Arquivos de 30 abr 2026

How to counter Beijing’s unauthorized "distillation."

A deal with Washington is the island’s best hope.

Nuclear guarantees cannot replace U.S. forces in Europe.

The pursuit of rational self-interest, long thought to be the single most important factor determining the behaviour of political actors, may no longer be regarded as such. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, describes the “politics of impressions” that has come to define […]

In the contemporary global landscape, the wholesale “cancellation” of entire national cultures follows geopolitical conflict. As interstate confrontation is no longer restricted to the military and political spheres, innocent individuals find themselves swept up in the tide of great power rivalry as they face condemnation, accusations, and enduring suspicion for the crime of belonging to […]

It is constructivism — a paradigm too often relegated to the academic periphery — that provides the most incisive tools for understanding what is actually happening in the world today, writes Mateo Rojas Samper. The author is a participant of the Valdai — New Generation project.