Russia in Global Affairs

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Kirill V. Babaev

PhD in Philology
Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia
Director

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01.07.2024

The Tripolar World and the Bloc Triangles of East Asia

Although the triangles’ emergence is increasing general tension in East Asia and driving a regional arms race, a conflict of Korean origin seems less likely than a conflict over Taiwan.

Konstantin V. Asmolov, Kirill V. Babaev

01.10.2023

In Scope and Depth

The decisions made at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg are likely to lead to the group’s revolutionary transformation. It is yet to be seen how effective and viable the new composition will be. However, it is already evident that doubling the number of participants will complicate consensus decision-making.

Kirill V. Babaev, Sergei V. Lavrov

Svetlana Babayeva

RIA Novosti Senior Analyst.

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23.06.2012

The Potential and Limits of Twitter Revolutions

The mechanisms of well-functioning society to assure transparency, accountability and healthy replacement of those in power can only originate and exist in real life. Otherwise, democracy will remain virtual, as well. A Twitter revolution can engender a Twitter democracy. But little change in the material world.

Svetlana Babayeva

17.11.2007

From Process to Progress

The ruling class has run into a perplexity it created on its own. On the one hand, there is governable life based on the apathy of some people and petty pragmatic readiness of others. On the other hand, the rulers have to retrieve the genuinely creative sections of society from dormancy. Governable life no longer satisfies the rulers themselves, while the unpredictability of awakening forces frightens them.

Svetlana Babayeva, Georgy Bovt

08.08.2007

Free from Morality, Or What Russia Believes In Today

The vacuum of ideas, compounded with the insecurity of material status (the Russian market still remains an unpredictable place), makes it impossible to set and fulfill objectives (materialize one’s dreams) or cause aggression or unwillingness to make progress. People have developed the ability to “enjoy the moment”, but the resultant movement lacks both vector and meaning.

Svetlana Babayeva

Elena Babkina

Anthropologist and a researcher at the Research University-Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.

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15.06.2018

Self-Identity of Borderland

Abstract This paper is based on the results of field research conducted by the author in Donbass in 2015-2017 and studies the media space and…

Elena Babkina

Salvatore Babones

Salvatore Babones, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy School of Social & Political Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney.

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22.09.2015

Russia’s Eastern Gambit

Russia has nothing to gain and nothing to lose in Europe. By contrast, Russia has much to gain and everything to lose in Asia. Asia is dynamic and growing. But to realize its potential Russia must focus on internal development, not external posturing. And the obvious place for it to focus first is the Far East.

Salvatore Babones

Andrew J. Bacevich

American historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history.

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21.12.2017

When Washington Assured Russia NATO Would Not Expand

How America's failure to honor a 1990 commitment led to many of today's global crises.

Andrew J. Bacevich

Dmitry Badovsky

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05.09.2009

Russia’s Modernization: At Another Fork in the Road

Solution to the problems of power and the destiny of modernization has been put off until the 2012 election, when the final choice of the parameters of future development could be determined by either Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin or Dmitry Medvedev’s continued presidency.

Dmitry Badovsky

07.06.2009

Chances for a Reset in Russian Politics

In the political sense, the country, led by the incumbent authorities to the victory over the crisis, will be preparing for relatively quiet elections. It is important that the very issue of the main candidate to the presidential post in 2012 will be addressed outside the framework of the crisis.

Dmitry Badovsky

Thomas Bagger

Director of Foreign Policy in the Office of the Federal President, Germany

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13.12.2021

Every Collapse Has Its Inner Logic

Perestroika and the subsequent 1990s were accompanied by such massive enthusiasm and a sense of liberation that it would be unfair to discard them as illusions from the point of view of some “objective” progress.

Artemy V. Magun, Timothy Garton Ash, Andrei A. Teslya, Thomas Bagger, Philip Zelikow, Michael Mann, Hanns W. Maull

Andrey G. Baklanov

PhD in History
Association of Russian Diplomats
Deputy Chairman of the Board;
National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
School of International Regional Studies
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Professor and Head;
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 2000-2005;
Member of the Multilateral Working Group on Regional Security and Arms Control
in the Middle East

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01.01.2025

Sovereignty to the Extent Possible

A future Palestinian state will have certain peculiarities to account for Israel’s concerns, whether real or intentionally inflated.

Andrey G. Baklanov

19.03.2015

Oil Prices: An Action Strategy Is Needed

We need a substantial strategy of pricing policy and implementation mechanisms to avoid emotional shocks every time oil prices drop. The fuel market should be more controllable, balanced, and fair, as Russia’s national interests demand.

