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A View into the Future

New entrants in the reserve currency space can transform the global monetary system towards greater optionality and lower exposure to geopolitical risks

Sanctions now become exclusively a mechanism for causing damage

Russia is yet to realise that countries of the Global Majority, represented by Asian and Eurasian states, are not subjective, but objective allies of Moscow in its conflict with the West

We can talk about the relative novelty of the sanctions in terms of the number and intensity of the measures applied. However, for a number of qualitative characteristics, they contain patterns that have been well studied in the past

As conflict grows over the structure of the future international order, the tension between context and practice can grow as much as it shrinks

The conflict between Russia and the West is likely to drag on for decades, regardless of how and along exactly what lines the conflict in Ukraine ends

We hope you meet this year surrounded by warmth and cheer and may it bring you and your loved ones health and prosperity!

From November 28 to December 23, 2022, at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS), the XVII Conference of Arabists “I.M. Smilyanskaya Readings” was held

The Turkish military operation in Syria does not meet Russia’s interests

For digitalization’s “engine” to run safely and smoothly, it needs greener “oil”

Report No. 80/2022