A few months ago, the author wrote an article for the RIAC website on possible variants of the new international architecture on the European continent that...
To paraphrase the beginning of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: all effective structures are alike; each ineffective structure is ineffective in its own way. The problems with the...
Less than a month remains until the next summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which will take place in Qingdao, China on June 9 and...
Surveys suggest that most Russian people view the country’s foreign policy as successful and, indeed, something to be proud of. This opinion is shared, in differing...
How does the world in 2018 look from the Kremlin? Judging from statements and interviews of Russian leaders, the world is not a very cool place...
It all began three months ago to the day, in the Chinese town of Xiamen. During a news conference following the BRICS Summit, President of the...
What is the main dividing line in the modern global politics? The flavor of the season is “the West vs the Rest” paradigm. The declining West...
The 2018 annual report on Erasmus+, published today, shows that over the last three decades, more than 10 million people...
Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev was awarded on Monday the 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, recognizing his groundbreaking ‘green economy’ work. Mr. Sukhdev, who received...
Masatsugu Asakawa assumes office as the 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today. “I am honored to assume...
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commemorates the 50th anniversary of its entry into power and the 25th anniversary of its...
It was the first day of 2018 and the United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump – who had just welcomed...
There is blood in our silence, and in our silence the milk and honey, assertion and defiance of language lives...
China’s electric vehicle industry is entering a new phase of accelerating development, President Xi Jinping wrote in a congratulatory message...