Dr. Mauricio Alonso Estevez Daniel: #Mexico's foreign policy in a multipolar world must be framed as an exercise in balancing its relationship with the United States and the emergence of new centers of power russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

The Strait of #Hormuz Crisis: A Prelude to the Struggle for Maritime Spaces. An Analysis by HSE University and RIAC russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

#Russia’s tested resilience in this war is superior to #Ukraine’s in material terms & to Europe’s in nonmaterial, which will likely determine what happens in the future. Dmitriy Trenin for @AJEnglish on the Ukrainian capital’s outlook for the coming winter russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Ivan Timofeev for @Valdai_Club: The #DieselDeal shows the room for manoeuvre enjoyed by the US executive branch and its ability, where the political will exists, to ease restrictions even when they are unprecedentedly harsh russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Washington’s persistent aggressiveness against #Iran amid the stalemate of Trump’s diplomatic mediation on Ukraine have already brought Moscow and Tehran substantially closer to each other. Igor Matveev and Qasem Osuli Odlu on #Russia-Iran partnership russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Biology: New Opportunities, Old Risks, and Regulatory Gaps. Svetlana Kozyulina on how #AI and #BigData have transformed #Biology russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Nothing is forever. Anatol Lieven @lieven_anatol discusses how Europe's relations with Russia will be shaped after the elections / war / change of European elites. Interviewed by Yulia Melnikova youtu.be/Qp-Xfk-aVvk?si=HXQF… #Gemany #France #BalticStates #UK

Ukraine lost its way and brought untold calamities upon itself when its leaders made #NATO membership their goal. Dmitriy Trenin for #RT explains what NATO's Article 5 really means russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Along with a host of other laws, it will loom over any future administration. Ivan Timofeev for @Valdai_Club on the “#sanctions from hell” Bill russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

Dmitriy Trenin for @LaVanguardia: I see a bitter fight raging for a new world order, that is a functional equivalent of a world war russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

#BRICS members differ sharply in power, politics and interests. Their ability to manage those divisions may be the secret of the group’s global influence. Dmitriy Trenin on why the #West still misunderstands BRICS russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

#Russia will either have to prepare for prolonged tensions with #Poland or try to cut a deal with it. Andrew Korybko @AKorybko on the Polish-centric European flank of the “cordon sanitaire” russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

#BRICS is gradually evolving from a consultative and advisory club toward more concrete, carefully developed initiatives and the creation of mechanisms to implement them. Lydia Kulik on the results of #India's 2026 BRICS Presidency russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

The main foreign policy slogan of #Armenia’s new “five-year period” can be formulated as “peace without a strategic alliance with Russia”. Sergey Markedonov on the domestic and foreign policy priorities of the Armenian authorities russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

"Possible or Impossible?" 🎙️ Sat down with John Mearsheimer @MearsheimerJ ahead of our @RussianCouncil event. The godfather of political realism gave his blunt take on what’s realistic and what’s pure fantasy in global politics in the short term

U.S. diplomacy, should it wish to, can certainly offer Moscow algorithms for easing restrictive measures, or allow individual relaxations as a political signal. Ivan Timofeev for @Valdai_Club on #sanctions in the diplomatic equation russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

The Strait of #Hormuz will remain vital to #Gulf energy, but #Iran’s political leverage may change. Nikolay Soukhov on the Hormuz Paradox russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

RIAC and Institute of International Studies at @FudanUniversity presents the eleventh #Russia-#China Dialogue Report: Functional and Regional Dimensions russiancouncil.ru/en/activit…

One year after Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit, the real breakthrough was exposing the limits of U.S. power and the illusion of a unified West. Adriel Kasonta on the #SpiritofAnchorage russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…

#Japan’s rupture with Moscow and #NorthKorea’s rise as a Russian ally show how #US power is reshaping the security order across Northeast Asia. Dmitriy Trenin for #RT on the lessons to be learned from Northeast Asia russiancouncil.ru/en/analyti…