Tariq Saeedi The international arena has long been dominated by a rigid, quasi-scientific obsession with classification. Foreign policy journals, academic treatises, and diplomatic summits routinely categorize the globe into a strict vertical pyramid: superpowers at the pinnacle, followed by great powers, middle powers, and an undifferentiated mass of small or minor … [Read more...]
The Law, the Rights and the Rules
Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs The frank and generally constructive conversation that took place at the June 16, 2021 summit meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden in Geneva resulted in an agreement to launch a substantive dialogue on strategic stability, reaffirming the crucial premise that nuclear war is unacceptable. The two sides … [Read more...]