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Debates About Values
Thirty years ago, on August 1, 1975, the leaders of 35 countries gathered in Helsinki to sign the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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A Yardstick for Russia
Unless Russia takes into account the national characteristics that to a very large degree shaped the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today, it will be impossible to devise a new model necessary for adjusting to the realities of the modern world. Are there some positive Russian characteristics that could be successfully called upon for the modernization process?
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A Road Map for Russian Reform
Unless real reform is implemented in a comprehensive way within the next five to ten years, Russia will irretrievably lose the chance to become a modern developed country, while disintegration trends, as was the case with the Soviet Union, will become irreversible.
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A Long-Term Project for Russia
The prospects for long-term investment in Russia will take definite shape only when the country succeeds in the so-called ‘entrepreneurial project.’ The successful development of business is the only format in which Russia can develop as a civilized and successful country.
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Lessons of the Spanish Empire
A reliance on natural resources in a country’s development causes grave economic problems and results in the government’s awkward decisions. The instances can be easily found in recent and distant history.
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Russia’s European Strategy: A New Start
In the long term (after 15 to 20 years) the issue of Russia’s accession to the European Union can be raised. In this time, much will depend on what path the EU and Russia take. Russia’s integration with a quasi-federative European state is much less probable than its integration with a union of a more or less free configuration.
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Reaffirming the Benefits of Russia’s European Choice
The most important objective for Russia in its relations with the EU is to make a strategic choice. Integration with the EU must be considered the main strategic goal. This can be achieved through a gradual horizontal (sectoral) integration and through increasing its role in the EU political decision-making process.
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Change or Die
The disintegration of the CIS, or its lingering in a state of latent disintegration will drastically reduce the potential of the countries in the region – as well as the international community – to control various processes there. Neither the EU nor the U.S. will be able to impose their system of governance in the CIS territory.
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Russia and Japan: A Failed Breakthrough
The opinion is generally held in both Russia and Japan that the main reason for strained relations between Moscow and Tokyo is the long-standing territorial dispute. The real reason, however, lies much deeper: relations between the two countries rest on a mutual mistrust that has been inherited from previous generations.
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Shadows of the Past in Russia and the Baltic Countries
Russian Vergangenheitsbewältigung is necessary with regard to Russia itself. Russia cannot become a normal European country without admitting the immense crimes that Communism committed against the Russians themselves and Russia’s neighbor states.
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Russia and the Baltic States: Not a Case of "Flawed" History
The Baltic States’ claims to Russia concerning “occupation” and “annexation” of their territories have nothing to do with historical science; they are determined exclusively by political pursuits.
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The Final Act: Is The Curtain Coming Down?
Today, thirty years after the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, one can state that the OSCE has not become – and will now hardly become – a major factor in building a European security system. This organization needs modernization that would suit all the participating nations.
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Democracy and Nuclear Weapons
The very act of raising the issue of democratic control and accountability in nuclear policy can, at best, evoke bewilderment or, at worst, suspicion of evil intentions. Yet, not only is democratic control a legitimate issue, it is long overdue in Russia’s defense and security policy.
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After the Lull: Russia and the Arab World at a New Stage
The scope of Russia’s potential partners in the Arab world has grown sizably after the ideological element vanished from Russian-Arab relations. Economic interests, together with all of the economic benefits that go with it, necessitate the establishment of contacts with all countries in the region that are ready to cooperate in practical terms.
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A New Middle East
The engagement of external powers in the Middle East has failed to resolve any of the conflicts now tearing the region apart; the problems have been driven into the corner and may flare up again anytime after external pressures are gone.
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Altruism As
National InterestNorway’s involvement in international conflict management is a top priority of its foreign policy. Here it is guided by the belief that wars and instability even in the remotest corners of the world may threaten the prosperity of any individual in the supposedly safe part of it.
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Fortress Russia
An open economy that presupposes
the impossibility of catching up with
the West paves the way to Russia’s disappearance as a state. Russia will survive only if it adopts an
isolationalist policy for the next few decades.
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The Euro-Atlantic Region: Equal Security for All
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Sergei Lavrov -
Russia: Politics and History
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Alexei Miller -
CFE: Overcoming the Impasse
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Ulrich Kuehn -
New version of Russia in Global Affairs website is now avaliable
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Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire
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Fyodor Lukyanov
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The Euro-Atlantic Region: Equal Security for All
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Towards a new Euro-Atlantic Security Architecture Report is published
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New version of Russia in Global Affairs website is now avaliable
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Energy Security Without Panic
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Russia’s Zone of Responsibility
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Fyodor Lukyanov
A Russian Katyn (1)
The issue of one of the main roots of Russia's problems – our inability to overcome the legacy of the horrible-for-Russia 20th century.
Paving the Way for Visa-Free Regime With EU
Over the past eight years, there has been a lot of talk about establishing a visa-free regime between Russia and the European Union.
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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