... barriers. At the regional level regional integration groups are either afflicted by economic nationalism and disintegration (Brexit) or are built on principles of exclusivity and/or non-recognition of other regional blocks. At the global level international ... ... equitable globalism, but was at the outset based on Realpolitik considerations and was performed in a largely unilateral (i.e. Western-led) setting. A new global governance construct needs to change the balance between national self-interest and international ...
.... US diplomacy may drive itself into a policy of double deterrence toward Moscow and Beijing. This risk became obvious in 2016 when problems emerged over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Serious changes are taking place inside the collective West. The past year released the energy of social protest that had been accumulating for a long time in response to moderate election platforms and routine rhetoric from the entrenched establishment. Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election became symbols of these changes. The referendum in Great Britain as such is not a serious threat to the European Union but the enormous collection of problems will compel the EU to ...
On September 30, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the
Consortium of American, European and Russian universities
held a round table “Prospects for Russia-West relations”.
The discussion covered the prospects for development of Russia-EU-US relations following Brexit, the presidential election in the United States, and the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The discussion was attended by experts from the US, the EU, and Russia, as well as by RIAC members.
The participants included: Thomas ...