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East and West: Bridging the postmodern identity gap
Research within this area addresses the question of how cultural and political identities can survive and flourish in the context of globalisation. In particular, it seeks answers for how the commonalities and differences between civilisations and cultures in the East and West can be used to build peace and justice.
Prelude to the peace process on the Korean peninsula
On June 12, 2018, a summit took place between the leaders of the DPRK and the US – a summit that few could have...
In danger of moral escalation: Hybrid wars and the revival of neutrality
If the recent statements by President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor John Bolton have one positive effect, it...
All too meteoric: The Korean peace initiative and its failure
It became all too meteoric. First, the North Korean missile test on 27 November 2017, proving in theory, that Pyongyang could nuke Washington, DC...
Scenarios for a Kurdish future: Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria today and tomorrow
A roundtable titled ‘Scenarios for a Kurdish future: Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria today and tomorrow’ was organised at the DOC Moscow office...
Elements of a road map for European security
Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree on many critical international matters. After the Ukraine crisis, ‘business as usual’ has been impossible and will...
The Treacherous Path
In 1991, Vladimir Yakunin, a Soviet diplomat and KGB officer, returned from his posting in New York to a country that no longer existed. The...
Will Artificial Intelligence decide over life or death in the near future?
Self-driving vehicles operated by intelligent algorithms, carrying people to their destinations safely and with ease, have long been a desirable innovation. Today, from a...
Turkey in the Middle East: Outlines of Political Expansion
On the 28th of March 2018, the Moscow office of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, along with the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, organised...
OSCE: Priorities for 2018 and beyond
Italy, which assumed the Chairmanship of the OSCE this year, is facing a difficult environment within the greater European region, characterised by a multitude...
Beyond the Munich Security Conference
It is worth remembering that the two major semi-governmental elite gatherings, the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Munich Security Conference, started off...