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On April 1, 2022, Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of Coordination Division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
During the conversation, the humanitarian aspects of Russia’s special operation on the territory of Ukraine were discussed, as well as the possible role of OCHA in solving humanitarian challenges in the conflict zone. The meeting was attended by the staff of OCHA office in Geneva, as well as the UN Information Center in Moscow.
... interviewed Karaganov about his views on the *** – including controversial statements on Ukrainian nationhood and denazification that would be disputed by those outside Russia – and the future of the liberal international order.
Bruno Maçães
Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
Sergey Karaganov
For 25 years, people like myself have been saying that if Nato and Western alliances expand beyond certain red lines, especially into Ukraine, there will be a war. I envisioned that scenario as far back as 1997. In 2008 President ...
... assisting Russia in any manner whatsoever. But is that the real aim and extent of U.S.-UK moves in relation to China?
Andrey Kortunov:
The end of diplomacy? Seven Glimpses of the New Normal
Given the aggressiveness of the US-led West’s reaction to Russia on Ukraine, one may surmise that the West is seeking to seize the opportunity to confront Russia and China at a moment in history when it still retains the dwindling advantage.
The West’s contemporary China policy is a flexible pivot and a grand strategic ...
... and European NATO member-states.
The organizers of the dialog on the Russian side included RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies and RAS Institute of Europe. The meeting focused on the possible parameters of an agreement on the settlement of Russia-Ukraine conflict: the non-aligned status of Ukraine, the peculiarities of the Ukrainian model of sovereignty, the mechanisms for providing Ukraine with multilateral security guarantees, and the future of the armed forces of Ukraine.
The discussion was ...
The event was attended by experts from the United States, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Russia.
On March 24, 2022, Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held a high-level international expert meeting on the challenges of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the future of European security.
The event was attended by experts ...
... hard to assess the impact of the Western actions, but it is clear that implications for the Russian economy will be very significant. Of course, a lot will depend on whether these sanctions are sustainable overtime or not.
There is an opinion that the Russia-Ukraine war has triggered the most intense tension in global security since the end of the Cold war. In this context, do you think the post-post-cold war era has begun?
I would say that the post-cold war era has come to its end. However, we still do not ...
... will create opportunities to increase their influence over the long term
The military operation in Ukraine raises the question of the balance of losses and gains of key participants, as well as global players. Such a balance has yet to be struck for Russia and Ukraine. Hostilities continue and a political settlement has not been reached, which means that it is still difficult to say to what extent each of the parties will be able to achieve the political goals for which a huge price has already been paid, both ...
... status quo enshrined in the now-defunct 1997 Russian-NATO Founding Act.
These were rebuffed by the West, after which President Putin felt compelled to authorize kinetic action to uphold the integrity of his country’s national security red lines in Ukraine and Europe more broadly. Russia’s prior diplomatic attempts to revise the European security architecture with a view towards finally making security indivisible in line with the OSCE’s associated principles failed. The U.S. and its allies continued making moves on the pretext ...
... Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races,” in which they stated: “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” (The White House, 2022) While most people in Ukraine, Russia, and surrounding countries want a peaceful resolution to this armed conflict, it seems the West will not respond to Russia’s security concerns simply because those concerns operate against American elites’ self-interest. More concerning, this ...
... negotiations are the only acceptable route to resolving the conflict in a way that can stand the test of time. We must return to diplomacy and dialogue to ensure current disputes on core issues are negotiated and not fought. We welcome the first attempts of Russia and Ukraine to start such negotiations. We also welcome the efforts of world leaders aimed at finding a political settlement. We highlight the importance of keeping diplomatic and military communications channels open at all times. We stand ready to provide ...
