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15 november 2014
Russia Needs a Realist Paradigm
When you begin writing, be sure about how you both end each sentence and the entire text. Do you happen to know the double-space paradox? Some people single-space words and some double-space them.
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15 november 2014
China’s New World Order
After decades of actively participating in international economic institutions – including the G-20, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization – China has begun to resemble a revisionist power seeking to create a new world order
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12 november 2014
Gorbachev's full speech during the celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
(1)The following speech was delivered on November 8, 2014 at the New Policy Forum symposium in Berlin
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11 november 2014
European Diplomats Seek Security Overhaul to End East-West Crisis
Even as tension in Ukraine mounts anew, veteran diplomats are starting to think quietly about a way out of the worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War
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10 november 2014
Can Russia and NATO agree to disagree?
The Ukrainian crisis is just the latest example of this failure of the Russian Federation and the West to create a post-Cold War world order
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30 october 2014
Playing its own game: Belarus as a peacemaker between Russia and the West
The leadership in Minsk seems to be taking advantage of the crisis in Ukraine to improve its image
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30 october 2014
A ‘Nation' Interview
Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas. It's about the principles that we hold to be representative of the kind of world we want to live in
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10 october 2014
Gazprom-China deal can reset gas markets
For gas to compete as an energy source on the international stage, a more unified market system is needed
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25 september 2014
Russia needs reforms, not a sanctions war
(1)Mutual sanctions are always extremely unpleasant, and the application of sanctions and the “hot” trade war between Russia, Europe and the United States can have no good result.
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16 september 2014
Russia Shouldn't Expect a Prosperous Future
The world economy is evidently entering a lower growth period, after decades of prosperity unique from a historical point of view
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15 september 2014
Mistral Deal Is Replaceable
The recent sinking of the Mistral deal, in which France was to have supplied Russia with high-tech assault craft for 1.2 billion euros ($1.66 billion), was heralded as a political victory for the West.
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9 september 2014
Russia focuses on eliminating Middle East terrorist threat
(1)Increased terrorist activity in the Middle East has Russia rethink its foreign policy, and support the Arab League's intention of a "comprehensive treaty of collective security."
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5 september 2014
U.S.-Russia Split Over Ukraine Gives Islamic State Upper Hand
(1)Islamic State fighters have plenty of reason to hate Putin in light of Russia supplying their foe Syrian President Bashar Assad with weapons throughout that country's conflict, and it would be a mistake to assume their video warning is an empty threat.
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2 september 2014
A New, Senseless Cold War Is Now Inevitable
(4)Turning points in history are rarely recognized as such by contemporaries. Even while following the news and sensing that something has gone wrong, people go about their lives in the usual way.
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29 august 2014
Former UK ambassador to Russia on the impasse in Ukraine
(3)This year has brought the chilliest phase in relations between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.
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29 august 2014
Russian Ambassador to the UK: A case study in the failure to learn from history
(2)The Ukrainian crisis has two closely intertwined dimensions: a domestic one and an external one, both testifying to the failure to manage the process correctly.
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22 august 2014
Ukraine and the New Divide
(1)The political crisis that erupted in Ukraine in early 2014 has ended the period in Russian-Western relations that began with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
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20 august 2014
Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
(10)According to the prevailing wisdom in the West, the Ukraine crisis can be blamed almost entirely on Russian aggression.
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18 august 2014
Future of the Mistral Contract
France currently faces a dilemma in connection with a contract for the sale of four Mistral-class amphibious assault ships.
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14 august 2014
Russia, Egypt draw closer
(1)After President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's visit to Egypt, Russian and Egyptian trade and security cooperation are stronger than ever.
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6 august 2014
Russia has an inferiority complex, America has a superiority complex
There’s something about Russia’s attempts to establish a strong national identity in the post-Cold War era that clashes with America’s perceptions of its unique role in the world.
