Foreign policy priorities of Iran’s Rouhani
The Iranian president-elect made it clear during his election campaign that he intends to throw overboard the heavy ideological baggage in the policies and the diplomacy pursued by his predecessor
Stronger cooperation with China - Russia’s foreign policy priority - speaker
The strengthening of comprehensive cooperation with China is Russia’s foreign policy priority, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said at the meeting with the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Zhang Dejiang, on Mo
Foreign policy and jingoism don’t go together
The underlying criticism that India is ineffectual in imposing its will on the international community is untenable in the prevailing international system characterized by growing “multipolarity”
Moscow's view on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
Russia views strengthening the NPT regime as a crucial task, and considers it, unquestionably, a foreign policy priority
Lord of two rings: America’s new foreign policy initiative
Director of Moscow’s Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies describes how Washington’s establishment of two giant economic coalitions is pushing Russia into a new foreign policy strategy
Geopolitics makes a global comeback
The growing and increasingly open rivalry between the US and China is adding to Russia’s weight in matters of foreign policy
In his words: Sergei Lavrov on Russia’s foreign policy
The Russian Foreign Minister writes about the philosophy behind the country’s foreign policy concept
Russia warns against unilateral actions on Korean Peninsula – Sergei Lavrov
It is necessary not to build up military muscles, not to use (the situation) as a pretext to solve geopolitical problems by military means, the Russian foreign minister stressed
Russian, British ministers to discuss missile defense, Middle East, Iran
The Russian foreign and defense ministers and the British secretaries of state for defense and foreign affairs will meet in London on Wednesday to discuss European security issues, including the prospects of interaction on the architecture of the Eur
Russian diplomats move into the real world
Russia’s much-anticipated Foreign Policy Concept has finally been released. While the latest version doesn’t contain anything revolutionary, it does provide insight into the Russian establishment sees the world
Russia's new Foreign Policy Concept published
Russia is committed to maintaining an "intensive and mutually beneficial political dialogue with the European Union on major issues present on the foreign policy agenda." This is stated in the new Foreign Policy Concept, posted on the Ministry websit
Why Iraq refused Russian arms
A genuine detective story is unfolding around deliveries of Russian arms to Iraq
Syria’s future must be in hands of its people – Russian PM
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who spoke at a plenary session of the Asia-Europe Meeting in the Lao capital on Tuesday, dwelt on the situation in Syria.
Russian ambassador rejects criticism of UN
The effectiveness of the United Nations depends on interaction between the organization’s members, Russia’s ambassador to the UN said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
‘Reset’ in Russia-U.S. relations cannot last forever - Lavrov
A ‘reset’ in relations between Russia and the U.S. cannot last forever, believes Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to him, it is time to strengthen economic ties in order to protect these relations from political climate change.
Putin gives first interview since inauguration
In his first interview since his May inauguration, President Vladimir Putin spoke to the state-run RT television channel Wednesday about international relations and Pussy Riot.
Moscow rejects US сlaims of arms control breaches
Moscow dismissed on Tuesday US allegations of its noncompliance with arms control and nonproliferation obligations.
Syria, the end game
The crucial question is not whether the Assad regime will hold for a few weeks or months, but how it will impact the region and the world if the Assad regime goes or is saved
India, Russia and the Syrian crisis
There are grave security implications for both Russia and India. What happens in Syria holds the potential to impact a wide swathe of the so-called Greater Middle East
Can Syria be a zone of peace in Arab world?
A lot has been written about the volatile conflict in Syria which has not only rocked the Arab world but has given risen to apprehensions of deep polarization among the comity of nations