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Intermediate-Anxiety Missiles

... plans to return nuclear-capable sea-based cruise missiles to the arsenal, one cannot rule out “backward compatibility” and the emergence of U.S. land-based nuclear intermediate-range missiles. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation made it clear that Russia is open to the possibility of deploying nuclear-capable missiles as a response to U.S. missiles in Germany thereby emphasizing the return of the nuclear dimension to the whole situation. Second, disarmament,...

29.07.2024

Is Global Icebreaker Race Imminent?

... rationale than economic On July 11, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington, the US, Canada and Finland announced a new trilateral consortium—the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact—with an explicit intention to challenge Russia and China in icebreaker construction and deployment. It is expected that by the end of 2024 the three nations will turn ICE into a detailed business plan with financial projections, binding commitments and specific deadlines. The pact aims to produce ...

29.07.2024

Security for Greater Eurasia

... global primacy. Depending on which of the two will prevail, other threats will fall into its semantic and ultimately bureaucratic shadow. Ivan Timofeev: Eurasian Security Structure: From Idea to Practice At the 9 th International Conference of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) “ Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era ,” the idea of indivisible security, which forms the conceptual and value core of both Russia’s flagship ...

23.07.2024

Israel Will Have to Negotiate with Hamas

... forces enter the territories under the PNA control from time to time, trying to detain someone and storming private homes. But this did not happen during our stay in the West Bank. And what issues were discussed during the visit? We had a meeting at the Russian Mission to the PNA with the Mission’s head, Gocha Levanovich Buachidze, who warmly received us. He briefed us on the activities of the Russian Mission in Ramallah and the difficulties they face in the current circumstances. In particular, when ...

18.07.2024

The New Balance of Power, Adequacy of Elites and Western Sanctions and Goals

GRANI Project Interview with RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev The GRANI Project’s Oleg Yankovsky interviews special guest Ivan Timofeev, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, PhD in Political Science. In the interview they discussed: The role of states in international relations The evolution of the world system following the end of the Cold War and its consequences The conflict in Ukraine ...

17.07.2024

The Role of the SCO in Ensuring Water and Energy Security in Central Asia: Opportunities for Russia – China Cooperation

Policy Brief #52/2024 Policy Brief #52/2024 The role of Central Asian countries in regional and global political processes has increased significantly recently. Russia and China have contributed to this growth more than any other extra-regional player, diversifying their trade and economic ties with Central Asian countries, demonstrating an interest in strengthening their “sustainable security.” At the same ...

16.07.2024

Syrian-Turkish Reconciliation to Confront a Common Danger

... Hassakeh. These areas also have minorities from Chechnya, Circassia, Assyria and Turkmen, along with Kurds, and ancient Arab clans and tribes. It is evident that achieving reconciliation among all conflicting factions in Syria is the desired outcome for Russia, which is entangled in conflicts with the West and the crisis in Ukraine. Moscow has taken numerous measures to facilitate normalization between Syria and Arab nations, as well as between Damascus and Ankara, ever since Russia's direct military ...

16.07.2024

BRICS Is a Very Important Alternative for Us

... Director General of the International Relations Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia Kin Phea, Director General of the International Relations Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, spoke in an interview for RIAC about the prospects for Russian-Cambodian relations and developing cooperation on international platforms. The interview was prepared on the margins of the Gorchakov Fund Conference “Asian Dialogue 2024”. What successful economic, political and humanitarian bilateral projects ...

16.07.2024

Bends in the East: Russian Policy in Asia Becomes More Flexible

The most erroneous way for Russian policy to develop in Asia would be for Moscow to concentrate on interaction with regional institutions and platforms - “brotherly cemeteries”, where individual opportunities are drowned in the need for everyone to come to a common average ...

11.07.2024
 

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