Russia in Global Affairs

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No. 1

2014 January/March

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Contents

Reverting to a Crossroads

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

Ukrainian Detonator

A Bone of Contention in a Globalized World

Boris Zazhigayev

Failing Again – But Better Than Before

Vladimir Bruter

Eurasia – The Space for Choice

The Birth of Eurasiaskepticism

Evgeny Vinokurov

Sultan Akimbekov

The Caucasian Factor in Eurasian Integration

Sergey M. Markedonov

The East – New Concepts

Iran-Russia Relations after the Geneva Nuclear Deal

Kayhan Barzegar

Building Momentum: An Imminent Japan-Russia Rapprochement?

Jonathan Berkshire Miller

Beijing’s New Foreign Policy

Vitaly Vorobyov

Economic Instruments

Eurozone: A Recipe for Recovery

Vladislav Inozemtsev

WTO Membership – Easier Said Than Done

Alexei Portansky

Soft Power Tools

How to Sell “Russia”?

Nikolai Silayev

Convincing a Seven-Year-Old

National Identity and Assimilation

Civilizations and Identity Crisis

Vitaly V. Naumkin

The New Muscovites

Yekaterina Demintseva

Strategy XXI

Remolding Society

Historical Memory Policy

Alexei I. Miller

Articles

Reverting to a Crossroads

Once again I must start the introductory article by noting that this issue was almost ready for print when events forced us to urgently redo everything.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

A Bone of Contention in a Globalized World

Due to the fragmentation of the state and social degradation, Ukraine will not be able to position itself as an independent actor in world politics. Ukraine’s future can be regarded exclusively from the standpoint of the selfish interests of geopolitical actors and the ambitions of their political elites.

Boris Zazhigayev

Failing Again – But Better Than Before

What happened in Kyiv was not a protest. There were elements of protest in the actions of citizens, but not in the actions of politicians. It was a planned resistance intended to impress other countries and cause their reaction.

Vladimir Bruter

The Birth of Eurasiaskepticism

Skepticism is normal in any project development and it will naturally continue to accompany the Eurasian integration project. Regular monitoring of public opinion will help uncover sore points. To curb skepticism, systemic preventive measures are needed, such as an earnest and well-balanced dialogue with the public and business community.

Evgeny Vinokurov

Bilateral relations have always been of tremendous significance to Kazakhstan and Russia, and they always will be. In a sense, they are more important than a multi-party integration. Our relations had existed before the establishment of the Customs Union and will continue.

Sultan Akimbekov

The Caucasian Factor in Eurasian Integration

Moscow has made the largest progress in Eurasian integration with Armenia. It has had no integration plans (given numerous constraints) with regard to Azerbaijan or Georgia. Yet Russia’s victory cannot be regarded complete or unequivocal.

Sergey M. Markedonov

Iran-Russia Relations after the Geneva Nuclear Deal

In the triangle of Iran-U.S.-Russia relations, Russia is likely to strengthen its relations with Iran to equate the role and influence of its rival global power and Iran will attempt to stay in its independent track willing to expand relations to the one that accepts its regional role and global status.

Kayhan Barzegar

Building Momentum: An Imminent Japan-Russia Rapprochement?

There is clear recognition in both Moscow and Tokyo that a Sino-centric continent is not in their interests. Russia and Japan are obliged to recalculate their strategies in order to adapt for a future geopolitical realignment in Asia. Both sides recognize the stakes and that the rules of the game are no longer static.

Jonathan Berkshire Miller

Beijing’s New Foreign Policy

All players expect explanation from China of its initiative to build a New Economic Silk Road. The faster it presents arguments and the clearer they are, the less room there will be for idle speculation and rumor. In any case, China is interested in a favorable response and support for its own foreign policy signals.

Vitaly Vorobyov

Eurozone: A Recipe for Recovery

The euro is a young currency that has all chances to make Europe a global player if the problems associated with its “premature birth” are solved in a decisive manner. The fiscal authorities should resort to extraordinary measures in order to accelerate economic growth, reduce unemployment, and boost the continent’s competitiveness.

Vladislav Inozemtsev

WTO Membership – Easier Said Than Done

If Russia is to embark on the path of profound economic modernization in full seriousness, then there has to be a strategy of using WTO membership as the basis for modernization. It is crucial to determine the nature of our actions within the WTO for the long term.

Alexei Portansky

How to Sell “Russia”?

Bureaucracy is the direct customer of the majority of projects for promoting a certain image of Russia in the world. The challenge is whether it will be able to conceptually separate its own image from the image of the nation, and then promote the latter.

Nikolai Silayev

Convincing a Seven-Year-Old

Russia’s ideology should be based on the will to defend its traditional values, sovereignty and justice rather than the negation of all other ideas. A positive agenda is more likely to be attractive and influential than a strategy of repulsion.

Civilizations and Identity Crisis

One would think that proponents of the Eurasian choice would seek to build bridges between Russia and the Islamic world, but they often manifest biased attitudes towards the Muslim civilization as such.

Vitaly V. Naumkin

The New Muscovites

Unlike in Paris or Berlin, where migrants live in districts that they consider their own, and researchers define them as “urban ghetto,” we found no such places in Moscow. In Moscow, any district a migrant visits most often or where he lives can become “his place.”

Yekaterina Demintseva

Remolding Society

National education keeps and develops culture, which is responsible for a politically stable society. Advanced culture, as the pillar of a constant and creative political consciousness, preserves the ideal of national accord.

Historical Memory Policy

History of Russia narrated as a sequence of only horrors and failures or, on the contrary, as a continuous string of victories and successes is equally unproductive for forming the individual and collective identity.

Alexei I. Miller