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Democracy in Iraq: A Facade for Corruption and Human Rights Violations

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

CIRSD Hosts Horizons Discussion with Professor Andrey Sushentsov on Russia’s Global Role and the Future of Multipolarity

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 Profes

Jeremić for China Daily: Collaborations urged amid turbulence

“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 sai

The Institutionalization of Terrorism: How the West Has Used Terrorism for Geopolitical Gain

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.

The Liberal World Order and De-dollarization: Can BRICS Offer a Stable Alternative?

The 17th BRICS Summit, entitled “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security,” took place in 2024 in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan. This was the first summit since the organization expanded a few mont

In the Dollar We Trust: Understanding Trump’s Grand Geo-Economic Strategy

The period of globalization that has been shaping the global economy ever since the end of World War II has come to an end. Globalization is understood as the growing interdependence of economies, cultures, and populations, accomplished through cross

Horizons Discussion on Global Order, Geopolitics, and the Future of Europe with Sachs and Attali

The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) hosted a Horizons Discussion, featuring two of the world’s most distinguished intellectuals, Jacques Attali and Jeffrey Sachs, in a thought-provoking debate on the state of th

CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić Joins High-Profile Discussion on Global Power Shifts

Joining Jeremić on the panel were Russian philosopher and political strategist Alexander Dugin, distinguished professor at Shanghai International Studies University Huang Jing, and senior editor at Guancha.cn Dong Xiao.

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