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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday, July 12. The Minister will attend Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) events and meet with ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kimhorn.

The visit of the Minister of Foreign Aff...

By Julia Melnikova

"Chaos is a ladder." This famous phrase, uttered by the courtier Petyr Baelish in George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series, fits well with the reality of today. In classical international relations theory, anarchy as a basic characteristic is not equated with chaos; it means...

By Timofei Bordachev.

Greater Eurasia is under the influence of challenges and threats of both internal and external origin, therefore peace and stability there are not guaranteed. However, one should not lose sight of the objective factors that make Greater Eurasia a more stable region in modern...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite the fact that Germany is considered one of the leaders of the "green" transition, i.e. replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, and sets high targets for the decarbonization of industry, forests, which clean the air of carbon, are greatly affected by the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

At the NATO summit in Vilnius, which is also attended by the leaders of four Asian states - allies of the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance: Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, China has prepared a surprise for Washington's South Pacific allies and, of cour...

By Zhao Yusha

As Nation's push for sustainable devt stands in contrast to Western imposing of rules for poorer countries the Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to the first high-level conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development, during which he...