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After the Empire
This year will mark 15 years since the breakup of the Soviet Union, a dramatic event whose aftermath will determine the course of world history for a long time.
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The Fruits of a Hundred Years Revolution
Chaos, as a general rule, occurs in the most authoritarian overcentralized states, in which the breakdown of central authority causes the collapse of local authority. This pattern is observed in the early 20th century both in the Russian and Chinese Empires; the juggernaut of state administration weakens and literally falls to pieces.
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Portugal: In Pursuit of Bygone Caravels
The Portuguese Empire emerged as a means of asserting national will and occupied an important place in the minds of the people. Longing for the gardens of a mythological Eden suppressed their ability to tackle problems bravely and wittingly, or to make use of new opportunities.
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Harvesting New Peoples
Throughout Russia’s history, its primary goal and geopolitical strategy has been centered around the idea of "gathering together lands." The historic colonizing potential of the Russian nation had a solid backing in the form of its birthrates. Now Russia should focus on the change of its geopolitical strategy to "gathering together peoples."
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Xenophobia: Past and Present
The disintegration of the Soviet Union undermined the traditional self-identity and introduced primitive (archaic) perceptions and mechanisms of ethnic solidarity based on separation and alienation.
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Unrecognized Geopolitics
The problem of unrecognized states is often reduced to the formal, legal format. But unrecognized states as a phenomenon cannot be studied and understood exclusively in terms of formal jurisprudence. The very creation of those entities are facts of emotional, symbolic, social and cultural nature.
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The North Caucasus and the Future of Russian Statehood
The alienation of the North Caucasus and the subsequent reshaping of borders would mean that a country named Russia in its present form would cease to exist. This tough prognosis of the foreseeable future will occur as inevitably as a cyclical natural phenomenon if we allow the current tendencies to develop according to their natural logic.
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Central Asia in an Era of Change
Central Asia has been recently described, despite its myriad problems, as a region of political stability. Experts believed that the Central Asian governments would ensure a relatively calm development inside their countries for at least five to seven years. However, given the developments in the post-Soviet space in the last two years, the analysts have been forced to amend their forecasts.
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Russia and Belarus: Between Wishing and Reality
Officials from Russia and Belarus make flamboyant claims about the alleged success of ongoing “close” integration between the two countries. However, the year 2005 vividly demonstrated that in reality the economies have been diverging, thus causing Belarus to noticeably depart from Russia.
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Russian Hydrocarbons and World Markets
Russia’s standing in the world is in great part contingent on its rich mineral resources. Successful participation in the international division of labor presupposes effective use of this advantage, although it should not be confined to this.
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The Specter of Capital Punishment in Russia
There seem to be no good reasons for maintaining the death penalty. After all, a good life is not born of fear and no conscientious scholar would claim that a reduction in crime is directly related to the executor’s activity.
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Iran Seeking Superpower Status
Persistence of the followers of Imam Khomeini transforms Iran gradually into a Shiite Persian empire. Paradoxically, the Islamic revolutionaries, who overthrew the Shah and abrogated all the institutions of monarchy, are acting out the Shah’s dream of making Iran a regional superpower, the center of a great civilization, which Mohammed Reza Pahlavi wrote about.
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Two Faces of Globalization: Europeanization Vs Americanization
We all are entering a new era in which the Europeans may peacefully live in their united Europe, and the Americans may build their beloved America according to their own projects. But this will be possible only if America and Europe let the rest of the world follow the path of genuine globalization, that is, let each nation and people follow its own course.
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Reconstruction, Development and Sustainable Peace
There was great hope during the brief euphoria in 1989/90 that the end of the Cold War would herald the beginning of a new era of widely enjoyed improvements in economic welfare, prosperity and peace achieved through greater harmony of interests and cooperation within and between countries.
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Michael Walzer: "Any Ruler Can Be Brought to the Law"
The trial of Hussein who claimed to
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Russia: A Special Imperial Way?
It is a question of paramount historical and contemporary political importance whether a military empire is a normal form of existence for Russia. Or, on the contrary, has such a model finally become obsolete after twice bringing this great country to collapse?
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Russia and the U.S. in Need of Trust and Cooperation
Naturally, the Russian Federation cannot be compared with the Soviet Union, which played a much more significant role in world politics. But there are shortsighted politicians in the U.S. who have excluded Russia from the list of great powers and underestimate the dynamics of its development.
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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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“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.
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