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Five Potential Possibilities for Iraq’s Government Amid Iran-US Tensions

On February 18, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held the Urban Breakfast titled “The Middle East in the Mirror of Myths” at the Dostoevsky Library

The SCO embodies a persistent tension between security imperatives and development ambitions, but this tension is not a weakness

Having failed as an architectural idea, European security remains a practical problem for Russia

The military-political conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine represents a pivotal event in the evolution of relations between Russia and neighbouring countries

The African Sahel as a Laboratory for Global Transformation

As the Moon’s economic attractiveness grows, so will the potential for conflict

The Islamabad attack was intended to spread fear and division. Instead, it has reinforced solidarity and cooperation

The key objective of sanctions—influencing the “behaviour” of the target country—is shifting to the “behaviour” of third countries

The practice of value diplomacy is highly dependent on the broader geopolitical constraints within which individual states operate

As the foreign policies of Russia’s neighbours are increasingly defined by the pursuit of multi-vector alignment

Apparently, the most rational course of action for the United States may be a "hit and see" approach