Topic: Global governance

Working Paper No. 97 / 2026

In an international system that is experiencing a period of transition and shifts in the global pecking order, the BRICS organisation may emerge as the next fully-fledged global governance institution

Among the unique features of Eurasia as a political and economic space is the autonomy that regional states retain in domestic and foreign policy

The more the United States strikes at the “tar-baby” of its global hegemony, the more this drives it into costly enterprises, both financially and reputationally

Donald Trump sees himself among a line of historical figures in which foreign-policy gestures of punitive, yet “just”, power cohere into a single narrative

The Asia-Pacific is entering a phase of “cold destabilization”

A geopolitical whirlwind unleashed by the US-Israeli attack on Iran is sweeping across the Middle East

Western Europe has long been a source of global conflict and must now be “stopped”

China is a power with an economy that remains intimately dependent on foreign markets

On April 16, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a roundtable, “India’s BRICS Presidency: Expectations and Priority Areas”

The global consensus on artificial intelligence is fragmenting into competing regulatory philosophies

Statement By Deputy Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of The Russian Federation S.Ryabkov At The Session Of The “Trialogue” Club International