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The more casualties both sides suffer, the greater the intensity of hostilities and the closer approach to the threshold of nuclear use. In this scenario, there will be no victors.

Will Asia teach Europe a lesson?

The days when an external power dominated Eurasia are coming to an end. Countries in the ‘far west’ of the continent will soon need to wake up

Where can Russia and Algeria be fostering their ties?

Kazakhstan’s way forward is certainly not obvious; instead, it is tied to future events and competing geopolitical interests

New legal mechanisms on both sides cement the economic barriers that, most likely, will last for years and decades

China attempts to delay, to the greatest extent possible, the process of direct conflict with the United States and its allies

Fyodor Lukyanov: Understanding the Chinese view is the key to being able to look differently at one’s place in the world and what kind of the world is preferable to us

On May 23, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a special session “Illegitimate Restrictions and Impact on International Situation: Opportunities for BRICS” as part of the BRICS Academic Forum “BRICS: New Figures at the Global Chessboard.”

Now as the world is passing through the stage of dismantling the former West-centered architecture of international security, the SCO may well emerge as a platform for consolidation of non-Western forces

On May 15, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) jointly held a roundtable discussion “Information and Cultural Sovereignty of Sahel Countries Amid Global Transformation Processes. Threats and Opportunities for the System of Russia-Africa Relations”

On May 20, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a roundtable discussion “Peacekeeping in a Multipolar World