The 5th annual report by RIAC, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University
The 5th annual report by RIAC, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University presents the сommon views of leading Russian and Chinese international affairs experts on the development of Russia–China cooperation in 2018 and the first quarter of 2019.
The authors analyze the dynamics of Russia–China interaction on...
... foundations of the system precede the US, having been laid in the early 19th century or even fifty years prior to that, at the time of the European Enlightenment. As to the US per se, Washington has always had a complicated relationship with the liberal world order: American foreign policy went through the construction of its own exclusive “near-abroad” with the Monroe Doctrine of the early 19th century, isolationist strategy in the 1920s and 1930s, and creation of a large system of unequal military political alliances ...
... illusory optimism or pessimism. We need to take stock of the achievements made and possible steps that can be taken in future.
The “Age of Politics”
2015 was a year of rapidly unfolding multi-polarity. Multi-polarity has long been the mantra of foreign policy documents and speeches. The idea is that a multi-polar world order is inherently more just and democratic. It is often viewed as an alternative to the unipolar world led by the United States.
But multi-polarity is flawed as well. If the potential of the various players is asymmetrical, and the “rules ...
... foreign policy model with the same reliance on common sense, pragmatism, and reliance on its own potential. But given Russia’s limited resources and the challenges it faces, it is diplomacy, not military force, which should be the key instrument of foreign policy.
Moscow needs a world order in which none of the players is able to monopolize global sources of growth and cut Russia off from them if political differences arise. Multipolarity is acquiring a conceptually new meaning. Once understood as the coexistence of great powers,...
The XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club opened in Sochi today (October 22). The topic of this year’s meeting is “The World Order: New Rules or a Game without Rules?” Around 100 participants from over 25 countries will come together at the Session to work on new approaches to issues on the global agenda. Among those taking part will be RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
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Russia needs a world order in which its opponents cannot monopolize global sources of growth and restrict access to them should political differences arise. Multi-polarity has acquired a completely new meaning. In the past, it was understood as the co-existence of several ...
Working Paper #XVIII / 2014
This working paper is an examination of the modern world order. Theoretical approaches to the analysis of international relations are revised and its guiding characteristics are determined.
The structure of the modern world order and its particular dynamics are revealed with the help of mathematical modelling ...
