... do happen, who is to blame for them? There are no convincing reasons to doubt the quality of the Russian diplomacy. Arguably, the Russian diplomatic school is one of the most professional, experienced and sophisticated in the world. Therefore, if the Russian foreign policy does make mistakes, these are not caused by unprofessionalism, lack of experience or sheer negligence. They are more about perceptions, interpretations and conceptual frameworks. In other words, Russia more often commits errors than it ...
... International Affairs Council Igor Ivanov addressed the 387th session of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament.
In his speech, the head of RIAC expanded on a wide range of issues of Russian foreign policy, including the Ukrainian and Syrian crises, Russia’s relations with the European Union, the United States and China, as well as the issues of training international affairs specialists and of raising the efficiency of expert support ...
... personality to enhance the foreign drive. The President appears to be satisfied with the current constitutional arrangement and his foreign policy activity is rather insignificant. Prime Minister Cioloș is nothing but an European bureaucrat, with no strategic ... ... obsolete clerk, with no leadership skills or charisma. Romanian silence in the Middle East, even against a background in which the Russian intervention, the nuclear agreement with Iran and the conflict between Tehran and Riyadh have dramatically modified the ...
... issue, the essence of which is to preserve the country’s statehood, put an end to the civil war, and then usher in political change at a time of relative stability and peace. The idea of preserving statehood has become an important component of Russian foreign policy, a counterweight to the West’s concept of democracy at any cost. The crises of state and subsequent civil wars in Iraq, Libya and Ukraine legitimize this concept. And Russia’s own experience of political transition makes the ...
... affairs and they are enforced either by undermining the American interests, or simply by ignoring them. Is this the end of US global domination? Let us, for now, just state the fact that this outcome was foreseen, somehow, in the late '90s, when Russia, despite the hardships of Yeltsin regime, actually warned for many times on the risks of a system governed by a single "world gendarme".
Moreover, there were other multiple hints, even if minor, but yet significant, on the discrepancies ...
... out from the majority of recent studies. His book
Russia and the New World Disorder
sometimes gives an impression of being addressed to the Russian, rather than the international, reader. Indeed, it contains a set of recommendations on how to make Russian foreign policy more successful. And the title clearly resonates with Vladimir Putin’s words about the “
growing global chaos
”, spoken at a meeting of the Valdai Club in 2014. The attentive reader, however, will note that this approach ...
... changed. Every state, defensive or offensive, in order to outlive or to be the dominant, have to externalise the elements of the foreign policy actions. The demand for non-state actors, as regarding with the other nations intentions is vital; state is a complex ... ... conflict and the winner will be those who will better impose their culture, language and habits. This is, also, relevant for Russian Federation in order to keep its status in a globalized world. Former empire, typified by imperialism and expansion, Russian ...
... state interests.
And then the third point, I would say, is the developments inside the Russian regime, internal domestic developments in Russia which are hard for the United States’ government to understand and which seem to have an effect on Russian foreign policy. There are multiple other factors, of course, but those are the three main ones that I see in deterioration of relations.
Is it a new Cold War?
It’s not possible to call this a new Cold War from the American side because, as I said,...
... national policy. And our project is intended to get these people involved.
In order to attract the expert community or society?
Actually, we would like to engage both, because the national interest has become a cliché. What are the guidelines for Russia's foreign policy? – They should be the national interests. It looks as an obvious cliché that doesn't imply the next question about the content.
This issue is much more advanced in the United States, where relevant commissions have been set ...
In our column Viewpoint, we present an interview with Alexei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief of radio station Echo of Moscow, about Internet technologies in radio, the latest Russian trends and combining expertise and journalism.
What are the latest trends in radio broadcasting? Does the Internet help or hinder its development?
Radio broadcasting is at a standstill because its functions of ‘inform, educate, entertain’ ...
