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Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

11:55 04.12.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

Foreign pharmaceutical companies have been vying with one another in being the first to announce the launch of an anti-coronavirus vaccine and having it registered by healthcare authorities. Meanwhile, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”, which was the first to be presented to the world, has demonstrated 95 percent efficiency in …

ChinAmerica: the Inevitable Split

14:01 11.11.2020 Emanuel Pietrobon

ChinAmerica: the Inevitable Split

ChinAmerica: The Inevitable Split– Why the Modern-Day Sino-American Confrontation Has More to Do with Different Law & Society Worldviews than GeopoliticsEmanuel Pietrobon– University of Turin – ItalyAbstractThe Sino-American hegemonic confrontation may be the result of elements that go beyond geopolitics, touch a more intimate sphere and have a deeper origin, …

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

11:25 18.10.2020 Kanwal Sibal

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

Recently a meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of four countries - the USA, Japan, Australia and India, called "QUAD MEETING", took place in Tokyo. That is the “Meeting of the Four” or, as it began to be called, the “Quadripartite Dialogue on Security”.At this event, initiated by …

China in Europe: Hit the (Belt and) Road Jack

9:58 16.09.2020 Maria Smotrytska

China in Europe: Hit the (Belt and) Road Jack

Today at a broader diplomatic and strategic level, the BRI has become a symbol of China's growing importance in international affairs, changing regional dynamics in geographical areas close to or even within Europe. At the most basic level, the strategic implications of expanding China's policy in the EU stem not …

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

10:29 26.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

The presidential campaign in the United States is unfolding amid a weakening of America's position in the world and this is what many commentators both in and outside the US now focus on. How is this situation seen by the two main contenders for the White House? What do their …

The end of START – global consequences

12:19 21.07.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

The end of START – global consequences

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has made it clear that «the future of START-3 Treaty is foregone». During an online session of the Primakov Readings the minister pointed out that «it looks like the United States has already taken a decision not to prolong the treaty»[i]. What is meant is, …

“Third way”: EU tries to avoid a hard choice between US and China

17:03 06.07.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

“Third way”: EU tries to avoid a hard choice between US and China

According to Euronews, the EU-China online summit of June 22 "was held in a tense atmosphere." The EU has toughened its position on trade negotiations with Beijing, but observers note that Brussels continues to stay clear of the ongoing trade war between the US and the People’s Republic. Meanwhile, just …

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia amid the rising tide of secessionism in the region

10:36 02.07.2020 Vladislav Gulevich

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia amid the rising tide of secessionism in the region

Secessionist tendencies in Indonesia’s province of West Papua have recently been attracting a great deal of attention from experts and human rights activists.The main reason for the international criticism of the Indonesian authorities is human rights violations and the suppression of the fundamental freedoms of the indigenous people of West …

Malaysia in the geopolitical picture of Southeast Asia

9:55 29.06.2020 Vladislav Gulevich

Malaysia in the geopolitical picture of Southeast Asia

The geopolitical changes currently unfolding in Southeast Asia underscore Malaysia’s strategic importance for the leading world powers.Until recently, the foreign policy pursued by Kuala Lumpur was a relatively restrained one, dictated by the priority of the domestic political agenda, above all the need to politically and economically “cement” the western …

India and China: conflict or cooling?

11:47 16.06.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

India and China: conflict or cooling?

Early May saw a new aggravation of the border conflict between India and China, this time in Ladakh. The withdrawal of extra contingents, which had been brought to the border during a few weeks of the confrontation, began only on June 10th, following a series of online and offline meetings …

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