Jeffrey Collins - Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University, Canada
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6 october 2017
The Arctic In An Age Of Geopolitical Change: Assessment And Recommendations
Arctic remains one of the world’s last great, pristine and undeveloped areas. Equivalent to one-sixth of the world’s landmass, the region is home to just 4 million people. The region is rich in both renewable and non-renewable resources.
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28 january 2016
Reflecting on the Revolution in Military Affairs: Implications for the Use of Force Today
Nearly a quarter of a century after US-led coalition forces relied extensively on information technology, hi-tech precision weapons and joined-up military doctrine to comprehensively defeat Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army in Operation Desert Storm, the concept, implications and legacy of the so-called Revolution in Military Affairs remains both contested and indistinct.
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How to Win a Cold War
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Sergey Karaganov -
Shadows Over the Putin-Trump Summit
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Fyodor Lukyanov -
Chances for a New “Peace of Westphalia”?
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Kancho Stoychev, Andrei Raichev -
Russia–Turkey Relations Need a Stronger Foundation
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Andrey Kortunov -
A new world order: A view from Russia
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Sergey Karaganov, Dmitry Suslov
A new world order: A view from Russia
Since around 2017–2018, the world has been living through a period of progressive erosion, or collapse, of international orders inherited from the past. With the election of Donald Trump and the rapid increase of US containment of Russia and China—which is both a consequence of this gradual erosion and also represents deep internal and international contradictions—this process entered its apogee.
Russia-Japan -- peace can wait
Putin has snubbed Abe as he boosts links with China amid growing US hostility to Beijing and Moscow.
Living in a Crumbling World. Valdai Club Annual Report
In each of its annual reports since 2014, the Valdai Discussion Club has consistently spoken of the need to restore global governance – meaning the resolution of emerging and growing problems through institutions-based cooperation between states holding particular political and economic importance to world affairs.
Russia and Turkey: Approaches to Regional Security in the Middle East
Transformational processes in the Arab world in the beginning of the 2010s led Russia and Turkey to an understanding of the need to form new foreign policy approaches towards the Middle East. This article seeks to identify the impact of the approaches Russia and Turkey have taken on this issue on relations between Moscow and Ankara.
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
This is an excerpt from the new book The Great Delusion : Liberal Dreams and International Realities by John Mearsheimer.
Islam and Global Commons: The Gap between Principles and Practices
It is estimated that there are approximately 1.6 billion Muslims in the world today, who represent over 20% of the world’s population. No one is exempt from the vagaries of climate change, and Muslims have to accept their share of the responsibility.
The Summit in Singapore and the Failure of Donald Trump’s Diplomacy
It seemed before the Singapore summit, - the meeting of the leaders of the US and North Korea, which was drawing attention of the whole international community while being prepared, that Donald Trump’s “blackmail diplomacy” proved its effectiveness. However, is it possible to consider his policy towards Pyongyang and his administration’s foreign policy a success?