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19 april 2012
Why Russia Doesn’t Care Who Wins the French Presidency
The world’s attention is fixed on France’s presidential election, one of this year’s four most prominent elections.
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8 march 2012
Why I Sympathize With Vladimir Putin
On Sunday night, Vladimir Putin, with tears in his eyes, addressed his supporters after the preliminary election results were announced.
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6 march 2012
Russia's Luck Has Run Out
Russia has been unbelievably lucky in its relations with foreign powers over the past 12 years. But despite positive trends, things are looking less rosy on the country's domestic political front.
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22 june 2011
After the Tandem: Russian Foreign Policy Guidelines
(1)The new configuration of power after the 2011 and 2012 elections will not so much determine a radical change in Russian foreign policy (which is unlikely), but indicate whether or not Russia will become a new source of global turbulence. In the end it is the election, not the winner, that matters, i.e. its ability or inability to secure the legitimacy of the next president.
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13 january 2011
Master of intrigue
Lukashenko’s policy is a very precise balancing act. Neither the West nor the East has any confidence in him left.
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9 december 2010
Lukashenko set for re-election, not surprisingly
Only recently, Lukashenko looked like an unhappy exception in the new Europe, but he sticks out less now. Not because he has changed. No, it is the world around him that has changed.
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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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Convergence the Other Way Round
Everything in the world is changing. The fantastically fast – by historical standards – redistribution of forces is especially evident.
Russia Lays Siege to Ukraine
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have met for the first time since Vladimir Putin’s re-election.
Why Russia Doesn’t Care Who Wins the French Presidency
The world’s attention is fixed on France’s presidential election, one of this year’s four most prominent elections.
Why I Sympathize With Vladimir Putin
On Sunday night, Vladimir Putin, with tears in his eyes, addressed his supporters after the preliminary election results were announced.
Russia's Luck Has Run Out
Russia has been unbelievably lucky in its relations with foreign powers over the past 12 years. But despite positive trends, things are looking less rosy on the country's domestic political front.
After the Tandem: Russian Foreign Policy Guidelines (1)
The new configuration of power after the 2011 and 2012 elections will not so much determine a radical change in Russian foreign policy (which is unlikely), but indicate whether or not Russia will become a new source of global turbulence. In the end it is the election, not the winner, that matters, i.e. its ability or inability to secure the legitimacy of the next president.
Master of intrigue
Lukashenko’s policy is a very precise balancing act. Neither the West nor the East has any confidence in him left.
Lukashenko set for re-election, not surprisingly
Only recently, Lukashenko looked like an unhappy exception in the new Europe, but he sticks out less now. Not because he has changed. No, it is the world around him that has changed.
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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