Russia in Global Affairs

12/03/2022

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02/03/2022

🎭 Russia, in this world view, is obviously the “bad guy” and therefore cannot be allowed to utilize the same strategic security largesse. Not surprisingly, Russia has always rejected this rather weak “good guy/bad guy” theory of international relations, writes Matthew Crosston.

As America behaves, so Russia feels justified in pursuing like-minded behavior aligned to its own security interests, that the West has routinely rejected or simply…

01/03/2022

🇷🇺 The Russian operation is a mirror image of what the US and its allies have done more than once in recent decades in different parts of the world, writes Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine has spelled the end of an epoch in the state of global affairs after President Vladimir Putin launched the action…

22/02/2022

📢 The news covering the Ukraine conflict causes many to pause and wonder if the world is on the verge of a new world war.

More likely, it is on the precipice of a false WWIII, provoked by a disingenuous Cold War, with most media organizations in the West serving to intensify panic, rather than dissecting information to make citizens more aware and nuanced with the increasingly hostile rhetoric being thrown at each other.

❓ Why is this so and, most importantly, what is to be done?

📝 Writes Matthew Crosston, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel.

The news covering the Ukraine conflict causes many to pause and wonder if the world is on the verge of a new world war. Why…

21/02/2022

📷 Russia in Global Affairs Editor-in-Chief Fyodor Lukyanov became a moderator of the third session of the Valdai Discussion Club 11th Middle East Conference, titled “Collective Security Systems: New Principles for a New Stage”.

18/02/2022

🗽 Having spent the “dividends” of the Cold War, the United States ended up in a difficult situation due to its own political decline.

💬 Zhang Shuhua, Director of the Institute of Political Science of the Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) of the PRC, shared his thoughts on balance of power after the Soviet Union collapse for the latest issue of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/no-end-to-history/

17/02/2022

🌎⚡️🌏 Backing up from this multi-car crash of coercive diplomacy and military maneuvers will not be easy, but the alternatives are worse, writes Stephen Cimbala, Professor of Political Science at Penn State University.

The gathering storm over Ukraine is potentially the most dangerous crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. A large scale Russian military…

15/02/2022

🌎⚡️🌏 The West doesn’t see why it should replace the existing system with something else in order to make Russia happy, writes Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

Russia’s advantage comes from the fact that its military capabilities in the potential zone of conflict are far beyond those of the US and NATO,…

14/02/2022

📃 An article by Barry Buzan, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, titled "Russia in the post-Cold War international order", was added to to LSE Research Online recently: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/113735/

The article was published originally in No. 4 2021 October/December of Russia in Global Affairs magazine: https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/post-cold-war-international-order

The prospect for Russia is to be progressively and rapidly overshadowed by its partner/ally. As China gets relatively stronger, and the West gets relatively weaker,…

14/02/2022

🇰🇷 Presidential elections will be held in South Korea in early March.

Given that there will be about a dozen candidates, as one might expect, everyone understands that the real struggle for the presidency will be led by representatives of the country’s two main political camps: Yoon Seok-youl, representing the right-wing conservative camp, which is now in opposition, and Lee Jae-myung, representing the moderate left-wing nationalists, who have been in power since 2017.

Nobody can predict the outcome of the elections: as often happens in Korea, polls show that both main candidates have almost equal support, so that everything will be decided in the last days or even hours, writes Andrei Lankov, Professor at the Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Presidential elections will be held in South Korea in early March. Given that there will be about a dozen candidates, as one might expect, everyone…

10/02/2022

⚖️🌐 The mainstream media describes the current clash between the collective West and Russia as a battle of good against evil; however, as it often happens in real life, good can effortlessly transform into evil and vice versa under the right circumstances, writes Vlad Ivanenko, PhD in Economics, Ottawa, Canada.

The mainstream media describes the current clash between the collective West and Russia as a battle of good against evil; however, as it often happens…

09/02/2022

📷 Russia in Global Affairs Editor-in-Chief Fyodor Lukyanov became a moderator of the first session of the Collective Security Conference today, titled “CSTO Challenges in the Face of Growing International Tensions: A View from Capitals”, organised by the Valdai Discussion Club with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

08/02/2022

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 “This game based on intensions escalation, stepping up pressure and tension has been in play during the Cold War and even before: we can find a lot of examples of that in history of international relations. Why we react so cautious? Just because we forgot how it happens,” Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, said during American-Russian online conversation, titled “Can War In Ukraine Be Avoided?”. Follow the link to watch the video ⤵️

On January 27, 2022, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, took part in an American-Russian online conversation, titled “Can War In Ukraine…

07/02/2022

🇺🇸🇷🇺 The U. S. counter proposals about talks on confidence-building measures and arms control sound pleasant, but they are largely senseless. We had them before. Confidence could start to be restored only when basic Russian interests are met, writes Professor Sergei Karaganov.

This is the article ordered by Financial Times to Professor S. Karaganov. But is was not published for the lack of space. But we still…

04/02/2022

🎥 The Russian president is a «calculated player» and «very much aware about all dangers,» says Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine. On February 3, 2022, he became a guest at “Conflict Zone” TV program by DW.com.

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The Russian president is a "calculated player" and "very much aware about all dangers," says Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine. On…

03/02/2022

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 The movement of troops is combined with the threat of economic sanctions, and the appeal to international law and institutions are combined with clear examples of disregard for weak states.

Indeed, it was worthwhile for international politics to accumulate such experience and tools over several centuries in order for us to wait for a crisis where all these measures would become available to an interested observer, writes Timofei Bordachev.

The movement of troops is combined with the threat of economic sanctions, and the appeal to international law and institutions are combined with clear examples…

02/02/2022

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Why Putin won’t go to war over Ukraine?

Our Editor-in-Chief Fyodor Lukyanov took part in UnInterrupted with Jyoti Malhotra episode by ThePrint, dedicated to the recent tensions escalation between Russia and the West.



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Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia In Global Affairs magazine, took part in “UnInterrupted with Jyoti Malhotra” episode, dedicated to the recent tensions escalation between Russia…

01/02/2022

🌎 NATO has expanded to the point where its members have fallen out of sync on the subject of threats, writes Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

The rapid descent of Russia’s relations with the West seems to have only just started, but has already shown something of a silver lining. The…