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Transformation of the UN’s Power in International Governance—from Political to Ideological

The shift in the UN power model from politics to ideology, over the past 30 years, is changing the organization’s reputation. Endowed with explanatory and motivational power and leading the way towards sustainable global development, the UN appears to be an institutional bearer of the global conscience.

Denis A. Borisov, Yanina R. Burkina

Nothing Is Alien

The 2018/2019 world political season ended in an atmosphere of some fated madness, with tragedies degrading into a farce in line with Hegel’s trite aphorism. But the atmosphere of farce makes everyone fear that the situation may spiral out of control for the most trivial of reasons.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

G20 in Hamburg: Positive or Negative? Expert Discussion

The Valdai Discussion Club held an expert discussion dedicated to the results of the Hamburg G20 summit, which took place over the weekend.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Andrey Kortunov

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is ‘Buy American’ — Become An Ally By Becoming A Client

The rest, including political initiatives and even military force, seem for Trump to serve only as means to achieve commercial ends.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

Without ‘Deliverables,’ Putin-Trump Meeting Unlikely To Be Productive

Ahead of the first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

Russia and the G7 Summit: Much Will Depend on What Trump Wants

The question of Russia's return to the G7 is not on the agenda of the summit, which will be held on May 26-27 in Taormina, Italy.

Oleg N. Barabanov, Alexander Rahr

Global Challenges and Russia’s Foreign Policy

The article discusses the results of Russian foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union against the background of major new global and regional international trends and the policy of other major world powers.

Sergei A. Karaganov

The Inevitable, Weird World

The claim about an irreversible crisis of the liberal world order is a very convenient position for those who would like to simplify not only the overall picture, but also the challenges to the Russian foreign policy. Russia should learn to see not only problems in globalization, but also new opportunities for itself.

Andrey Kortunov

Before the Change at the Helm of the UN

For the UN to continue to be truly indispensable, international officials and national governments, members of the academic elite and civil society leaders will have to reach consensus on the way ahead, avoiding over-ambitious plans, but also half-measures portrayed as full-fledged reforms.

Aleksandr Gorelik

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