Russia in Global Affairs

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.

Features of neo-modernity is the problematization of values and meanings—in this case, of social and political existence—and the return of ideology.