The institutional weaknesses of today should probably be accepted as an integral and indispensable part of the world order mysterious metamorphosis turning an antediluvian caterpillar into a post-modern butterfly
“Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.” The famous quote of Jean Monnet looks outrageously outdated, if not ...
... Very soon the humankind will enter the second quarter of the XXI century. It’s high time to start reflecting about how the world might or might not evolve closer to 2050 or, at least, by 2035. How far can the disintegration of the current (post-WW2) world order could go within next ten years and how could it affect institutions, international regimes, bilateral and multilateral treaties, and other elements of the international system? What is likely to survive and what is not? When should the humankind ...
In the classroom of civilizations, there can be no omniscient teachers and obedient pupils
One year ago, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping attended the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting in Beijing on March 15, 2023, and presented the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) in his keynote address. This presentation disclosed the third strategic concept proposed by the Chinese leader after the Global Development...
... Russian International Affairs Council, and Zhao Huasheng, Professor at Fudan University and expert with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations.
The world security situation: pessimistic or optimistic?
Andrey Kortunov:
Recent international developments give few reasons to stay optimistic about global security—at least, in the nearest ...
... agenda in Moscow. In March the two leaders could have still approached international developments in terms of damage limitation. In October, it is hard to deny that the damage to the old international system is already beyond repair. The post-Cold War world order that lasted for more than thirty years is unraveling with an accelerating speed. The remaining elements of this order are still with us, but not so much due to the resilience of the system, as to its accumulated inertia. Still, this inertia ...
... years, including a primary focus on strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy and enhanced creativity in a number of other regional areas. This time, however, a remarkable keynote ran through his speech—recognition of the breakdown of the previous world order and a clearly articulated intention to put this process on hold. Bolstered by several recent initiatives, such reasoning can be interpreted as a signal of Paris’s leadership ambitions in building a dialogue between the global North and South ...
BRICS has received an impulse to make a real transition to a new, more just world order
BRICS has received an impulse to make a real transition to a new, more just world order. The ability of the new BRICS to fully realize itself and fulfill the mission of the transition depends on how our descendants will remember the 21st ...
... Studies at Fudan University, addressed the participants with welcoming remarks.
The conference was held in two sessions. The former dealt with the development of political interaction in the regional and global context. The issues of the evolution of the world order and the intensification of great-power competition, as well as Russia-China-U.S. and Russia-China-India strategic triangles, have been raised. The emphasis was placed on international cooperation platforms (BRICS, SCO, RIC) where the two countries ...
The whole idea that someone—be it Moscow, Washington or Beijing—can ‘lose’ India looks excessively arrogant, if not completely preposterous
Is Russia losing India? They raise this question at practically every conference, workshop or an expert meeting on Russian-Indian relations since the times of the Soviet disintegration in early 1990s. Quite often, the predominant views expressed by participants are pessimistic, if not alarmist.
Yes, Russia is losing India or it might lose India in the near...
Idea mongers both in the U.S. and Europe seek to obscure the dark pages of the liberal world order advancement by emphasizing a dichotomy between “rules” and “power”, the “right” and “wrong” development models
In the political vocabulary of U.S. and European politicians, the term “rules-based international order” is ...