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29 november 2006
Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
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10 november 2004
Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.
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10 november 2004
Requiem for Ethnos. Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Requiem for Ethnos is written in a manner that is not typical of the contemporary Russian social science. The book is defiantly provocative: the author deliberately makes many sharp statements, which strive to involve his colleagues in polemics. The book demonstrates not only the author’s profound knowledge of the actual processes now taking place in society, but also his knowledge of the diverse opinions held by his Russian and foreign colleagues.
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13 april 2004
Ukraine: Different from Russia
Any debate that attempts to determine whose grief in the world is the most painful would be senseless: every country has its share of skeletons in the closet. How can the bleeding wound of Chechnya be compared with the Tibetans’ tragedy, or the simmering tensions in the Chu valley with the Kosovo impasse?
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13 april 2004
The Bubble of American Supremacy. Correcting the Misuse of American Power.
George Soros, a foreign exchange dealer and philanthropist, who has spent a considerable part of his life working on the theory and practical implementation of an “open society,” has published several books devoted to what he describes as the “reform of global capitalism.” His latest work on the subject, entitled The Bubble of American Supremacy. Correcting the Misuse of American Power is a worthy continuation of that series.
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18 february 2004
National Security Policy in the Making (Russia’s National Security Policy in the Context of Globalization Problems).
The concept of ‘national security’ was introduced by Walter Lippmann in his book U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic published in 1943. The concept was officially accepted in the 1947 National Security Act which laid the basis for the establishment of the U.S.
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18 february 2004
Russian-Chinese Military-Technical Cooperation in 1992-2002: Achievements, Tendencies, Perspectives.
The military-technical cooperation between Russia and China or, in other words, the delivery of Russian military materiel and technologies to China, is one of the most interesting – and covert – facets of Russia’s present foreign and military-technical policy.
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1 december 2003
Kyoto Protocol: Pros & Cons
Until recently the subject of climate was of concern only to the meteorologists, whereas today it has become a global political issue. Now that the United States has declined to sign the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the protocol’s future depends on Russia.
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1 december 2003
Yuri Dubinin
(1)The international community is outraged by the U.S. unilateral air strikes in the Middle East in defiance of the UN. While world leaders discuss how to reinstate the UN’s guiding role, the American administration builds up its capacities for war, while receiving ratification for the most exorbitant military budgets ever.
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1 december 2003
Joseph E. Stiglitz
It has become commonplace for politicians now to say that history changed its course on September 11, 2001 with the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. Meanwhile, economists do not find anything symbolic about the date of March 11, 2000, although it was on that day that the S&P500 reached its record high and then began its continuous decline. From the point of view of the politicians, we all are living in a world that differs dramatically from the world of the 1990s.
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16 september 2003
“Russia and the New World Architecture”
Europe, America and International Law after the Iraqi War
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16 september 2003
Not Divorced from the Future
Democracy is a mere shape assumed by the political process and not its essence, Farid Zakaria, one of the most original political analysts of modern-day America, claims in his best-selling book, The Future of Freedom. Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. At variance with particular ideologists in Washington, the author asserts that democracy is unable to offer an adequate solution to contemporary problems.
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17 may 2003
Out of Touch with Reality
Two new Russian books on globalization, one written under the auspices of the Gorbachev Foundation and the other by Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, evoke rather questionable thoughts concerning the ability of the Russian intellectual elite to propose viable models for Russia’s development in the modern world.
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26 march 2003
A New Testament for a Multipolar World
The new book by Yevgeny Primakov lays out his views on the major contemporary problems, such as terrorism and Islamic extremism, the Israeli-Arab conflict, and the role of the United States in today’s world. He also discusses scenarios for a future world order and Russia’s place in it.
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26 march 2003
Anti-Americanism: Is It Europe’s Obsession?
At a time when the Old World does not conceal its irritation with the United States, Jean-FranНois Revel, a patriarch of the French intellectual tradition, comes out in America’s support.
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25 march 2003
A History of Lost Opportunities
The theoretical basis of The Drama of Russian Political History is a fundamentally new concept of Russian history focused on the human being.
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24 march 2003
The Caspian Gordian Knot
The vast energy resources of the Caspian Sea have provoked a clash of interests between many countries and transnational corporations. In the markedly new historical and geopolitical environment, few of the newly established states in the region consider relations with Russia to be a priority, and are using the oil and gas factor as one of the most effective political tools in international relations.
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24 march 2003
Russia’s Southern Burden
In the coming decades, challenges from the North Caucasus will constitute the most serious threat to Russia; the entire region is rife with problems. Russia’s other Muslim enclaves are not safe from the threat of conflict, either.
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16 november 2002
Wilson – Truman’s Forerunner
It is commonly believed that the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union began in the mid-1940s. Professor of History at the University of Illinois Donald Davis and President of the University of Virginia Eugene Trani have arrived at a surprise conclusion – the Cold War started much earlier.
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16 november 2002
Coming Closer to the Truth
“The vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists, but the vast majority of terrorists are Muslims,” – notes Dinesh D’Souza in his new book.
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16 november 2002
The Old Country Behind a New Faсade
Russia stands somewhere in the middle between a market democracy and various forms of authoritarian rule – from communist to fascist, writes Thomas Graham in his book. Graham is the chief Russian expert in the current U.S. Administration.
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16 november 2002
A Reader on Russia’s Foreign Policy
This new book by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov page by page traces the changes in the strategies of Russia’s diplomacy in recent years.
