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Washington’s persistent aggressiveness against Iran amid the stalemate of Trump’s diplomatic mediation on Ukraine have already brought Moscow and Tehran substantially closer to each other

Politicizing science costs more than a pragmatic division of labor between rival sides

The rapid retreat of the Caspian Sea and the resulting advance of the shoreline have now become a serious threat to ports and marine facilities in all five littoral states—Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia

How can legitimate medical or biodefence research be distinguished from activities that already lay the groundwork for developing a dangerous agent but still exist only in digital form?

The role of the third summit will have more of a ceremonial character, since the success of the summit is slowly being evaluated less on the number of attendees, and more on assessing the steps implemented to deepen cooperation

On 30 September 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Center for Knowledge Diplomacy and the journal Diálogos do Sul Global, held a roundtable titled "Brazil's Choice — 2026: Scenarios of Impact on Russia-Brazil Relations"

India uses multilateralism to engage with competing power centers without having an alliance with them

The West must be made to understand that the Soviet collapse was a tragic but isolated and unique episode

From Europe to East Asia, US allies face a hard question: how far would Washington go to defend them? NATO’s Article 5 offers a revealing place to start

In many scientific fields and in the development of new technologies, including hardware and software, advanced AI models have become an indispensable tool for increasing productivity

The memorandum issued by the leaders of the nationalist parties of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland testifies both to the beginning of a new stage in the development of contradictions on national grounds within the United Kingdom, and to the fact that external actors are also attempting to exploit these processes, albeit to a limited extent for the time being

Two pillars—one continent