RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
The report attempts to compare Russia and China’s views on the current state of affairs in African and their prospects moving forward. Experts have tried to juxtapose the strategies pursued by the two countries and assess the opportunities for expanding Russia–China cooperation ...
... the media industry, the influence of the state is also ubiquitous.
Ivanitsky
believes the state "has produced practically unsolvable tension for the media themselves trying to function both as commercial enterprises and as institutions of the society", even though Russia has achieved rapid development in its advertising and media market. Hypothetically, these tensions between the media and the state are supposed to be the "
decentralized market competition as a vital antidote to political despotism
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... science and technology. This is a time-consuming and costly task. Many weapons systems do not allow for the resolution of current foreign policy tasks. But they guarantee that at a certain stage, Moscow will not witness the fate of Belgrade in 1999. Russia has the ability to asymmetrically contain the United States, even if the latter is superior.
2. Consistently build a state based on the rule of law, openness of society, and high management efficiency. It will be more difficult to shatter such a state from the outside, no matter how active propaganda, information warfare and intelligence operations are. Cleansing and excessive “verticalisation” will give ...
... to differentiate the interests of governments and their respective citizens has been an underlying cause of many misconceptions
The mainstream media make frequent reference to the idea that the United States is viewed negatively by the majority of Russians. Similarly, we are accustomed to hearing that Russia – understood as the Russian authorities — is hostile to America. In both cases, we are dealing with purposely broad generalizations that are inherently misleading. It cannot be said that ...
... these problems, then grassroots public bodies will take on the task of providing solutions. In some cases, it might be civil society institutions. But far more frequently, it will be the self-organization bodies of those who had previously attempted to ... ... during a democratic transition. This phenomenon has been observed in many states, from Algeria and its Islamic Salvation Front to Russia and its Liberal Democratic Party. The old elites must then either adapt to the new conditions and renew themselves from ...
Russia will never be irrelevant to American interests. Nor can it be made subservient to them
Russia will go to considerable lengths, for example, to block any further enlargement of NATO and to build up its leverage in the Middle East. With trade,...
... organizations / structures and individuals who, in cooperation with the state in various fields of human activity (politics, economics, social life, culture, sports etc.) are working to create the most favorable living conditions and increase the welfare of society and each member. The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin emphasized that “the State and civil society are natural allies in achieving common goals, the main of which is the well-being of our people.” (From the speech by the President of Russia V.V. Putin at a meeting of ...
... recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders.
Christina Nemr and William Gangware: "
Weapons of Mass Distraction: Foreign State-Sponsored Disinformation in the Digital Age
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The report begins with a horrific story broadcasted on the Russian state-owned “Channel One” in 2014. The story covered how Ukrainian soldiers crucified a child in front of its mother's eyes. Later, this story was proved to be fake, and there was neither a killed child, nor shocked mother. Still, the story ...
Russian solidarity should be regarded as an effort to maintain a political status quo already considered favorable
As Winston Churchill said in the mid-1940s as the end of World War II approached, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” At the time,...
... memory with Soviet crimes. Meanwhile, the expectations of Polish society are quite different. Contrary to appearances, the average Pole is not such a Russophobe, nor such Ukrainophile, as the mainstream media and politicians portray him to be. Polish society is tired of primitive anti-Russian propaganda, winding psychosis of war and suspicion, as well as the rising costs of economic sanctions. I am also deeply embarrassed by the attempts to win World War II by Polish political elites 75 years after it ended. It is time to acknowledge ...