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Valdai Club searching interaction models

21:44 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

Valdai Club searching interaction models

The 14th annual Valdai International Discussion Club meeting ended October 19th in Sochi initially set up a task to extend the common format of expert discussions and try to create perspective models of world development based on rethinking of political and legal standards and social and economic trends that used …

19th Chinese Communist party meeting and Russia’s interests

21:43 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

19th Chinese Communist party meeting and Russia’s interests

The meeting of the Communist Party of China that closed October 24 in Beijing became one of the most closed forums in the modern history of the Celestial, due to the serious staff issues that it was meant to solve, in the context of CPC president Xi Jingping’s fight on …

Russia - Iran: risks and prospects

21:41 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

Russia - Iran: risks and prospects

President Putin's visit to Iran ended November 1st had two key planes, the geopolitical and economic one. Both of them are interrelated, however, they have their direct objects, too. If politically the relations of Moscow and Tehran should be considered, first of all, in the context of the situation in …

President Trump’s resolution on Jerusalem status: regional and global context

21:39 26.12.2017 Alexander Kramarenko

President Trump’s resolution on Jerusalem status: regional and global context

The resolution of the White House declared the other day inevitably caused an avalanche of feedback. No other issue in the current situation could be at the same level in terms of its symbols and layers, including the analysis of domestic situation in the USA. Even if a big banner …

Iran: the hard fate of JCPOA

21:37 26.12.2017 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: the hard fate of JCPOA

US president Donald Trump published a new strategy on Iran. There were two major declarations. The first one related to inacceptability for the USA of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA) signed in 2015 on Iranian nuclear program. The second one related to sanctions against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard …

How the Internet made nuclear war thinkable (again)

17:10 21.12.2017 Rafal Rohozinski

How the Internet made nuclear war thinkable (again)

Nuclear weapons formed the basis of strategic stability between the nuclear superpowers for the past seventy years. The threat of instantaneous and mutual annihilation helped concentrate minds, including the establishment of clear and unambiguous “rules of the game” among the nuclear superpowers. States continued to compete, but competition was never …

70 years of India-Russia relations: A historic milestone

1:54 30.11.2017 Pankaj Saran

70 years of India-Russia relations: A historic milestone

Relations between India and Russia are rooted in history, mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation. This is a strategic partnership that has withstood the test of time, and which enjoys the support of the people of both countries.Diplomatic relations between India and Russia began even before India achieved independence, on …

Russia is part of Europe, yet to become one

22:40 28.11.2017 Armen Oganesyan

Russia is part of Europe, yet to become one

Speech at the 30th annual meeting of the Institute of Europe, RASThe neo-European integration process went parallel to the active globalization stage. The globalization itself had become a stimulus and inspiration for the European Union creation. Today there is the debate of a globalization crisis that is almost in line …

A new war in the Middle East?

16:11 24.11.2017 Vladimir Maximov

A new war in the Middle East?

In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria, old confrontations within the Muslim world can cause a new explosion of tension and violence.Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel come out on top in the Middle …

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

11:49 14.11.2017 Denis Baturin

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

The external situation and internal political pressure makes President Petro Poroshenko to seek a formula of retaining power. This formula is very hard to find in the country experiencing regular takeovers since 2005 and currently living under control of the West that kept the old political elite considerably but also …

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