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1 week ago | 
rt.com | Timofey Bordachev
The West’s proxy state is burning out By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubIsrael has now been at war with its neighbours for nearly two years. The latest round began with the Hamas-led terrorist attack on 7 October 2023. In response, West Jerusalem launched an aggressive military campaign that has since expanded to touch nearly every country in the region.
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2 weeks ago | 
rt.com | Timofey Bordachev
Global responsibility and Moscow’s foreign policy: Between autonomy and a changing world By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubOne of the central paradoxes of Russia’s foreign policy is this: while its primary goal has always been to secure full autonomy in its decision-making, success has often hinged on the international environment in which it pursues that aim.
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3 weeks ago | 
russiancouncil.ru | Timofey Bordachev
Russia’s strategy has always been aimed at ensuring its own freedom of choice, but not at including other nations in the orbit of its own value concepts. An exception in this regard was the Soviet period of Russian history, but its end brought us back to the fundamental principles of foreign policy culture, which has absolutely no place for messianism, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
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3 weeks ago | 
rt.com | Timofey Bordachev
Moscow’s foreign policy enters the post-Western era By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubThe world – including Greater Eurasia – has become a more comfortable environment for Russia to pursue foreign policy objectives. Today, the balance of investment and return in Moscow’s external strategy is more favorable than at any time in recent memory.
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3 weeks ago | 
russiancouncil.ru | Timofey Bordachev
Modern Western Europe is quickly becoming a real-world demonstration of Hegel’s famous dictum – that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. In the past, the missteps of its leaders could be seen as awkward but forgivable moments against the backdrop of a still-coherent West. Today, farce is becoming the default operating mode for the region’s political elite.
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3 weeks ago | 
rt.com | Timofey Bordachev
Macron speaks, Merz contradicts, and the EU drifts into irrelevance By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubModern Western Europe is quickly becoming a real-world demonstration of Hegel’s famous dictum – that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. In the past, the missteps of its leaders could be seen as awkward but forgivable moments against the backdrop of a still-coherent West.
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4 weeks ago | 
russiancouncil.ru | Timofey Bordachev
Russia’s success in confronting the West on the Ukrainian issue has turned out to be, in many ways, connected with the support it received from the countries of the World Majority. This means that all global changes inevitably lead to a more active involvement of Russia than would be desirable from the point of view of saving its forces and resources, Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev writes.
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1 month ago | 
russiancouncil.ru | Timofey Bordachev
For a Eurasian state, total isolation from Western Europe is not only undesirable, it is likely impossible. For those genuinely committed to the project of a cooperative and developmental Eurasian space, the key political challenge is finding a way to manage external influences – chiefly from the NATO bloc in Europe and North America – that cannot be eliminated, even in theory.
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1 month ago | 
rt.com | Timofey Bordachev
The West won’t go away – Eurasia must learn to manage it By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubFor a Eurasian state, total isolation from Western Europe is not only undesirable, it is likely impossible. For those genuinely committed to the project of a cooperative and developmental Eurasian space, the key political challenge is finding a way to manage external influences – chiefly from the NATO bloc in Europe and North America – that cannot be eliminated, even in theory.
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1 month ago | 
russiancouncil.ru | Timofey Bordachev
The most important political task facing those who are sincerely committed to fostering joint development and cooperation in Eurasia is interaction with external factors which cannot be completely excluded, even theoretically. This means that even while successfully developing interaction between Russia and Eurasian partners in the South and East, we cannot forget about Europe or the United States, whose capabilities remain quite significant.
