Arquivos de 17 jun 2025

In the strait, Iran holds the advantage—and America has no good options.

The region’s divisions helped precipitate U.S. intervention.

How America and Israel solved Iran’s succession problem.

On March 12, 2026, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “Strategic Instability and Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the Modern Era.” Moderator Oleg Barabanov called the topics of nuclear non-proliferation and maintaining strategic stability particularly quite important in the context of ongoing military conflicts and emphasized the crucial role of scientific organisations in the fight […]

Contemporary international relations are experiencing an era of “interregnum”, in which the old system ceases to exist while the new is only beginning to take shape, creating fertile ground for chaos, the most unexpected crises, twists, and combinations of developments, believes Professor Konstantin Khudoley of the School of International Relations of Saint Petersburg State University.

Let us be clear-eyed about the obstacles we face. Let us be realistic about the difficulties ahead. But let us not succumb to cynicism or resignation. The stakes are too high. The consequences of failure are too terrible to contemplate, writes Nelson Wong.