The reckless West

Western domination in global politics and the global economy has prompted many questions, but there is still no organized opposition to it.

Epilogue on joint missile defense

This week’s meeting of the NATO-Russia Council draws a line under an interesting and revealing discussion on joint missile defense.

Towards a Unified Innovative Market

A unified Euro-Russian innovation market is capable of ensuring a multiplication effect for any individual investor. Instead of an integrated European energy grid, which has been suggested by the European Union as an artificial incentive for competition, it would be better to create an integrated Euro-Russian innovation network.

Building Greater Europe

Greater Europe is at a crossroads. Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, it remains divided, unable to unify into a global force.

"Towards an Аlliance of Europe" - Analytical Report by the Russian Group of the Valdai International Discussion Club is avaliable online

Paving the Way for Visa-Free Regime With EU (1)

Over the past eight years, there has been a lot of talk about establishing a visa-free regime between Russia and the European Union.

The Euro-Atlantic Region: Equal Security for All (4)

Sergei Lavrov

The teamwork philosophy underlies Russia’s foreign policy. Its top priority is creating favorable external conditions for comprehensive modernization of the country, diversification of the economy and its transition to an innovation development model. We do not need confrontation and we will never opt for it.

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.