... irreversibly moving towards unity, and the obvious need to jointly confront the terrorist threat would be one of the factors accelerating this dynamic.
Immediately after the air strikes on the towers of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, the leaders of Russia and China, as well as the UN Security Council, expressed their full solidarity with the people and government of the United States. Soon, the world community almost unanimously supported the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan with support of ...
Like Russia, India is likely to resist the evolution of the international system towards a rigid U.S.-China bipolarity since such an evolution would inevitably deprive New Delhi of the freedom of manoeuvring that it enjoys now
Recently there have been many ...
... that the overwhelming majority of observers hardly noticed the development of many other issues on the agenda. However, today we will focus exclusively on those points that, in this author’s opinion, will have a decisive influence on the essence of Russia’s upcoming BRICS chairmanship.
Starting January 1, 2024, Russia will already be dealing with a completely different BRICS; as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, this is already a whole football team. Incidentally, the beginning of the ...
... security foundations. As a rule, they point their finger at Russia. This time, if Washington does not resist the temptation to resume nuclear testing - which cannot be ruled out - it is the CTBT that will fall the victim.
Source:
Telegram / Embassy of Russia in the USA
... see the world? How has it affected the current global reality? What is behind Washington's "strategic deterrence" mentality? Global Times (GT) reporter Xia Wenxin discussed these issues with Ivan Timofeev (Timofeev), Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
What role do think tanks such as RIAC play in Russia? How does RIAC advise the Russian government on the current international situation?
RIAC is one of the think tanks, and conducting international research ...
... published on May 19, 2023
by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) and the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce.
We are talking, first of all, about electronics. The number of trade items banned for delivery to Russia is in the thousands, but these nine positions are the priority. Blocking sanctions on the grounds of violation of export controls will be introduced primarily for transactions with these goods. The legal basis in this case is Art. 1 (i) (a) of Executive Order of the ...
Washington spent a century trying to spread its ideology to Moscow. Now it has sanctioned our most ardent capitalists. How to even describe this sort of hypocrisy?
The imposition of US sanctions against the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) is something of a paradox. The RSPP reflects the interests of businessmen and companies - ie. the locomotives of the capitalist economy.
So, by definition, these are the very people who most believe ...
I believe the current crisis does not give incentives for the mainstream expert community in Russia to open up to the West anytime soon
At the height of the Cold War, the Esalen Institute made a difference in Soviet-US relations, initiating and maintaining some of them through Esalen Track-2 and Track-1.5 Diplomacy.
Today Multi-Track Diplomacy ...
... to the proposal made at the meeting with soldiers’ mothers.
Labyrinths of escalation
Alexander Yermakov:
The Nuclear Triad: Alternatives from the Days Gone By and Possible Futures
However, there might be even a third motive for the President’s refusal. It fact nuclear deterrence is aimed at preventing a number of other threats, besides nuclear aggression, and this implies a first use of Russian nuclear weapons rather than a retaliatory one. In particular, the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation provides for the use of nuclear weapons “...in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation using conventional weapons, when ...
... and Malaysia, as well as dealing in the
circumvention of the US sanctions regime against Venezuela.
The number of such criminal cases has increased since February 2022, although there were precedents earlier. A resonant case was, for example, the accusation, arrest and subsequent verdict against a Russian citizen, Oleg Nikitin, and his partners in the United States and other countries. They were accused of
trying to import a Vectra 40 G turbine into Russia via an intermediary company
, bypassing US export controls.
Ivan Timofeev:
Does Russia ...
