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MEPs don’t call the shots, so any real change in the bloc will emerge from domestic upheavals The European Parliament elections have shaken up the political space but won’t bring revolutionary changes at EU level. Despite the success of Euroskeptic forces in a number of countries, the composition of the representative body has not seriously changed....
... but the fear of their use has faded. More dangerously, a new generation of politicians has come to the fore, unburdened either by the memory of decades of confrontation or by a sense of responsibility. The American belief in its own exceptionalism and European ‘strategic parasitism’, devoid of any sense of self-preservation, is a dangerous combination. It’s in such an environment that the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on the nuclear power the is Russia – in a proxy conventional war ...
... attempts to delay, to the greatest extent possible, the process of direct conflict with the United States and its allies. This conflict is of a strategic nature, and is linked to simple competition for access to global resources and markets. Meanwhile, Europeans do not have significant stakes in this US-China confrontation, and their attitude towards involvement is largely negative, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev . It would be a misconception for Beijing to believe that economic ...
... relations. A huge number of officials are now responsible for the external relations of their countries, imbued with a sense of the importance of their business and profession. In this sense, the global system of states was indeed moving towards the European medieval model, in which the government could interfere little in the daily life of its subjects, especially their spiritual life, and was happy to deal exclusively with foreign policy tasks. The preservation of sovereignty in the traditional ...
... non-trivial one – to become a pillar of the new, Western-centred world order. Let us leave aside the issue of NATO’s eastward expansion and the development of formerly hostile territories. Much has been said about the role this has played in the rise of European tensions and the emergence of the current politico-military crisis. But something else is even more interesting. The international situation in 2024 shows how the contradictions associated with NATO’s make up, and its unwillingness to change ...
Central Asia in the age of digital technologies finds itself between two megaprojects of China and the European Union as the Russian Empire and British Empire in the XIX century competed for this one of the most landlocked regions of the world. The victory of the Russian Empire in this contest decided where the transport lines of Central Asia would be ...
Central Asia has long been viewed as a region searching for routes to export rich oil and gas resources to the global market. Currently, with its pipelines heading to Europe crossing through Russia's vast territory and the closest warm seaports in sanctioned Iran, there are few options for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan to trade their energy around the world. Yet, with advances in the automobile industry ...
... insufficiently loyal partners. It is unacceptable when the debt burden of developing countries (or rather, their ability to get out of the debt trap they were forced into over decades) is at the “mercy” of the central banks of the United States and Europe. As for the existing constraints for the use of the national currencies, I am convinced that if there is a will, there is a way. A significant part of issues are related, again, to the long-standing imbalances rooted in the dominance of dollar ...
Europe is finished, and Russia’s geographical and cultural advantages means it doesn’t have to go down with the sinking ship By Professor Sergey Karaganov, ho norary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and academic supervisor ...
The elites of Western Europe – and especially in Germany – are in a state of historical failure In terms of being a global centre of power, the Old World is finished. Moscow understands this, but our former partners remain in denial. Not long ago, German Defense Minister ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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