Russia in Global Affairs

It should be emphasized that Russia literally turned to arms after decades of other, peaceful attempts to correct (not destroy) the Western-led system and find a proper place there. It did not produce any meaningful response from the West, because the West was fully convinced that the existing scheme was fine for all. And those who thought differently were just wrong.

The US-led bloc no longer offers the only viable model for development, which means its ability to impose its will is fading.

The initial stage of confrontation between Russia and the West is a process of consolidating the positions of both opposing sides. One of its most obvious manifestations is the beginning of Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, writes Konstantin Khudoley.

This survey seeks to identify the factors that affect strategic stability at present and will affect it in the foreseeable future, as well as ways to strengthen security and stability in any of the above interpretations.

The collapse of any global empire always had a profound and lasting impact on the entire world history, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union was also the case. The Soviet Union was more than just a country; it was an “empire” that united countries covering the Eurasian continent, a military alliance and a large economic association, as well as a worldwide ideology and a peculiar social system.

The West is waging a political-military war of total or absolute character against Russia. What Russia faces now is the second edition, the 21st-century edition of the Great Patriotic War, writes Dayan Jayatilleka.

The news covering the Ukraine conflict causes many to pause and wonder if the world is on the verge of a new world war. Why is this so and, most importantly, what is to be done?

The gathering storm over Ukraine is potentially the most dangerous crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War.  A large scale Russian military attack on Ukraine would cause enormous civilian and military casualties, overturn prior assumptions about the rules-based international order, and risk escalation to wider conventional, or even nuclear, war.

This is the article ordered by Financial Times to Professor S. Karaganov. But is was not published for the lack of space. But we still believe it is worth reading.