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19 march 2018
Traveling in Different Boats
Relations between Russia and the United States are acquiring a new quality. Moscow and Washington can cooperate on certain individual issues, but strategically they are now on their own—certainly not in the same boat.
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19 september 2017
Wars in the Name of Islam: What Comes Next?
Is the Middle East turning into the area of total war? What will the Sunni and Shiite rivalry end in? How to defeat terrorism?
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17 june 2016
Caught in the Web of Archaic Policies
The Syrian conflict has provided an example of the profound virtualization of politics (and even its power component) and of creating stable pre-engineered actors exclusively for the communication space. The “moderate opposition” is the most noteworthy one.
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30 march 2016
The Saudi Imperial Overreach?
The three pillars of Saudi power projection, namely Islam, oil, and the U.S. patronage, have grown considerably weaker in recent years. The era of checkbook diplomacy is truly over and Riyadh will have to invest more in diplomacy.
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Endless Endgame: Whither Russia-West Confrontation?
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Elkhan Nuriyev -
No Need to Wait for an Attack, the Threat of War Is in the Air
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Sergey Karaganov -
Russia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy: New Challenges, New Horizons
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Igor Ivanov -
A US Withdrawal from Syria?
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Paul Saunders -
The Day the United Nations Ceased to Exist
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Andrey Kortunov
No Need to Wait for an Attack, the Threat of War Is in the Air
“Russia and China need to think about creating a joint strategy to strengthen peace. There is no need to wait for someone’s attack – the threat of war in the air,” Valdai Club expert Sergei Karaganov, who takes part in the Russian-Chinese conference in Shanghai.
Russia can be the honest broker in Korean diplomacy
Only joint efforts with US, China, North and South Korea will bring a lasting deal
Not to Disappear One by One
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China and the simultaneous G7 summit in Canada created an unprecedentedly hard background for comparison. The US president’s public denunciation of his Western allies and his refusal to sign the G7 summit’s final statement have only emphasized the stability and promise of Russian-Chinese cooperation.
Putin’s Economic Dilemma
Despite Western sanctions and oil-price volatility, Russia is currently on sturdier economic footing than most of its critics ever could have imagined just a few years ago. But while prudent fiscal and monetary policies have laid the groundwork for long-term sustainable growth, the government must resist the temptation of short-term stimulus.
Fighting Sanctions: From Legislation to Strategy
President Vladimir Putin has signed federal law "On Measures (Countermeasures) Against Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign Countries." The State Duma is also discussing sanctions-related amendments to the Criminal Code.
Infrastructure Connectivity and Political Stability in Eurasia
The country’s geographic location largely predetermines its foreign policy, as well as the trajectory of its socioeconomic development. However, even the most negative geographical limitations can be overcome via connectivity and compatibility that are the passport to the success of Eurasian integration.
A Pyrrhic Victory: the History of the Sanctions War Against Iran
The history of sanctions against Iran deserves close analysis in light of the growing sanctions pressure on Russia. Although Iran and Russia are different countries facing different sanctions paradigms, Iran’s experience is meaningful if only because both countries have to contend with US sanction law.