Current Issue
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25 july 2019
The Logic of Counterpoint
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30 july 2019
Private Military and Security Companies
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30 july 2019
Chinese School of International Relations
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30 july 2019
Geopolitics in Space and Time
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Nothing Is Alien
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Public Conflicts, Democracy and Authoritarianism
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Symmetric versus Asymmetric Rule
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A Predictable Future?
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Digital Communication Disrupting Hegemonic Power in Global Geopolitics
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WikiLeaks as Rubicon and Zeitgeist
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Could Russia Utilize Cryptocurrencies in Its Foreign Policy Grand Strategizing?
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Lessons of Korean Democratization for Modern Russia
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.
Will US pullout from Syria increase risk of conflict with Russia?
The announcement of the US pullout from Syria was received with caution in Moscow. Besides the security and political challenges it may bring about, the Trump decision could mean the end of a practical, relatively constructive US-Russian approach to conflict at flashpoints.
Keynes Goes Global: Anticipating the Global Slowdown
As the world economy shows mounting signs of deceleration and recessionary fears intensify across global markets, the world community is likely to focus increasingly on how to undertake an effective anti-crisis response.
A Kingdom divided against himself. Special edition
This is a special issue of Russia in Global Affairs, dedicated to this big topic. Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, euphoria over the triumph of liberal ideology, which is “omnipotent because it is true,” has given way to dark pessimism about the future and led to the loss of ideational and moral guidelines.
China: How Fragile Is the Giant?
China is Russia's most important and responsible partner in the international arena. The five years that have passed since the beginning of the fundamental complication of relations between Russia and the West have shown that despite prejudices and lack of trust at the grassroots level, relations between the two countries remain friendly.
Crisis in 21st Century Political Warfare
In order to gain a freer hand in exercising foreign policy and pursuing those objectives, which include practices such as regime change, the US and its allies needed to change the manner in which the rules and boundaries of international relations were conceived and applied.
The Syrian Crisis: A Thorny Path from War to Peace
The second decade of the 21st century began with a string of explosive protests in the Middle East and North Africa, which have destabilized not only the countries that saw violent regime change but the entire region. A way out of the profound systemic crisis is yet to be found.