Russia in Global Affairs

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No. 3

2024 July/September

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Coming Full Circle

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-5-8

Whims of history

Neo-Tsymburskian Cycles in the History of Russian-Western Relations

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-10-30

Global Memory Culture in Doubt

Alexei I. Miller

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-2-32-44

Clashes of will

The U.S.’s Pursuit of NATO Expansion into Ukraine Since 1994

Dylan Payne Royce

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-46-70

Bristling States in Search of an Antidote to Foreign Interference

Alexei A. Chesnakov, Daniil A. Parenkov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-71-86

Two Years of Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ten Lessons to Learn

Wang Yiwei, Duan Minnong

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-2-87-92

Facets of power

Transformation of the UN’s Power in International Governance—from Political to Ideological

Denis A. Borisov, Yanina R. Burkina

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-94-109

The Crescent over the Hagia Sophia and the Serbian Cross

Dmitry V. Yefremenko, Daniil O. Rastegaev

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-110-129

International “Society of the Spectacle”

Stanislav O. Byshok

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-130-140

The discrete charm of the East

The Tripolar World and the Bloc Triangles of East Asia

Konstantin V. Asmolov, Kirill V. Babaev

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-142-158

Russia-ASEAN Relations—Strategic Partnership or Strategic Illusion?

Alexander S. Korolev

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-159-178

Central Asia in Search of Water Cooperation

Alexey V. Mikhalev, Kubatbek K. Rakhimov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2024-22-3-179-184

Articles

Coming Full Circle

The latest changes in the international arena, including the new Russia-DPRK relationship, are returning us to pre-liberal international practice. The first Cold War’s victors have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to regain dominance. The world has come full circle.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

Neo-Tsymburskian Cycles in the History of Russian-Western Relations

Russia’s relations with its Other have gone through repeating cycles of emulative Westernization, Western intervention, Russian rebuff to the intervention, and Russia’s revival of traditional values, norms and practices with limited survival of elements borrowed from the more advanced, liberal Western cultural strains.

Global Memory Culture in Doubt

Memory politics have become a scene of irreconcilable confrontation not only between Russia and the West, and between the West and the Global South, but also within Western societies. There are no zones of global consensus left.

Alexei I. Miller

The U.S.’s Pursuit of NATO Expansion into Ukraine Since 1994

It is ironic that NATO, an alliance ostensibly committed to preserving peace in Europe, has once again made war the ultima ratio, the only effective way for a state to preserve its security. But such an outcome was essentially predetermined almost as soon as the USSR collapsed, when the U.S. decided to expand NATO into Ukraine.

Dylan Payne Royce

Bristling States in Search of an Antidote to Foreign Interference

Interference is commonplace today and will likely become only more so, especially as it has become possible in “endoscopic” form. Channels and instruments are hidden, and external interests can exert themselves from within the sovereign political space.

Alexei A. Chesnakov, Daniil A. Parenkov

Two Years of Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ten Lessons to Learn

On 24 February 2022, the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out. Now, two years on, it still rages. On the second anniversary of this geopolitical conflict, one should look at what lessons we can learn from the perspective of forms of warfare, the international order, and wartime narratives.

Wang Yiwei, Duan Minnong

Transformation of the UN’s Power in International Governance—from Political to Ideological

The shift in the UN power model from politics to ideology, over the past 30 years, is changing the organization’s reputation. Endowed with explanatory and motivational power and leading the way towards sustainable global development, the UN appears to be an institutional bearer of the global conscience.

Denis A. Borisov, Yanina R. Burkina

The Crescent over the Hagia Sophia and the Serbian Cross

Like Russia, over the past century, both Turkey and Serbia have gone through historical upheavals, the collapse of the previous model of statehood, and a “re-assemblying” of the nation.

Dmitry V. Yefremenko, Daniil O. Rastegaev

International “Society of the Spectacle”

The transformation of diplomatic efforts into a “spectacle” by no means contributes to the achievement of those goals, although it may sometimes entertain the unsophisticated general public. Postmodernism should be replaced or, at any rate, counterbalanced by more traditional—restrained and substantive—forms of international communication.

Stanislav O. Byshok

The Tripolar World and the Bloc Triangles of East Asia

Although the triangles’ emergence is increasing general tension in East Asia and driving a regional arms race, a conflict of Korean origin seems less likely than a conflict over Taiwan.

Konstantin V. Asmolov, Kirill V. Babaev

Russia-ASEAN Relations—Strategic Partnership or Strategic Illusion?

The formal status of the Russia-ASEAN strategic partnership exceeds the real content of bilateral interaction, not least because this is a “young” format, which has not yet had time to mature in the new geopolitical environment.

Alexander S. Korolev

Central Asia in Search of Water Cooperation

Cooperation on hydro-political matters in Central Asia requires not only framework agreements but also its own ideology, taking into account the interests of all countries in the region, including Russia, which forms the image of a shared “hydraulic future.”

Alexey V. Mikhalev, Kubatbek K. Rakhimov