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Erbil's current openness to Damascus is founded more on basic political and security issues

Justice built on the ruins of institutional collapse is not guaranteed; it must be constructed, deliberately, by those states and institutions still willing to invest in rules rather than rubble

The emergence of a universal, multilateral infrastructure for financial settlements within the SCO would amount to a genuine revolution, substantially strengthening the organisation’s practical potential

On July 30, 2026, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM, Türkiye) held a joint roundtable titled “Russia and Türkiye: Approaches Towards Security and Transport Communication Unlock in the South Caucasus Region”

The Middle East crisis has exposed a hard truth: dependence is not security

Washington Needs Only to Keep Its Public Diplomacy Apparatus in Good Shape

On July 29, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) co-hosted a roundtable on "Russia – Brazil: (In)complete Cooperation?" The event marked the release of their joint Working Paper"Russia–Brazil Relations: Political Rapprochement and Economic Development."

Donald Trump—stubbornly fighting the Democrats’ political legacy on the international stage while following, “on the Iranian track,” the path of his political opponent, the Democrat Barack Obama—has, without noticing it, buried forever one of the most important elements of the political legacy of the Republican George W. Bush: the Greater Middle East project

This essay was written to mark the publication of the authors’ new collaborative work, Русь. От племенных союзов к единому государству [Rus’: From Tribal Unions to Unified State (Ninth Century to 1613)], which traces the evolution of the Russian nation-state from its earliest tribal foundations to the accession of the Romanov dynasty

What happens when the shipping and trade routes get re-routed in such a way that Iran cannot use the Hormuz card anymore?

The military component of the confrontation will inevitably assume greater significance

The Asia-Pacific region remains one of the key vectors of Russia's foreign policy