The Indo-Pacific region has been and remains a strategically important area for Moscow. The past year has dotted the i's: the dialogue with Tokyo has actually been suspended, Seoul has been forced to distance itself from Russia with the hope of restoring dialogue in the future. What are the prospects for Moscow in the region – in the commentary of Alexey Kupriyanov, Head of the Group on South Asia and Indian Ocean, Cand. of Science (History), published on January 7, 2023 on the website of the business newspaper "Vzglyad".          more...

On January 7, 2023 Dmitry Stefanovich, Research Fellow of the Center for International Security at IMEMO, commented on the beginning of combat service of hypersonic missile system "Tsirkon" for the program "Vesti" on the "Russia 24" channel.          more...

At the end of 2022 various expert communities, specialized media, and officials presented their forecasts for the future of the European economy. Special attention was paid to the locomotives – France and Germany. The only thing that opinions agreed upon was an unprecedentedly difficult and uncertain geopolitical situation in which the economic future of EU leaders is in doubt. Comments by Elena Sidorova, Head of the Sector for the International Monetary and Financial Relations at IMEMO, and Marina Klinova, Lead Researcher of the Center for European Studies at IMEMO, in the “Izvestia” newspaper.          more...

On January 4, 2023 “Komsomolskaya Pravda” published on its website an interview with Dmitry Trenin, Lead Researcher of the Sector for Non-Proliferation and Arms Limitation of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History), entitled "The Half-Century Long Crisis is Coming to an End: Why Russia Clashed with the West and How It Will End”.          more...

On January 2, 2023 an article "Fresh Legend, but Hard to Believe" by Stanislav Ivanov, Lead Researcher of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History), was published on the central Internet portal of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization "InfoSCO".          more...

Interview with Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky, Senior Researcher of the Sector for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine of the Center for post-Soviet Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History), "After the Beginning of SMO Integration with Russia Became a Matter of Survival for Belarus" was published on the website of the "Expert" magazine on January 2, 2023.          more...

On December 29, 2022 the East Asia Forum website published an article by Stepan Golovin, Research Fellow of the Group of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies, "ASEAN Economic Integration under Cambodia's chairmanship" on the economic aspects of Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship.          more...

On December 29, 2022, Feodor Voitolovsky, Director of IMEMO, gave an interview to the “Izvestia” newspaper on the current international conditions of economic development to ensure Russia's national security.          more...

On December 28, 2022 Polina Sokolova, Research Fellow of the Sector for Regional Issues and Conflicts of the Department for European Political Studies, Cand. of Science (Politics), commented to "Mir" TV channel on the reasons for the new round of the crisis in the Balkans.           more...

On December 24, 2022 the website of the “Political Expertise” magazine published a commentary of Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky, Senior Researcher of the Sector for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine of the Center for post-Soviet Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History) – "Political Scientist Ofitserov-Belsky Deciphered Romanian Cunning Plan to Control Moldova".          more...