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Up until recently it was widely taken as a given fact that the international system was steadily moving toward a new bipolar Cold War. In this context the Euro-Atlantic West was supposed to be uniting to confront Russia and especially China. However, it has become clear that this neo-Cold War narrative does not match the facts or trends.

“It is unofficially called the Oscar in Higher Education in the UK. Being shortlisted is already a sign of the quality of international activities of universities participating in joint projects,” the press service said.

The 20th-anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, enshrined nothing less than a new geopolitical paradigm. Iran, now a full SCO member, was restored to its traditionally prominent Eurasian role,...

Шелковый путь был не просто маршрутом, а динамичной торговой сетью, которая веками пересекала центральную Евразию и сближала отдаленные культуры. Путешествуя на верблюдах и лошадях, купцы, кочевники, проповедники, воины и дипломаты не тольк

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) COMPASS project, hosted by the University of Kent in partnership with the University of Cambridge (UK), ADA University (Azerbaijan), Belarusian State University (Belarus), TNU (Tajikistan) and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy

Гендиректор РСМД Андрей Кортунов — о том, кто станет бенефициаром стабилизации в Афганистане или пострадает от новой волны агрессии

Next month’s planned meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to include conversations on Ukraine, COVID-19 and the recent diversion of a flight by officials in Belarus, but as tensions between the two countries remain tense, there are bigger issues at play, like the hacking of the Colonial Pipeline,  … Continue reading "What a Future Russia House Must Look Like"

The core element of the Russian-Tajik strategic partnership and alliance is the coordination of joint activity in the international arena, both bilaterally and within global and regional organisations. Amid these conditions, the combined efforts of Tajikistan and Russia in ensuring the security of the southern borders of the CIS and the CSTO zone of responsibility is considered particularly relevant, writes Guzel Majtdinova, Professor of the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Foreign Pol...

Tashkent’s continued authoritarian habits undermine positive steps. By March 01, 2021 Advertisement Ask any Uzbek or, for that matter, any Central Asian what her favorite holiday is and nine times out of ten you are likely to hear the same answer: Navruz. Literally translated as “new day,” Navruz (also spelled Nowruz), is celebrated annually in Uzbekistan and much of Central Eurasia on or around March 21, the day of the vernal equinox. To prepare for the holiday, Uzbeks traditionally tid...

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting. PHOTO: AFP Why Moscow’s upcoming anti-terrorist conference is a timely move There should be serious consideration about the wisdom of proposing another round of Afghan-related talks State Duma speaker Vyachseslav Volodin told his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf during talks earlier this week in Moscow that the Russian capital plans to host an upcoming anti-terrorist parliamentary conference between the representatives of their co...