Andrey G. Baklanov

27.12.2013

A War of the Future

New defense technologies often create the illusion of a possibility of “victorious” wars, which provokes ever new conflicts and wars. The number and scale of conflicts in the world will hardly decrease in the coming years, while the arms race will serve primarily the needs of the development of new areas and the goal of expanding the resource base for production.

Andrey G. Baklanov

Andrey A. Baklitskiy

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of the International Studies at the MGIMO University, PIR Center Consultant, Russia

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E-mail: a.baklitskiy@inno.mgimo.ru
Tel.: +7 495 234-8461
Address: 76 Vernadsky Prospect , Moscow 119454, Russia

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07.09.2020

Iran’s Nuclear Superposition

The biggest positive factor is that the JCPOA is still alive and can be revived any time. Tehran has stated more than once that it will reciprocate as soon as the United States resumes its obligations. It is simpler to stop an undeclared war, pretending that it was never waged. On the negative side, the superposition could “implode,” resulting in one of two possible variants. Both the U.S. and the Israeli authorities would prefer the JCPOA to be “dead.”

Andrey A. Baklitskiy

29.04.2016

The Iranian Deal: Opportunities and Obstacles for Russian-US Cooperation

On July 14, 2015, the United States, Russia, China, France, UK, Germany, the European Union and Iran concluded the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the “Iran deal,” with the goal of ending the standoff over the Iranian nuclear program.

Andrey A. Baklitskiy, Richard Weitz

Svetlana I. Balakhonova

MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia
Institute for International Studies
Center for Sanctions Policy Expertise
Expert

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Address: 76 Vernadsky Prospect, Moscow 119454, Russia

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01.10.2023

Foreign Companies’ Behavior in the Russian Market under Sanctions: Speculation and Reality

Companies with a higher share of the Russian market in their revenue structure are less willing to leave the Russian market. Cooperation with state-owned (or state-affiliated) companies from countries that have not joined the sanctions and show a higher level of political loyalty to Russia’s foreign policy has the best prospects.

Ekaterina Y. Arapova, Svetlana I. Balakhonova

Yuri N. Baluyevsky

General of the Army
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2004-2008

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01.01.2026

The Digital War Is the New Reality

Drones really are revolutionizing modern warfare. They impede force concentration, but also make tactical maneuvering unnecessary for striking the enemy. These fundamental changes in tactics and operational art should lead to a reconsideration of how wars are fought and force structures are organized.

Yuri N. Baluyevsky, Ruslan N. Pukhov

01.12.2003

Strategic Stability in a Globalized World

The international stability of the Cold War times, based on the principle of guaranteed mutual destruction by the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. in a nuclear conflict, is now a thing of the past. How can strategic stability be achieved now? And in general, how stable is a world order void of confrontation between the two superpowers?

Yuri N. Baluyevsky

Mikhail Barabanov

Mikhail Barabanov is Editor-in Chief of the Moscow Defense Brief magazine.

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18.12.2014

Testing a “New Look”

What has been done since 2008 can probably be considered the most ambitious, consistent and effective military reform in Russia. The decisive turn from the traditional mobilizational army allowed Russia to create permanent and high readiness forces well adapted for operation in the post-Soviet region.

Mikhail Barabanov

Oleg N. Barabanov

MGIMO University, Professor;
Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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28.09.2026

Keep Calm: The State and Responsibility for the Future

Will the future be better for those living in today’s world compared to those who preceded them? Not necessarily. After all, future is always a set of probabilities that come to fruition to various degrees. There are specific patterns defining the way developments unfold, but it all depends on how responsible we are in our approach.

Oleg N. Barabanov, Anton S. Bespalov, Timofei V. Bordachev, Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Andrei A. Sushentsov, Ivan N. Timofeev

29.09.2025

Dr. Chaos or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Disorder

There is no doubt that today’s shifts are profound and are taking place across virtually all domains. That said, they cannot be viewed as an expression of someone’s deliberate will but should rather be regarded as a series of processes which were quite predictable and natural. These changes are not “the biggest since…” – they simply represent a new era that does not need to be compared to any other.

Oleg N. Barabanov, Anton S. Bespalov, Timofei V. Bordachev, Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Andrei A. Sushentsov, Ivan N. Timofeev

04.11.2024

The World From the Bottom Up or The Masterpieces of Eurasian Architecture

New rules emerge from shifts in the balance of power and, if we take the modern-day world, the fact that small groups of countries are no longer able to tell the rest of the international community what to do.

