Russia’s foreign policy has been vocal about this aspiration, and it has deployed a multitude of strategies to achieve it. These include leading integration projects in Eurasia, such as the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), proposing the concept of a vast Eurasian space, and fostering wider partnerships through organisations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and BRICS (the inter-governmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
In his lecture Temur Umarov will examine the effectiveness of Russia’s strategy in seeking to carve out a significant global role for itself. This includes not only its pivot towards China but also its efforts to engage with a broader region and the non-aligned Global South. Has Russia transitioned [down?] from being a great power to a “regional power with considerable global reach”? As we potentially enter a new era of global politics, this lecture will explore whether we are witnessing the emergence of a new world order characterised by a strong anti-Western bias.
Temur Umarov is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia- Eurasia Centre in Berlin. A native of Uzbekistan, Temur Umarov is fluent in Uzbek, Tadjik, Russian, Chinese and English, and has degrees in China studies and international relations from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He holds an MA in world economics from the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing). He is also an alumnus of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre’s Young Ambassadors and the Carnegie Endowment’s Central Asian Futures programmes.