Andrey Sushentsov

1 month ago | valdaiclub.com | Ivan Timofeev |Andrey Sushentsov |Brahma Chellaney

The ongoing negotiations between Russia and the United States on the Ukrainian issue have rekindled hopes for a return to constructive dialogue on other fronts, particularly in the realm of strategic stability and nuclear arms control. To what extent are Moscow and Washington prepared for such dialogue? What political preconditions exist, and what parameters might it take? Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club, delves into these pressing questions.

Nov 26, 2024 | valdaiclub.com | Ivan Timofeev |Andrey Sushentsov

The events that have taken place can be characterised as a “creeping escalation”. The parties have refrained from abrupt and unpredictable steps. However, they are slowly pushing back the red lines, further expanding the range of weapons used, the areas of hybrid confrontation, and the combat operations zone, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. Russia and the West are going through another stage of military-political escalation.

Nov 22, 2024 | valdaiclub.com | Oleg Barabanov |Timofei Bordachev |Fyodor Lukyanov |Andrey Sushentsov

The value of trust is key to building productive and mutually beneficial international relations, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Only though mutual trust is it possible to consolidate and unite efforts between states to achieve common goals and defend common interests. This is equally important for both development tasks and for security. Without consolidation, it is difficult to be effective in the modern world.

Nov 11, 2024 | valdaiclub.com | Andrey Sushentsov

We are experiencing a historical moment in which the parties to the conflict, realising that they cannot afford to fight directly, are beginning to use hybrid instruments, proxies, and, finally, other countries as instruments. The current stage of development of the system of international relations calls into question all the conclusions that the parties came to during the nuclear deterrence period of the Cold War, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov.

Oct 31, 2024 | rt.com | Andrey Sushentsov

Since the beginning of the first military phase of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, Kiev has been actively supported by the United States and its allies. The West’s strategy in the structural confrontation with Russia is aimed at inflicting a defeat on our country without getting directly involved in the conflict. The scenario of hybrid confrontation is not new for Washington.