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How Well Do We Understand Modern Europe?

One of the most important intellectual problems we face in thinking about the contributions of individual powers and regions to international politics is our failure to fully appreciate the extent of Europe's strategic decline One of the most important intellectual problems we face in thinking about the contributions of individual powers and regions to international politics is our failure to fully appreciate the extent of Europe's strategic decline....

25.01.2024

The Changing Security Configuration and Balance of Power in the Baltic Region: Implications for Russia

Working Paper No.76 / 2023 Working Paper No.76 / 2023 The following working paper examines the current state of security in the Baltic region. It has become clear that there is no going back to the pre-Ukraine crisis balance of power structure. NATO’s expansion into Sweden and Finland can radically transform the political and security landscape in the Baltic region and destroy the established forms of cooperation these states have with Russia. This paper covers: risks and opportunities states face...

05.10.2023

The World May Become Interconnected

... commitment to a concept called “the American system of political economy”, which was defined by founder and first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. But these are not the policies that are dominant in neither the United States nor Western Europe now. Since the end of the Bretton Woods system when American President Richard Nixon removed the dollar from a fixed exchange rate, Western nations have had a floating, so-called dollar-based system, which is not focused in any way on the development ...

02.05.2023

Untying the Ukrainian Knot: The Continental Union Project

... component if a certain common meaning is accepted by the majority of the population. Is it realistic to find a single meaning in our case; after all, the territory of the future “Union” is a field of tense interaction between post-Christian Western Europe, Russia (which has been living in a "value vacuum" for over 30 years) and the Islamic World? To put it blunty, yes, it is possible. People do have a common need: to halt moral degradation, hatred and malice; combat social injustice; challenge ...

15.09.2022

Europe’s Myths

In the new historical era we will not have to recycle old myths and long-standing illusions that we often created ourselves For quite a long time, Russia, like many other countries, had no opportunity to see Europe for what it is. However, in the new historical era we will not have to recycle old myths and long-standing illusions that we often created ourselves, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev . After initially keeping a low profile ...

01.07.2022

Restoration, Reformation, Revolution? Blueprints for the World Order after the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Working Paper #66, 2022 Working Paper #66, 2022 The Russian-Ukrainian conflict will lead to long-term global socio-economic and political consequences in the foreseeable future. Russian and foreign experts are currently exploring a wide range of scenarios for such transformation—from relatively positive to extremely negative. The author formulated three potentially possible options for the current world order transformation, assessing the probability and consequences of the practical implementation...

11.05.2022

The Europe of Political Realism and the Future of NATO—Back to Basics?

... close allied relations with the United States, did not seek to increase spending. But even before the start of the special operation, the government of Mark Rutte decided to take this step against the backdrop of a general escalation of the situation in Europe. Canada also took this step following the Prime Minister’s visit to Europe [ i ]. The growth of the alliance’s military budget stimulates technological improvement, including that of cyber systems, and the improvement of logistics solutions,...

04.04.2022

Conference “The China Factor in the Mediterranean”

The event was timed to coincide with the publication of the collective monograph “The China Factor in the Mediterranean” in a series of books “Reports of the Institute of Europe RAS” On March 22, 2022, the conference “The China Factor in the Mediterranean” was held at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The event was timed to coincide with the publication of the collective monograph ...

23.03.2022

The ELN undoubtedly has all three components of true leadership

It has a clear vision of a Europe it would like to see, it is committed to its noble mission, and it has been very successful in engaging new members and partners Leadership, in my view, is mostly about three interconnected things. First, it is about vision. A true leader should ...

18.11.2021

European Society: Does It Exist and Is It Conceivable?

No European society can exist until the EU becomes a nation state or is substituted by it The notion of “society” was elaborated on in the 19 th century. It was coined to grasp the ongoing changes: the Industrial Revolution, the proliferation of capitalism,...

17.11.2021
 

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