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1 august 2014
Without EU Cash, Russian Business Is Sunk
(1)Before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, it was hard to see how the Europeans were going to implement serious economic sanctions against Russia.
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1 august 2014
Europe's Nightmare Coming True: America vs. Russia...Again
Russia is learning to live in a new harsh environment of U.S.-led economic sanctions and political confrontation with the United States.
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24 july 2014
Will MH17 air crash damage Russia's Putin?
Russia has been accused of providing military help to the rebels to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines plane
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20 july 2014
It was Putin's missile!
(2)And here's the spin war verdict: the current Malaysia Airlines tragedy - the second in four months - is "terrorism" perpetrated by "pro-Russian separatists", armed by Russia, and Vladimir Putin is the main culprit. End of story. Anyone who believes otherwise, shut up.
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15 july 2014
Diplomacy in the XXI century
(3)The recognition of the new reality is practically common for all the leading politicians and expert political analysts. To credit of Russian diplomacy, it should be said that we were the first to notice this transformation of the world and formulated the requirements to the country’s foreign policy arising from it.
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14 july 2014
The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry
(6)The Ukraine crisis was not an isolated spat or a tragic misunderstanding, but rather the last straw—for both sides. The failure to achieve an acceptable post–Cold War settlement produced an unanchored relationship between the West and Russia.
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12 july 2014
The future of Afghanistan after elections: Predictable uncertainty
The election of Ashraf Ghani as the next Afghan president will be welcomed by Washington. He might also be able to cooperate effectively with Moscow. Yet his professionalism and skills will not decrease the high level of uncertainty in the country.
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11 july 2014
From role model to enemy: How America became Russia’s bogeyman
For Russians, the U.S. is an ideal composite image of an enemy and at the same time an object of desire.
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7 july 2014
Economic Collapse, Not War, Will Be Ukraine's Downfall
Despite winning closer relations with the EU, many Ukrainians are losing faith in the Maidan revolution as war rages in eastern Ukraine.
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Taking a New Look at Nuclear Peace
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Is ‘Buy American’ — Become An Ally By Becoming A Client
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Fyodor Lukyanov -
Bridging the Dividing Lines in Greater Eurasia
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Tony van der Togt -
“Island Russia” and Russia’s Identity Politics
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A Superpower on Autopilot and a Haunting Specter
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Fyodor Lukyanov
Russia’s Victory, new Concert of Nations
Russia was resolved and would win, which it actually did by the beginning of 2016. Threats to tear its economy to tatters and organize regime change either through asphyxiating sanctions, organizing “a conspiracy of oligarchs” or popular discontent have been forgotten.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is ‘Buy American’ — Become An Ally By Becoming A Client
The rest, including political initiatives and even military force, seem for Trump to serve only as means to achieve commercial ends.
Will Iran Leave the Nuclear Deal?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran could break the JCPOA nuclear agreement if Washington imposes new sanctions against Tehran.
In Search of Russian Meddling
The Washington Post published an article on contacts between a member of Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters and the Russian International Affairs Council.
A Tranquilizer With a Scent of Gunpowder. The Balance between Russian and NATO Forces in Eastern Europe after 2014
The serious decline in Russia’s relations with the West has breathed a new life into NATO, which returned to its traditional role, the containment of Russia.
A Cyber Revolt in the Making
Regular news reports on cyberattacks, information leaks, hacking and their political consequences have been dominating the headlines. Cyberspace turned out to be an efficient means to bring people together and to exert their will, which governments have to reckon with.
Turkey and Russia, Erdogan and Putin
By the summer of 2016, it had become relatively commonplace in Western policy circles to wonder if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was following in the footsteps of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and, if so, how far down that path he would take Turkey.
The Need to Massage Egos: Status Politics as a Crucial Element of US-Russia Relations
Despite multiple official declarations of non-adversarial intentions issued by the United States and Russia over the past quarter-century, both sides have been unable to avoid repeated bouts of conflict escalation.