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 ...
... trans-border information exchanges? This image is unclear, but it will depend on major powers. And, of course, India remains one of the key actors.
Conflict Termination in Ukraine?
Andrey Kortunov:
Restoration, Reformation, Revolution? Blueprints for the World Order after the Russia-Ukraine conflict
That Russia can sustain the conflict is beyond doubt and is supported by three factors. First is the military hardware. Russia has an advantage because it has a bigger industrial base than Ukraine, and this ...
... Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with RAS IMEMO, and the journal "The World Economy and International Relations" (MEMO Journal) held the 9th joint research workshop on technological leadership in the transformation of the world order
On June 30, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with RAS IMEMO, and the journal "The World Economy and International Relations" (MEMO Journal) held the 9th joint research workshop on technological leadership ...
... more relaxed about this critical dimension of global politics. Of course, back in 2019 the US foreign policy was managed by flamboyant, erratic and unpredictable Donald Trump, who could hardly be considered a great fan of China or of a multilateral world order. However, in 2019 there were hopes that many of the complications associated with Trump would fade away together with the latter and that a more professional and more forward-looking leader in the White House would seek a mutually acceptable ...
... revolutionary changes that shape all aspects of human activity. These changes are logical and inevitable, as they reflect objective trends and the new needs of social development. The current changes are, in fact, undermining the foundations of the world order established in the mid-20th century, which served for the bipolar model existed until the early 1990s and, later, the unipolar model that replaced bipolarity. Today, the two models have irrevocably become a thing of the past. And we are now ...
... against this background, changes in Russia’s foreign policy, which are more noticeable from the outside than domestic developments, are but the tip of the iceberg.
The House of Foes
Ivan Timofeev:
Ending Western Domination Is Key to the Emerging World Order. Here’s What Needs to Be Done to Achieve It
Essentially, the war in Ukraine has produced an earthquake in the realm of Russia’s external strategy, its use of diplomacy and military force, and radically altered the way Moscow looks at the ...
Have emerging powers got the resources to reshape the world order?
Asynchronous multipolarity: governing parameters and directions of development
Since the late 1990s, multipolarity has been a key focus in Russia’s foreign policy doctrine. A more balanced world has been seen as a counterweight to the ...
... confrontation between Russia and the West and the United States with China. Should the aggravation of these crises be avoided, then the world system will either come to a bipolar system dominated by the United States and China or to a truly multipolar world order.
RIAC members also took part in the first day of the forum: Evgeny Primakov, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo; Sergey Stepashin, Chairman, Association of Lawyers of Russia; Victor Blazheev, the Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); ...
... cooperation with their business partners from Russia. In sum, the Global South so far has demonstrated a spectacular resilience in its commitment to stay out of the escalating conflict between Russia and the West.
Andrey Kortunov:
A New Western Cohesion and World Order
This persistent resistance to the continuous pressure from the West calls for explanations. One of such explanations is a wide spread perception in the Global South that the Western approach to Ukraine is a clear manifestation of double standards....
