All articles
Maxim Shcherbakov
  • 9 april 2010

    The Sum of Crises

    The divergence between reality and axioms generates chimerical categories, unrealistic in life, such as the “free market economy,” “rational economic agents” or the “state of balance.” These are hypothetical abstractions at best, but more often they are propaganda clich's. They are not found in nature and therefore are useless in practice.

1
Previous issues
Choose year
Choose issue
Publisher's column

Convergence the Other Way Round

Everything in the world is changing. The fantastically fast – by historical standards – redistribution of forces is especially evident.

Editor's column

Putin and Washington: Is Conflict Inevitable?

Vladimir Putin, who was inaugurated as president of Russia on May 7, has instructed the Foreign Ministry to ensure compliance with the New START Treaty.

The Sum of Crises

The divergence between reality and axioms generates chimerical categories, unrealistic in life, such as the “free market economy,” “rational economic agents” or the “state of balance.” These are hypothetical abstractions at best, but more often they are propaganda clich's. They are not found in nature and therefore are useless in practice.

Reviews and essays

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.