Fill urban #diplomacy with practical meaning. Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Chairman of the BRICS+ Association of Cities and Municipalities, on inter-municipal co-operation of #BRICS+ countries russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

Three thrones, #semiconductors and #beef: What made Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to Russia memorable? Alexander Korolev on the #Malaysia's prime minister’s visit russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

Ivan Timofeev for Valdai Club on the 17 #EU #sanctions package: The damage of the new restrictions to #Russia is as symbolic as the measures themselves. The political effect—forcing Moscow to make any decisions with the help of #sanctions remains a utopia russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The West is trying to lay the groundwork for gaining leverage over the current authorities in Damascus. Alexey Khlebnikov on what does the easing of #sanctions mean for #Syria russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The Lula's visit to #Russia and #China indicate a course correction, in which #Brazil resumes its universalist foreign policy, rejecting Manichean divisions of the world into autocracies vs democracies. Ana Livia Araujo Esteves on Russia-Brazil relations russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The ongoing transformation of #Ukraine’s political system goes beyond formal institutional logic and is taking on more and more distinctly authoritarian features. Three scenarios for the situation in Ukraine by Alexander Nepogodin russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The aging "Magnificent Seven" can no longer convincingly claim the global leadership it once took for granted. Andrey Kortunov for Global Times on how the #G7 loses its cohesion and ‘mojo’ russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

Perhaps, one option for the real content of the concept of #EurasianSecurity will be the proposal of solutions for regional nodes of contradictions in the #Balkans. Daniil Rastegaev for Valdai Club on Eurasian security with Balkan specifics russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

Georgiy Toloraya: In a world of uncertainty, the defining theme of #BRICS summit may be the discussion of measures to change global governance to reflect the realities of a multipolar world, as well as the long overdue reform of the UN, IMF, and World Bank russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

#Russia and #China in the Era of #TradeWars and #Sanctions. Ivan Timofeev for Valdai Club on how external political factors may have a growing influence on Russian-Chinese economic relations russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The future balance of power — both technological and geopolitical — among the key global actors will be shaped by the development trajectory of the US #semiconductor industry. Anastasia Tolstukhina for Valdai Club on US semiconductor reindustrialization russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The actions of #Israel & #US are reviving the narrative that some states have the right to develop nuclear weapons & use force only because they consider themselves civilized. V. Tolstykh on international law qualifications of US-Israeli Strikes on #Iran russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The 2025 #NATO summit is a marker of the end of the period of unconditional unification of the EuroAtlantic community around the “Russian threat”" and very soon the allies will again face the existential question: “Why us?” Julia Melnikova for Valdai Club russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The new RIAC working paper by Alexander Korolev examines the relationship between the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) russiancouncil.ru/en/activity/wo…

#Iran appears to be deliberately seeking to strengthen Iranian-Islamic identity by combining Islamic revolutionary values with elements of #nationalism. Fahil Abdulbasit Abdulkareem on Iran's new identity russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

Ivan Timofeev for Valdai Club on the 18th “one of the strongest” #EU #sanctions package: We live in the realities of 2025, when increased efforts do not result in proportional damage russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The possibility of a return to extreme-era dynamics cannot be dismissed. Ivan Timofeev for Valdai Club on #scenarios for a possible #Russia-#NATO military confrontation and #nuclear factor in the Ukrainian conflict russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

The paradox is that Trump’s #tariffs do not restrain the development of trade and financial directions within #BRICS but rather accelerate it. Igbal Guliyev and Maria Ginzburg on the impact of #Trump’s Tariff Policy on #FoodSecurity for BRICS States russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

It is possible that at some point we will see a special Brazilian model for solving the problem of “weaponised interdependence”. Ivan Timofeev for Valdai Club on the transformation of #tariffs on #Brazil into a #sanctions tool russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…

#OECD Unable, #BRICS Unwilling: Can the International #DevelopmentAssistance System Change? Alexandra Morozkina on what “new donors” bring to the table and whether their role in international development assistance is expected to grow russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-a…