war" against Russia. Why does the West resort to the psychological war? How will Russia cope with the psychological war? Global ...
The European Parliament resolution did not cause any fluctuations of the ruble or Russian blue chips. Why did this happen and should the resolution be taken seriously?
The European Parliament has adopted another resolution on Russia. It reflects the key political claims against Moscow which have recently been on the Union’s official ...
The main findings of the workshop on ‘European Security’ organised by RUSI and RIAC in February 2021
Introduction
This conference report outlines the main findings of the workshop on ‘European Security’ organised by RUSI and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in February 2021 as part of the
UK–Russia Security Dialogue
. The dialogue is a proven format that has provided an opportunity for RUSI and RIAC to bring together experts from the two countries to discuss ...
... a generic package with avionics, sensor, weapons control & battlespace to put into not one but a range of aircraft platforms (manned and unmanned). The EU has neither. The EU will never reach the finish line even in 2040 UNLESS the EU teams up with Russia. Russia has a big vital part of what is needed: A truly superior aircraft platform, the Su-57. The EU has what it takes to develop the rest and turn that into a true No.1 global leader in combat. Together, the EU and Russia can and will do it. ...
... one of the starkest crises in the past century. The world’s sovereign wealth funds as a powerful force in international financial markets could play a vital role in advancing green projects as well as green finance. This is particularly relevant for Russia, where the National Wellbeing Fund could be partly invested into green financial instruments.
At this stage there is a number of global networks and initiatives that bring together the world’s largest institutional investors, including sovereign ...
... either. Abkhazia has more than 200,000 residents, Transnistria more than 400,000, and the conflicted regions in Ukraine have millions of residents. It has been argued that these regions cannot be considered truly independent because of their reliance on Russia’s economy and military. If reliance on other states, however, is indeed a determinant of statehood, many of the states in the United Nations would disappear overnight. For example, it could be argued that the nations that compose the European ...
... of the Soviet Union and composed the general driving forces that finally lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. However, they are not the direct causes of its breakdown.
Did the political model break up the Soviet Union?
Dayan Jayatilleka:
Russia’s Way of Being in the World, from Yesterday to Tomorrow
The Soviet system had many shortcomings, but these shortcomings were not direct factors to disintegrate the Soviet Union.
These shortcomings forced the Soviet Union to embark on the path ...
