Topic: International security

SCO is a perfect candidate for creating one of the pillars of the emerging multipolar world order: a security space spanning much of the world’s biggest landmass, Eurasia

Both Hezbollah's actions and Israel's decisions can jeopardize both the negotiation process itself and the implementation of already achieved agreements

Asia Confronts the Credibility Dilemma of U.S. Security Guarantees

RIAC and SVI Policy Brief #65 / 2026

Escalation would trigger regressive inflation, mass job losses, and a deepening political fracture. Who bears the cost?

The Gulf monarchies are not choosing Ukraine over Russia. They are adding Ukraine to a widening portfolio of security, technology and diplomatic options

The evolution of Middle Eastern security dynamics has proven that traditional economic and military measures of power are no longer sufficient to guarantee strategic dominance

On May 19, 2026, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the UAE Embassy in Moscow held a roundtable titled “Russia–UAE Political Cooperation in the Context of Evolving Regional Dynamics”

Dmitriy Trenin’s Interview with LIMES

The ongoing negotiations with Iran are taking place amidst political and institutional fragmentation, making it difficult to reach a final decision and complicating smooth communication with influential figures within the Iranian political landscape

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