The war in Gaza is far from over, but whatever the ceasefire or truce agreements, the question remains: what next?
The terrorist action undertaken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, unprecedented in its scale and brutality, and the equally unprecedented Israeli retaliation, which claimed lives of many thousands of Palestinians to result in a major humanitarian catastrophe, shocked the world ...
... stage, then their influence on the fate of humanity or even their own is rapidly declining.
The victims of general revisionism are the powers that built a strategy based on static methods to ensure their interests. Now these are, first of all, the countries of continental Europe, grouped within the European Union, and most of the states of Southeast Asia, united within the ASEAN community. It is difficult to say who will benefit most. It is very likely that the current generation of active observers ...
... called immediately for measured response in full accordance with international humanitarian law, respecting the international requirements for treatment of hospitals, women, children, other civilians.
And as a first step, we suggested to the Security Council the draft resolution calling for immediate ceasefire, cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes. It was not supported, first of all, by the United States. Then the developing countries, members of the Security Council, proposed a softer ...
For more than 30 years, Washington has failed to build a just order, which is why we are now experiencing unprecedented crises
The wars in Ukraine and in Gaza are very different; yet, they are definitely linked as two flashing indicators of how the change in the world order is proceeding. Regrettably but unsurprisingly, the relatively peaceful previous ...
The recognition of interdependence between security and development suggests that China is likely to become more active in global and regional security matters than it has been ever before
The Global Security Initiative (GSI) was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in April of 2022. Predictably, the initiative was brushed off by the Western political mainstream as yet another manifestation of the Chinese "charm offensive" in the Global South with very little substance....
... world politics as among the important, if not the most important achievements of the 20th century, which otherwise left us with few good memories.
However, now that the international order has entered the phase of its most serious renewal in several hundred years, the question of these institutions’ applicability in solving the most complex problems of a bilateral and multilateral nature is once again becoming extremely relevant. Moreover, modern international institutions are a continuation and ...
On September 21, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with Jalil Abbas Jilani, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. The conversation focused on the current bilateral and international agenda, including Ukraine and Afghanistan. The parties reaffirmed their mutual commitment to building up bilateral trade and economic cooperation and interaction ...
Now this organisation is not a body of the international community, but a relatively open platform for communication between representatives of different countries
All major wars of the second half of the 20
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century ended without the participation of this organisation and its permanent bureaucratic structures....
The US and its allies are beating a drum that isn’t finding receptive ears. Most states have other priorities
The UN’s High-Level Week – an annual gathering of senior representatives of member states who address the General Assembly – is taking place in New York. It is a period of speeches of varying length and intensive contacts between ministers or even heads ...
The geopolitical situation is hampering the promotion of Russian initiatives – so far confrontational rhetoric, rather than dialogue, has prevailed. Yet, the OEWG keeps on working in the UN venues, which inspires certain optimism
September 2023 marks the 25
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anniversary of Russia’s revolutionary move in 1998, as 25 years ago Russia became the first country to raise the issue of information security at the UN, having timely assessed ...