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Geopolitical turbulence, coupled with Afghanistan’s crucial geography, offers a high potential for this country to become a stage for a global conflict

China's success should teach us that no other nation should try to copy China's model but should instead create a national model for itself

On September 21–22, 2024 Xian (China) hosted an International Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Think Tanks “Promoting Sustainable Development, Creating Common Home”

While Tehran expresses concern over the Zangezur Corridor—which does not necessarily border Iran—it overlooks genuine security issues that threaten its interests

Washington’s extreme reaction is due to panic at the fact that it’s losing its monopoly on global media

Independence on paper or in practice? On the prospects of cooperation between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in security and social development

The possibility of Lapland becoming a central NATO stronghold in Northern Europe would be a new major chapter in the alliance's “Arctic pivot”.

The presence of colossal stockpiles of nuclear weapons in two or three great military powers reduces the likelihood of a general war in its traditional sense

It would be unrealistic to expect that the future world order will be free of conflict. The world will retain its diversity, with different potentials of countries and their competition

When the US demanded total self-sacrifice from the countries of the former Soviet Union, Georgia bucked the trend

On September 9, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Synergia Foundation (Bangalore, India) and the Grandview Institution (Beijing, China) organised an online seminar ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the New World Order. Scenarios of Evolution’

On September 5, 2024, the delegation of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)