US-China trade war imperils efforts to beat poverty, warns Bill Gates

To guarantee the protection of the rights and freedoms of its people, the Iraqi government must be a true democracy. Read more

Belgrade, April 2025 — The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) hosted a special edition of its acclaimed Horizons Discussions series, featuring an in-depth conversation between CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić and Professor Andrey Sushentsov, Dean of the School of International Relations at MGIMO University and one of Russia’s most influential strategic thinkers. Read more

“You gotta wait for the rain to stop in order to fix the roof,” he said in an exclusive interview with China Daily, adding that Europe had been under anesthesia for decades. “Europe should have woken up many, many years ago. Sadly, it hasn’t,” he said, referring to Europe-US relations. Read more

An old African proverb says, “When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.” The post-World War II period set a stage that reflected the established division of the world into two parts: the red, underdeveloped East and the blue, democratic West. Read more