... development are at least more tractable and amenable to attenuation/moderation via concerted economic policies and strategies geared towards longer term exigencies of sustainability, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik.
The shock of the pandemic is changing the ways in which we think about the world and in which we analyze the future trajectories of development. The persistence of the Covid pandemic will likely accentuate this transformation and the prominence of the “green agenda” ...
... self-interest” and “invisible hands” as guiding principles have not served the global community well
“Enlightened self-interest” and “invisible hands” as guiding principles have not served the global community well. If the challenge of the current pandemic is ever to be decisively surmounted, it is going to be through a joint response. The hope is that this common effort will be transformational for the global community and will lead to emergence of new pathways and institutions for international ...
The fight against the pandemic changed Russia from the inside and these changes are more important than any foreign policy manoeuvres or adaptation to international affairs
The fight against the pandemic changed Russia from the inside and these changes are more important ...
... agenda is whether it is possible to exploit the potential of crisis episodes to spur innovation. Indeed, the response of the business community to the unique conditions in the global economy elicited a significant capability to meet the challenge of the pandemic via adjusting to changes in demand. Airline companies switched from passenger flights to cargo transportation, restaurants and retail outlets expanded delivery options for customers (including via active development of online platforms), while ...
... and annual outbreaks are likely. Most experts believe that an absolutely open system of interaction that existed before the pandemic will no longer exist, and that defensive medical measures will be taken, in particular, in transport.
You know how airports ... ... the need to follow international law in any of its actions, which requires credible evidence and clear facts to support any accusations, in court or in international agencies. We have not seen this approach from the West with respect to the groundless charges ...
... Russia’s status and self-image, Moscow must reduce its dependence on China by fostering its relations with other large economic and financial players: primarily European countries, India, and Japan.
Although the crisis precipitated by the new coronavirus pandemic is still in its very early stages, it is clear that it has vastly accelerated the ongoing processes around the world. The most consequential is the intensification of Sino-American rivalry and the emergence of new global bipolarity. It is this ...
... substantive part of their jail sentences.
We are again calling upon the U.S. authorities to demonstrate mercy and good will. Free the Russian citizens. Their life and health are under the threat.
Anatoly I.Antonov
Source:
Facebook Embassy of Russia in the USA
... Festival, when internal inter-city travel peaks.
It is difficult to talk about any specific guilt of the Chinese leadership for a pandemic in this light. Exactly the same blunder fluctuations with the introduction of draconian anti-epidemic measures due to ... ... justifications appeared.
Obviously, the main miscalculation of the leadership of the province of Hubei and the PRC as a whole was the refusal to introduce decisive measures to combat the epidemic at an early stage (in the last days of December the first days of January) ...
... complaining about the actions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and decided to suspend its funding. What would you say about this?
Sergey Ryabkov:
For me the main thing is that these past months the WHO has been the centre of all information on the pandemic, a generator of recommendations and conceptual approaches, and a platform for analysing a complex of all data and producing rational recommendations. We can probably say that nothing is perfect under the sun and there is no limit to perfection ...
