CIRSD Leadership Visits China to Foster International Cooperation
Shanghai, Hong Kong & Beijing, November 2024 – Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), and Stefan Jovanović, CIRSD Vice President, recently concluded a productive visit to China, where they fostered partnerships with key stakeholders …
CIRSD Presents Latest Issue of Horizons at Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Moscow, October 16, 2024 – The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) presented the latest issue of its flagship Horizons journal at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), one of Russia’s most prestigious academic institutions. The event, title…
Vuk Jeremić Participates in Global Relations Summit in Türkiye
Istanbul, Türkiye – October 14, 2024 – Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), participated in the Global Relations Summit (GRS) 2024, organized by the Global Relations Forum (GRF). The summit, themed “Navigating an Uncertain, Common Glob…
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan at the Crossroads: Geopolitical and Economic Transformations
The world is currently undergoing a massive transition from a unipolar world order, led by the United States and its allies, to a multipolar world order, where rising powers such as Russia and China are tilting the scales of global power dynamics. Many International Relations scholars and policymake…
France’s Strategic Shift: Recognizing Moroccan Sovereignty over Western Sahara
The decades-old dispute over Western Sahara took a significant turn on July 30th when French President Emmanuel Macron declared Morocco’s autonomy plan as the “only basis” for resolving the conflict. This represents a clear endorsement of Moroccan sovereignty over the region. Morocco’s autonomy plan…
In the Age of Emerging Eurasian Powerhouses, Bet on Uzbekistan
Beneath the ambitious and multi-dimensional reforms it has undertaken in recent years, Uzbekistan is rapidly becoming an important Central Asian middle power and a center of trade and connectivity linking Europe and East Asia. What the country’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been actively attempt…
Antić for the South China Morning Post: “Western concerns about SCO must be allayed. Kazakhstan can help”
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its annual summit on July 4 in Astana, the capital of this year’s chair Kazakhstan. The increasing influence of the SCO – whose members represent more than 3 billion people, or about 40 per cent of the world’s population – should be noted by the globa…
CIRSD Organizes Horizons Discussion in Cambridge
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) organized the second launch of the latest issue of its flagship journal Horizons, entitled “The Abraham Discords: An Eye for an Eye” in Cambridge, on July 10th, 2024. Having held its first launch in partnership wi…
The French Have Spoken: What Comes Next?
PARIS, JULY 2024 French elections are over. No one won the French elections, and no one has anything close to an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Surprisingly, the left’s New Popular Front (NFP) and President Macron ended up with more seats than Le Pen’s Rassemblement National! The F…
Jeremić speaks at the Russian Financial Congress in Saint Petersburg
Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), spoke at the Financial Congress of Russia’s Central Bank, participating in the session on global economy and interest rates. This year’s Financial Congress held in Saint Petersburg was devoted to Ru…