Oleg N. Barabanov, Timofei V. Bordachev, Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Andrei A. Sushentsov, Ivan N. Timofeev

Anastasia Barannikova

PhD in History,
Research Fellow,
Research Laboratory of Spatial Logistics,
ADM Nevelskoy Maritime State University,
Vladivostok, Russia.

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05.02.2024

The DPRK Nuclear Weaponry: Dyad or Alternative Triad?

The DPRK is quite capable of creating a nuclear triad, although this triad will differ from the Russian or American ones. One strategic component — ICBMs — is sufficient to deter the most likely adversary. The other components can be tactical and still be able to fulfill their assigned tasks, one of which is to ensure the survivability of a retaliatory strike capability.

Anastasia Barannikova

Alexander Barsenkov

Alexander Barsenkov has a Doctorate in History and is a professor in the History Department at Moscow State University.

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07.07.2010

Should We Fear the Past?

A meaningful conversation about Joseph Stalin makes sense only in the context of Russian history. However dramatic and intricate the latter might be in the 20th century, there is no way to cross out the industrial and cultural breakthroughs of the 1930s, the victory in World War II and the country’s reconstruction from postwar ruins between 1945 and 1953 amid conditions of a new threat. Whether anyone likes it or not, Stalin cannot be torn away from these obvious achievements.

Alexander Barsenkov

Sanjaya Baru

Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institution of India, New Delhi.

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17.12.2019

The Asian Mirror for the Far East: an Indian Perspective

India and Russia have long shared geopolitical perspectives on the balance of power in Eurasia. In the post-Cold War era both turned their attention to the West. However, over the past decade India has pursued the Look East Policy, seeking to regain its political and economic influence in Southeast Asia and building new strategic partnerships with East Asian powers like Japan and South Korea. Russia’s Turn to the East and India’s move from the Look East to the Act East Policy have created a new framework for closer India–Russia geo-economic and geopolitical relations.

Sanjaya Baru

Kayhan Barzegar

Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University. He is also Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS) in Tehran.

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29.09.2023

A World for All

One of the characteristics of the new order is the status of rising regional powers, which along with great powers have got an opportunity to play their own independent role, commensurate with their national power. Regional powers seek to adjust their own national interests according to the changing geopolitical environment. In this respect, we have entered the era of “A World for All.”

Kayhan Barzegar

16.08.2017

Will Iran Leave the Nuclear Deal?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran could break the JCPOA nuclear agreement if Washington imposes new sanctions against Tehran.

Kayhan Barzegar

21.03.2014

Iran-Russia Relations after the Geneva Nuclear Deal

In the triangle of Iran-U.S.-Russia relations, Russia is likely to strengthen its relations with Iran to equate the role and influence of its rival global power and Iran will attempt to stay in its independent track willing to expand relations to the one that accepts its regional role and global status.

Kayhan Barzegar

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.

Brazilian economist, Vice President of the New Development Bank (NDB) from 2015 to 2017, Executive Director for Brazil and other countries in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2007 to 2015

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26.08.2026

The Age of Endarkenment

Civilizational regression has acquired such a dimension that it would be appropriate to speak of an Age of Obscurantism or an Age of Endarkenment. In short, Europe and the U.S., previously at the forefront of the Enlightenment, are vigorously sponsoring a movement in the opposite direction. The 18th century became known as the Century of Enlightenment; the 21st century may go down in history as the Century of Endarkenment.

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.

08.07.2026

China Does Not Improvise

China is changing and adapting its policies to the arising challenges, while at the same time preserving its traditional philosophy and ancient culture. It does not abandon Confucius, nor Mao Zedong. It does not cling thoughtlessly to the past, but neither does it forsake its roots. China’s ascent, no longer peaceful but increasingly conflictive, can be expected to continue without interruption.

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.

22.04.2026

A New Reserve Currency for the Global South

We must decide whether we are going to live indefinitely with the Western increasingly dysfunctional monetary system used as a geopolitical tool, or we will gather economic, political, and intellectual efforts to get out of this trap. The next few years will tell whether Global South countries are up to this challenge.

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.

Sergey B. Batsanov

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Retired);
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Member of Pugwash Council,
Member of the Russian Pugwash Committee;
St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Cross-Disciplinary Center for Global Biosecurity Studies
Chairman of the Advisory Board

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