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Trump threatens ‘secondary tariffs’ for states that trade with Moscow; actual impact of such measure is all bark and no bite, experts assert.
Expert Sukhoverkhov: Trump showing ‘signs of fatigue’ with Ukraine peace talks, readiness to increase leverage through sanctions, weapons, but has not yet returned to Biden-era pressure.
Duma deputies introduce bill criminalizing ‘foreign agent’ status.
Pukhov: Iran lacks technological, industrial basis to build up the influence it seeks; it may have to give up its nuclear program if it wants to align its goals with its actual capabilities.
AS WE enter the new year, it is worth taking a glance in the rearview mirror. The events and processes of the past year do not simply come to a halt when its calendar’s final page is torn off. Reflecting on the core developments of recent months is meaningful and valuable in attempting to understand the prospects, limitations, and opportunities of the coming period.
As China has become a global economic and political pole, political stability and effective state governance have come to be seen as key sources of Chinese success, alongside comparative economic advantages and favorable external conditions.
Russian-American relations are in a turbulent period marked by unpredictable turns. After three years of brinkmanship in hybrid warfare mode, the first signals have emerged that suggest that our countries may be able to at least partially overcome the severe crisis that began more than a decade ago and peaked under the Joe Biden administration
By the end of the 19th century, Russian literature had gained world-leading status. The process of its conquest was connected in particular with the political realities generated by Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War (1853-1856), the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 (as a result of which the role of the ideal Other in French cultural consciousness shifted from Germany to Russia), and the formation of the Entente in the lead-up to World War I.
Shevchuk: Motivation for peace has faded in Russia, because the West has not offered it any tangible benefits for ending hostilities.
Lukyanov: Russia to insist on ‘harsh’ measure of Ukrainian withdrawal from four provinces; Trump views Ukraine as a burden, Russia as part of profitable, streamlined new foreign policy.