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The Law, the Rights and the Rules

Efforts to bring more democracy to international relations and affirm a polycentric world order include reforming the UN Security Council by strengthening it with Asian, African and Latin American countries, and ending the anomaly with the excessive representation of the West in the UN’s main body The frank and generally constructive conversation that took place ...

28.06.2021

Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership

... essence of a new era. What is the essence of the new era? What is the trajectory of China-Russia relations in face of US hegemony? Global Times reporter Wang Wenwen interviewed Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs at the Russian International Affairs Council, over these issues. Andrey Kortunov: Growing US Pressure Incentive to Make China-Russia Ties More Diverses What do you think are entailed in the essence of the new era in terms of China-Russia relations? The treaty was a significant landmark ...

31.03.2021

Broad Cyber-Consensus

Despite a successful adoption of the OEWG report, negotiators have yet to find compromises on key issues On Friday March 12, 2021, the United Nations adopted the report of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. The document was supported by consensus and, since all member states ...

30.03.2021

Opening remarks at the Dialogue for the Future Forum

... the Dialogue for the Future Forum, Moscow, December 25, 2020 Good afternoon, This year, your research and education programme marks its 10 th anniversary. This year also marks the 75 th anniversary of victory in WWII and the 75 th anniversary of the UN. These symbolic dates suggest that we take a closer look at international events. As of the beginning of 2020, we faced numerous cross-border problems that threaten all countries, such as international terrorism, drug trafficking and other forms of ...

26.12.2020

How to End the War in Yemen in 2020?

Yemenis themselves have no less rich potential for independent creative activity The Yemen conflict is striking in that the entire global community and all the actors involved have achieved a singularly powerful consensus that there is no future for a solution achieved by force and a political solution is the only option. Since June 2015, this thought has permeated UN documents , speeches ...

02.12.2020

Can A New Life for the UN Start at 75?

A true reform of the UN cannot start in New York; it should start in national capitals of member states Blowing out 75 candles is great exercise for the lungs. The United Nations turned 75 this year. It is a remarkable accomplishment in itself. The League of Nations, which ...

18.09.2020

Britain, Greece, Turkey and The Aegean: Does Anything Change?

Since at least 1955, the Aegean Sea has long been an area of contention between local powers Greece and Turkey on the one hand, and the US-UK-Israeli strategic axis on the other, with the Soviet Union and then Russia defending its interests when necessary, since the Aegean cannot be separated from the Eastern Mediterranean as a strategic whole, nor from Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Palestine and Israel. In this essay, we shall, by using original documents,...

08.09.2020

Peace at Last for Yemen?

Yemen’s looming humanitarian disaster and its people’s pleas for peace require action on three levels The long-running conflict in Yemen is riper for resolution than ever before. Yemenis on all sides are exhausted by the fighting and were quick to embrace the appeal issued in March by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a global ceasefire amid ...

31.07.2020
 

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    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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