Arquivos de 15 out 2025

A new majority—even in Gaza—support compromise with Israel.

Reckoning with the country’s real crisis.

How technology empowers—and imperils—dictators.

The strategic triangle is a staple framework for describing the nature of the contemporary great power system, which is defined by relations between Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. Today’s political developments are once more restoring the great-power triangle to central stage, writes Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

The third day of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 23rd Annual Meeting began with an open session on the theme “Responsibility: Individual or Universal? How to Preserve a Common Future Without Sacrificing National Interests.” After two days of discussions clearly dominated by military preparations and the militarisation of minds, it was time to move on to […]

The transformation of warfare through artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, drones, precision-guided weapons, surveillance technologies and increasingly sophisticated targeting systems has generated profound ethical questions. Yet the central challenge is not technological in itself. It concerns the future of humanity and, more specifically, the place of the human being within the decision-making processes of war.