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Paradoxical as it may sound, the bunch of contradictions that has accumulated in Russia–Iran relations does not stand in the way of rapprochement between the two countries

In the context of the sanctions tsunami, Russia will have to face the good old practice of bans and “jarligs”, recalling the experience of the Horde

The increasing importance of regional factors in the global economy raises the need for international coordination, including via IFIs, most notably the regional development institutions

In the framework of the event, there was a presentation of the RIAC working paper “Political Economic Model for Settling the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict”

An open mind is required within the current acute political divide where Trump’s bellicose aggression and Biden’s seeming cognitive decline are both put on the backburner

On July 27, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an online meeting with leading members of Institut Montaigne, a French cross-party center for applied political research

On July 25, 2022, RIAC and The Harvard Negotiation Project held another expert discussion on the current state and dynamics of Russia-Ukraine conflict, possible scenarios for its settlement, and the impact of the conflict on the system of international relations

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

On July 25, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a closed seminar “The U.S. Factor in the Middle East in the New Conditions”

Today, there is both a need and a possibility to couple integrations of the North and the South

On July 21, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states

On July 21, 2022, RIAC held a joint expert round table with Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, on the challenges of settling the Russian-Ukrainian crisis