Moscow has sufficient restraint not to slam the door and walk out of negotiations. Such a scenario would play into the hands of its adversaries
The Ukrainian drone attack on one of the Russian President’s residences was difficult to predict in terms of its specific location and timing. However, the numerous enemy drone strikes on Russian territory that have become commonplace over the past three years suggested that such an event was possible. This was especially true given that the Moscow Kremlin...
... States, and its withdrawal from the remaining treaties could happen very soon. The United States will likely resume underground nuclear tests, declaring that some states are not complying with the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Such accusations are unlikely to be brought against Russia, but they are quite possible against others. In any case, this would devalue the remaining treaties, even if they are formally preserved, start a new round of the arms race, and seriously destabilise ...
Global banks and their affiliated business-support institutions are predicting a rapid increase in the capitalization of digital financial assets.
The signing of the
Guidance and National Innovations for Uniform Stablecoins Act
(GENIUS) in the United States directly affects the ongoing processes transforming the global monetary and financial system (GMFS). On the one hand, the law legalizes the financing of U.S. government debt through the issuance of private money, creating an alternative to...
The opening of a sizable U.S. consulate in Erbil represents a strategic shift in Trump's approach to Iraq, one that places a higher priority on long-term diplomatic influence concentrated in more stable geographic regions than on direct military engagement
In an initiative that goes beyond conventional diplomacy, the United States opened a sizeable consulate building in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday, December 3. This opening has significant political and security ramifications...
In South Asia’s naval realm, new U.S.-India framework risks disturbing that balance by having advanced technology flows and blue water operational dependencies
The announcement on October 31, 2025, of a new ten-year
Defense Framework
between the United States and India at Kuala Lumpur marks a decisive turning point in the Indian Ocean strategic landscape. This Pact comes as a culmination of earlier
foundational agreements
namely, the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA, 2016), Communications...
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FACT:
No single country is exclusive.
No single nation has all the virtues.
No single nation has solutions for all others.
No single nation can control the world.
Humankind has survived precisely because of its glorious, chaotic persity – a thousand languages, ten thousand cultures, a billion ways to dream. Right now, in the silence you can almost hear, the world is adjusting to a higher plateau of truth. A harmonious freedom, free speech, and thought, all for the Mind-First era, all the brighter ...
Russia should support any initiatives of its friends and neighbours that can strengthen the socioeconomic foundations of their independence
Russia should support any initiatives of its friends and neighbours that can strengthen the socioeconomic foundations of their independence. At the same time, we all realize that the only limitation to such independence is the emergence of formal allied relations with extra-regional powers and the transformation of one’s territory into a springboard for their...
A combination of internal and external factors makes Europe the most dangerous player in international affairs at the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century
A combination of internal and external factors makes Europe the most dangerous player in international affairs at the beginning of the second quarter of the 21
st
century, writes Valdai Club Programme Director
Timofei Bordachev
.
Few relatively knowledgeable observers of international relations doubt that Europe today once again...
The nuclear factor has once again begun to play a significant role in international relations
Autumn is usually a busy season in the nuclear sphere, and 2025 was no exception. In October, NATO held its Steadfast Noon nuclear exercises, followed by the U.S. Global Thunder drills and Russia’s strategic nuclear forces exercises. Developments did not end there: against the backdrop of these exercises, Russia
announced
tests of the
Burevestnik
nuclear-powered cruise missile and the
Poseidon
nuclear-powered...
On November 6, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held another City Breakfast, on the theme “The U.S.–Japan–Republic of Korea Triangle in the Face of New Challenges,” at the F.M. Dostoevsky Library
On November 6, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held another City Breakfast, on the theme “The U.S.–Japan–Republic of Korea Triangle in the Face of New Challenges,” at the F.M. Dostoevsky Library. Participants discussed the history of the triangle’s formation...
