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| "Everything must be carried through to the end" |
Mikhail Gorbachev
In our transition to democracy we are somewhere in the middle, still far away. We, a country in transition, have not understood what freedom is and how to use it. We do not use democratic institutions in earnest. We must focus on the development of our country, so that people can be proud of it. |
| Who Is to Blame? |
Fyodor Shelov-Kovediayev
Although all the markets have actually turned into financial ones, there is no reliable theory that would explain how they function; even the leaders of the financial world had a feeble idea about the specificity of the new financial instruments. It appears that the theory of long-term economic cycles has grown outdated, while the theory of real cycles does not have a practical value. |
| Arctic Diplomacy |
Alexander Oreshenkov
An analysis of the historical and legal aspects of the current sovereign jurisdiction of land surface areas that serve as points of departure in measuring the boundaries of exclusive economic zones and the continental shelf beyond them may have significance for the delimitation of maritime areas between Russia and its Arctic neighbors. |
| Once Again about a New Entente |
Yevgeny Savostyanov
Recent developments in the world make it necessary to focus on a dramatic revision of Russian-U.S. relations on a scope not seen before. Russia, the world’s largest country with immense resources, and the U.S., the richest, most powerful and advanced country in the world, have no immanent contradictions. There are no insurmountable obstacles against building a full-scale partnership. |
| Twenty Years of Drifting Apart |
Nikolai Silayev
The logic of Realpolitik pushes Russia not towards defining for itself the limits to restricting the sovereignty of neighbors, but towards taking as much sovereignty from its neighbors as – using Yeltsin’s famous metaphor – it can swallow. This approach rules out long-term agreements. |
| Policy Transformation |
Viatcheslav Morozov
Like any social and cultural form, the era of Russia’s exclusion from Europe is not endless and will be over one day; this issue may even lose its pressing character (for instance, if the center of the global world shifts to Asia). Still, the current situation shows an amazing stability and we Europeans just do not have enough political imagination to eradicate this standoff. |
| A Different View on the European Anniversary |
Fyodor Lukyanov
Europe recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the anti-Communist revolution that put an end to the division of the world into two ideological blocs. The events of 1989 opened a new chapter in global politics; however, even two decades later, the full content of this chapter remains unclear. |
| The Fundamental Conflict |
Yevgeny Primakov
If Israel annexes the Arab territories it occupied in 1967, it will soon cease to be a Jewish state as the ratio between the Jewish and Arab populations in it will inevitably change in favor of the latter due to its birth rates. |
| Russia and the U.S.: Reconfiguration, Not Resetting |
Sergei Karaganov, Timofei Bordachev, Dmitry Suslov
It would make sense for Moscow to offer its own package of ideas to Washington regarding the improvement of relations, and this package should be bigger than the one proposed by President Obama. The two countries must take a course towards a “big deal” based on the analysis of vital interests of the sides and their priority ranking. The parties should pledge respect for each other’s interests in the areas where these interests are truly vital, while making concessions on secondary issues. |
| How to Overcome the National Crisis |
Victor Kremenyuk
The theory and history of international relations abounds in the misconception that the bigger a country, the greater its freedom of action. In reality, it is the other way around. |
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