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The Russia-Middle East policy has demonstrated considerable resilience, as has the regional system of international relations Introduction When Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation” in Ukraine a year ago, many experts and journalists ...
... are major state social programs, the planning of certain areas of economic development, and the fight against poverty. The collapse of the Soviet Union briefly made ideas of integration into the liberal community the central thought process governing Russia's foreign policy. This was reflected in Mikhail Gorbachev's "new thinking" and doctrinal documents of the early 1990s. During the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, Russia moved away from liberal idealism. Foreign policy thinking was based increasingly on the principles of realism, which were finally consolidated in the Munich speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2007. Nationalism and the Big Three Ivan ...
Russia risks losing the most out of this portion of its “Ummah Pivot” given growing the Chinese, Turkish and U.S presence (This is the second and final part of the author’s article series on this topic. The first one can be read here , and it ...
In terms of urbanisation and lifestyle, late Soviet and post-Soviet #Russia were and are a Western society with all its attendant problems The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened the issue of the country’s traditional ...
The Southern vector of Moscow’s balancing act: what awaits it in years to come? A key component of Russia’s 21st-century grand strategy goal of becoming the supreme balancing force in Eurasia is its “Ummah Pivot” of comprehensive engagement with the Muslim-majority countries to its South, stretching from North Africa to South Asia. This vector ...
Russia must be able to demonstrate results that exceed those in its attempts to integrate into Globalisation 1.0 at the beginning of the century On January 1, 2021, we all met both the new year and the new, third decade of the 20th century. This is ...
U.S.-Russia Relations Post-Election The Russian media has been overwhelmed by expert (and not so expert) predictions over the past few days about who will win the U.S. presidential elections and how the results will affect U.S.-Russia relations. Both candidates ...
If you expect Moscow to give in to external pressure and make concessions, you’ll be waiting a long time Just like in many other countries, leap years are generally seen as bad luck in Russia, full of unpleasant surprises, unforeseen problems and bitter trials. And this year has been no different. In February, Russia nearly got caught up in a direct military confrontation with Turkey in Syria. In March, world oil prices plummeted, ushering ...
... hardly set aside the need to build trust on specific issues, without mentoring, arrogance and sarcasm on either side The Carnegie Moscow Center’s web site has published an article by my colleague Sabine Fischer: “ From Gas Pipeline to Navalny. What Russia Doesn’t Get About Germany " Liana Fix: The Times for a Special Relationship Between Germany and Russia Are Over She attempts to reflect on the aggravation of relations between Russia and Germany in the context of the Navalny case, and also ...
Neither the coronavirus nor the economic recession will automatically lead to a détente, let alone a reset in relations between Russia and the West Six months ago, when COVID-19 had just moved beyond the borders of China and embarked upon its triumphant march across Europe and North America, politicians and foreign affairs experts started discussing what will happen after the ...
| 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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