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"Russia in Global Affairs" is now available at Facebook
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The analytical report "The U.S. - Russa Relations after the "Reset": Building a New Agenda. A View from Russia" - free download
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"Towards an Аlliance of Europe" - Analytical Report by the Russian Group of the Valdai International Discussion Club is avaliable online
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New version of Russia in Global Affairs website is now avaliable
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A revolutionary chaos of the new world
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Sergey Karaganov -
The Russian-Georgian war as a turning point
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Fyodor Lukyanov -
The Dialectics of Rise and Decline
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Joseph Nye Jr -
Russia and Europe: Friends and interests
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Fyodor Lukyanov -
“Coercion to Partnership” and the Flaws of an Unbalanced World
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Alexei Bogaturov
A revolutionary chaos of the new world
The world is getting more troublesome and increasingly challenging right before our eyes.
Will Russia Lose Georgia for Good?
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili finally got what he couldn’t get for several years: an official visit to the White House.
Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.
Requiem for Ethnos. Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Requiem for Ethnos is written in a manner that is not typical of the contemporary Russian social science. The book is defiantly provocative: the author deliberately makes many sharp statements, which strive to involve his colleagues in polemics. The book demonstrates not only the author’s profound knowledge of the actual processes now taking place in society, but also his knowledge of the diverse opinions held by his Russian and foreign colleagues.
Ukraine: Different from Russia
Any debate that attempts to determine whose grief in the world is the most painful would be senseless: every country has its share of skeletons in the closet. How can the bleeding wound of Chechnya be compared with the Tibetans’ tragedy, or the simmering tensions in the Chu valley with the Kosovo impasse?
The Bubble of American Supremacy. Correcting the Misuse of American Power.
George Soros, a foreign exchange dealer and philanthropist, who has spent a considerable part of his life working on the theory and practical implementation of an “open society,” has published several books devoted to what he describes as the “reform of global capitalism.” His latest work on the subject, entitled The Bubble of American Supremacy. Correcting the Misuse of American Power is a worthy continuation of that series.
National Security Policy in the Making (Russia’s National Security Policy in the Context of Globalization Problems).
The concept of ‘national security’ was introduced by Walter Lippmann in his book U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic published in 1943. The concept was officially accepted in the 1947 National Security Act which laid the basis for the establishment of the U.S.
Russian-Chinese Military-Technical Cooperation in 1992-2002: Achievements, Tendencies, Perspectives.
The military-technical cooperation between Russia and China or, in other words, the delivery of Russian military materiel and technologies to China, is one of the most interesting – and covert – facets of Russia’s present foreign and military-technical policy.
Kyoto Protocol: Pros & Cons
Until recently the subject of climate was of concern only to the meteorologists, whereas today it has become a global political issue. Now that the United States has declined to sign the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the protocol’s future depends on Russia.
Yuri Dubinin (1)
The international community is outraged by the U.S. unilateral air strikes in the Middle East in defiance of the UN. While world leaders discuss how to reinstate the UN’s guiding role, the American administration builds up its capacities for war, while receiving ratification for the most exorbitant military budgets ever.
Joseph E. Stiglitz
It has become commonplace for politicians now to say that history changed its course on September 11, 2001 with the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. Meanwhile, economists do not find anything symbolic about the date of March 11, 2000, although it was on that day that the S&P500 reached its record high and then began its continuous decline. From the point of view of the politicians, we all are living in a world that differs dramatically from the world of the 1990s.
Not Divorced from the Future
Democracy is a mere shape assumed by the political process and not its essence, Farid Zakaria, one of the most original political analysts of modern-day America, claims in his best-selling book, The Future of Freedom. Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. At variance with particular ideologists in Washington, the author asserts that democracy is unable to offer an adequate solution to contemporary problems.
Out of Touch with Reality
Two new Russian books on globalization, one written under the auspices of the Gorbachev Foundation and the other by Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, evoke rather questionable thoughts concerning the ability of the Russian intellectual elite to propose viable models for Russia’s development in the modern world.
A New Testament for a Multipolar World
The new book by Yevgeny Primakov lays out his views on the major contemporary problems, such as terrorism and Islamic extremism, the Israeli-Arab conflict, and the role of the United States in today’s world. He also discusses scenarios for a future world order and Russia’s place in it.
Anti-Americanism: Is It Europe’s Obsession?
At a time when the Old World does not conceal its irritation with the United States, Jean-FranНois Revel, a patriarch of the French intellectual tradition, comes out in America’s support.
A History of Lost Opportunities
The theoretical basis of The Drama of Russian Political History is a fundamentally new concept of Russian history focused on the human being.
The Caspian Gordian Knot
The vast energy resources of the Caspian Sea have provoked a clash of interests between many countries and transnational corporations. In the markedly new historical and geopolitical environment, few of the newly established states in the region consider relations with Russia to be a priority, and are using the oil and gas factor as one of the most effective political tools in international relations.
Russia’s Southern Burden
In the coming decades, challenges from the North Caucasus will constitute the most serious threat to Russia; the entire region is rife with problems. Russia’s other Muslim enclaves are not safe from the threat of conflict, either.
Wilson – Truman’s Forerunner
It is commonly believed that the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union began in the mid-1940s. Professor of History at the University of Illinois Donald Davis and President of the University of Virginia Eugene Trani have arrived at a surprise conclusion – the Cold War started much earlier.
Coming Closer to the Truth
“The vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists, but the vast majority of terrorists are Muslims,” – notes Dinesh D’Souza in his new book.
The Old Country Behind a New Faсade
Russia stands somewhere in the middle between a market democracy and various forms of authoritarian rule – from communist to fascist, writes Thomas Graham in his book. Graham is the chief Russian expert in the current U.S. Administration.
A Reader on Russia’s Foreign Policy
This new book by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov page by page traces the changes in the strategies of Russia’s diplomacy in recent years.
Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.
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