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14 march 2014
A Total But Peaceful Battle Over Ukraine, For a New World Order
Everything will now depend on future developments and on Russia’s strategy. In my opinion, the Kremlin should plan its strategy very thoroughly and with due regard for the strategic nature of the ongoing confrontation.
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10 march 2014
What does Russia want and why?
(2)“It is Putin the conservative and not Putin the realist who decided to violate Ukraine’s sovereignty.”
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8 march 2014
Interests Always Need to be Protected
(4)Russia had to move its troops into Crimea. If we confine ourselves to addressing the initial tasks and do not rush ‘to take Vienna’, to borrow Bismarck’s words, the West is unlikely to impose tough sanctions against Russia.
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26 february 2014
Ukraine must cease to be a tasty trophy for external rivals
The nation’s largest neighbouring partners need to pool their efforts
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21 february 2014
Ukraine, as viewed from Moscow
(8)Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine are not part of an attempt to expand Russia's empire westwards. He is simply trying to reduce the chaos caused by the massive incompetence of Ukraine's ruling elite
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25 december 2013
Is the West prodding Moscow into a new Cold War?
If Cold War II hasn't already started, it is somewhere around the corner.
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1 november 2013
Uncertain World: Ukraine’s Final Declaration of Independence
However, Ukraine only maintained its special relationship with Moscow because Russia allowed it. It was very difficult for Moscow to admit that Ukraine, which no one had ever considered separately from Russia, had become a foreign state.
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27 october 2013
Life after Vilnius
Ukraine will experiment on itself and all the other countries in the post-Soviet space are looking forward to watching how it ends. Whether the ensuing economic or institutional changes over rapprochement with the EU appear tangible and positive will determine Russia’s own conduct and the conduct of countries that still rely on it.
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18 october 2013
Russia and the Ghost of Solitude
It has been a long time since Ukraine received as much attention as it has in recent weeks.
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22 august 2013
Uncertain World: Russia and Ukraine on the Verge of a Decisive Choice
Russian-Ukrainian relations are again at the center of attention. Attempts to improve cooperation have quickly ground to a halt.
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Roaring Twenties again: 'Global impeachment' and the end of the era of liberal globalization
Now that another decade has flown by and the world awaits the arrival of 2020, it is only appropriate to look back at last century's 'Roaring Twenties'. Those twenties started globalization; these could see the end of its era.
How Cozy Is Russia and China’s Military Relationship?
Russia and China’s strategic military cooperation is becoming ever closer. President Putin has announced that Russia is helping China build an early warning system to spot intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
A “Synchronized Downturn” Calls for a “Synchronized Response”
This year’s Annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington DC revealed a growing preoccupation with the mounting signs of a slowdown in the world economy.
How to Stop NATO
Catherine the Great is credited with saying that the only way to secure the borders of the Russian Empire is to expand them continuously. This logic is to some degree applicable to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which embarked on a path of geographical enlargement quite literally from the very first days of its existence.
The Asian Mirror for the Far East: an Indian Perspective
India and Russia have long shared geopolitical perspectives on the balance of power in Eurasia. In the post-Cold War era both turned their attention to the West. However, over the past decade India has pursued the Look East Policy, seeking to regain its political and economic influence in Southeast Asia and building new strategic partnerships with East Asian powers like Japan and South Korea. Russia’s Turn to the East and India’s move from the Look East to the Act East Policy have created a new framework for closer India–Russia geo-economic and geopolitical relations.
Russian Far East Development from the Korean Perspective
This chapter focuses on analysing Korea’s position on development of this region. To this end, the paper deals with the significance and strategic value of the Russian Far East, the current status, and determinants of the Russian Far East policy, as well as the direction and tasks of Korea’s Russian Far East policy.