... Organisation. The latter’s recent summit, held in Tianjin, China, in early September 2025, emphasised respect for the state sovereignty of countries as one of the most important conditions for secure universal development and the creation of a more just world order. It can be recognised that they must begin, first and foremost, with themselves. They must understand how the principle of the legitimacy of order can serve to stabilise the internal situation in Greater Eurasia, where many powers are currently ...
One of the least appreciated consequences of the comparative exhaustion of the liberal economic model that emerged in the last third of the 20th century is the reduction in the ability of Western countries to effectively and rationally dominate international affairs
One of the least appreciated consequences of the comparative exhaustion of the liberal economic model that emerged in the last third of the 20th century is the reduction in the ability of Western countries to effectively and rationally...
The Annual Report of the Valdai Discussion Club
The Annual Report of the Valdai Discussion Club
We are told incessantly that the changes unfolding today are without historical parallel – but since when, one might ask. How many years have elapsed since the world last witnessed shifts of a similar magnitude?
Could it be 40 years, taking us back to the moment when changes taking place in the Soviet Union created a pathway for ending the Cold War and the military and ideological confrontation between...
... this system is under increasing pressure with the global landscape rapidly changing; however, current US rhetoric remains stuck in the past. In actuality, this US-led liberal order is undergoing a profound transformation with the rise of a multipolar world order and the US is no longer its chief architect.
Igbal Guliyev, Maria Ginzburg:
The Impact of Trump’s Tariff Policy on Food Security for BRICS States
The rules-based international order is actually a rebranding of the Liberal International ...
... coexistence and global cooperation.
The net achievements of the visit—enhanced economic cooperation, cultural exchange, diplomatic coordination, and strategic alignment—will reverberate beyond Eurasia. They will contribute to a more just and inclusive world order rooted in the principles of peace, common prosperity, mutual respect, and shared destiny.
As China and Russia step into a new chapter of their relations, the global community has reason to look forward with cautious optimism. Guided by Chinese ...
The current policy of the White House reflects the U.S.’s natural ambition to retain its leadership in the world economy
The U.S. trade deficit in 2024 rose to a record $1.2 trillion. The White House
attributes
this alarming imbalance to asymmetries in trade barriers between the United States and its foreign economic partners. For instance, the U.S. collects a 2.5% tariff on passenger car imports, while the EU charges 10%, India 70% and China 15%. On top of that, non-tariff barriers hinder U.S...
Today we are only witnessing the beginning of large-scale changes in US tariff policy
US trade policy has become increasingly securitized, intertwining economic objectives with national security priorities—from revitalizing domestic industry to combating drug trafficking. This approach is being pursued with a sense of urgency, often overlapping with sanctions measures. However, conflating tariffs with sanctions would be premature; unlike trade policy tools, sanctions remain primarily instruments...
... Western countries. As for such a large and politically fragmented post-Soviet diaspora, it remains unclear whether this diaspora can become an accelerator or, on the contrary, will turn into a brake on the development of Russian-American relations.
A New World Order
Rahul Pandey:
The U.S.-Led Global Disorder: Opportunities for India, China and Russia
Many tactical interests of Moscow and Washington today largely coincide. Both parties are fighting against what they believe to be an international hegemony ...
There must be a concerted effort against unipolar dictates, aligned with the growing momentum toward a multipolar world order grounded in international law, justice, and equality
Every cloud has a silver lining. So does Trump’s punitive tariff policy, announced on April 2
nd
, 2025, despite the prevailing reaction, characterizing this policy decision as chaotic ...
... the international system, sentiments that remain true today: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”
Henry Kissinger's secret visit
to China in the early 1970s was such a week when the seeds of the new world order were established, followed by China’s opening up to the world and massive economic, military and societal changes that occurred outside the memory of human beings. This change was famously observed by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he ...
