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The Iranian Crisis and Russia: Seven Lessons

Ivan N. Timofeev

Russia in Africa: From Minority to Majority

Vsevolod Yu. Sviridov

The Crimean War and Russia’s Relations with European Powers

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Ivan N. Timofeev

The Iranian situation inspires little optimism. Instead, it is fostering a fatalistic resolve on all sides, which risks becoming the defining spirit of the coming years.

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Vsevolod Yu. Sviridov

Africa will maintain friendly relations with Russia if Moscow avoids serious mistakes that could disappoint its partners and the new generation of African leaders—mistakes that are more likely if excessive foreign policy ambitions ignore economic and political realities.

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Victor Taki

Although the Crimean War was a consequence of the Eastern Question, this does not justify viewing the Question—like Nikolay Danilevsky and other Russian Pan-Slavists did—as a confrontation between Russia and Europe.

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Russia in Africa: From Minority to Majority

Vsevolod Yu. Sviridov

Africa will maintain friendly relations with Russia if Moscow avoids serious mistakes that could disappoint its partners and the new generation of African leaders—mistakes that are more likely if excessive foreign policy ambitions ignore economic and political realities.

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America Has Reached the Limits of Its Power

Donald Trump has declared the start of a new “golden age” in the Middle East after announcing a ceasefire with Iran. The war, at least for now, has been paused. And while predictions are always risky with this White House, there is at least a chance that the fighting will not immediately resume.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

From the ‘Rupee Trap’ to Strategic Development: A Vision of Russia–India Shared Prosperity

The opportunity is rooted in Russia’s substantial balances in Indian rupees accumulated through energy exports, currently underutilized. What may appear at first glance as a financial constraint is, in fact, a latent investment resource that can be used to transform bilateral cooperation into a long-term strategic framework generating real economic value.

Russia, India, and China Forging a New Eurasian Energy Architecture

The global energy system has entered a period of a profound structural transformation. As the escalating war in the Middle East continues to disrupt traditional energy supply routes and, and the global geoeconomic fragmentation is reshaping trade patterns, a new Eurasian energy architecture is emerging with three pivotal actors—Russia, China, and India—forming its basis.

Hriday Ch. Sarma

International Hierarchy Expert Survey (Wave V) is Underway

For the fifth consecutive year the International Hierarchy Expert Survey (IHES) collects and publishes panel data on small, middle and great powers to enable research on the dynamics of international hierarchy.

A Huge Miscalculation?

The U.S. and Israel are profoundly sick societies, with Trump and Netanyahu’s actions clearly manifesting the disease. The U.S. is trying to escape the decline and the Western civilization’s shipwreck. Israel, for its part, is seeking to gain dominance in the Middle East. Only two major countries oppose it—Iran and Turkey. If Iran succumbs, Turkey is likely to be the next victim.

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.

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China’s Principled Stance amidst Intensifying U.S.-Iran Tensions

Following the drumbeats of war in the Middle East for weeks, the U.S.-Israeli missile strikes against Iran and the latter's retaliation did not come as a surprise, but the survivability of the Iranian regime is now at question. For the international community, this is not merely a regional concern but a global economic precipice.

How Starmer Survived — And Probably Will Again

Unlike our American cousins, the UK dish out consequences to Jeffery Epstein’s associates. Damaging revelations from the Epstein Files showed a problematic friendship with Peter Mandelson, who briefly served as Britain’s Ambassador to the U.S. His former boss, Sir Keir Starmer, had a lot of explaining to do.

James C. Pearce

Avoiding Oblivion… and Rehabilitating Humanity

The source of evil is old Europe, which has been the source of evil for humanity for 500 years: immense wars, two world wars, colonialism, racism, many other awful "isms" and now their post-human values. I think one of the strategic goals of our policy and also the policy of the "international community" is to move Europe away from the centre of the world stage and let them boil in their own juices, which are increasingly unsavoury and malodourous.

Sergei A. Karaganov

L’État c’est lui?

The attacks on Iran are unconstitutional and illegal under US law. If the rule of law still existed within the US, the US military would have refused to obey the orders (given that they are illegal and thus invalid), and the President would be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Dylan Payne Royce

Trump the Viking

Ironically, during Donald Trump’s first election campaign in 2016, Russian genealogist Alexey Nilogov asserted that Trump is a direct descendent of Rurik the Viking, a Scandinavian invited in 862 by the people of Novgorod to assume rule. Whether this lineage is physical or spiritual matters little; more important for us is its mere existence.

Raphaëlle Auclert

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