... the actions of the Vladivostok cruiser detachment, and other events remained largely a niche topic, only occasionally reflected in popular culture and the politics of memory. The naval battle of the Tsushima Strait in 1905 has become a black page in Russian history, for obvious reasons.
The picture may be somewhat different if we look at the war of 1904-1905 from a broader perspective. It became a crucial stage in Russia's turn to the East. Although the stage itself can be considered unsuccessful in many ...
... expect the international system – whether global or Eurasian – to reproduce the
“ideal”
models of order known from history. The world has changed too profoundly. Yet if the nations of Greater Eurasia wish to coexist securely, we must begin defining ... ... built on the energy of destruction, could not live in peace with regimes whose legitimacy it denied. But once the coalition of Russia, Austria, Britain and Prussia defeated him, they were able to reach agreement at the Congress of Vienna, because they did ...
History should be approached with integrity, not as a tool to justify current political positions
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from May 7 to 10 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin and will attend the celebrations marking Great Patriotic War Victory.
Historians seldom completely agree with one another even on some of the most important events of the past. There ...
... all Peace, Henry Holt and Company (an Owl Book) New York, 2001 (first published in 1989), p.30.
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... leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, ending the most recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Overall,
Moscow emerged as the clear winner
by ending hostilities, introducing peacekeepers, and maintaining its central role in the vital Caucasus region. However, Russia’s direct intervention in the Karabakh conflict with the November peace statement also bears echoes of much earlier history.
Echoes of the Past
Christian Wollny:
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Frozen Conflict Rethawed
On July 24 (August 4) 1783, at the southern Russian fortress of Georgiyevsk, representatives of Russian Empress Catherine the Great and Georgian King Erekle II ...
... “The History of Sino-Soviet Relations and the Future of Sino-Russian Relations [中苏关系的历史和中俄关系的未来]». In Outline of Sino-Soviet Relations [中苏关系史纲], edited by Zhihua Shen, 1-8. Beijing: Xinhua, 2007.
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Liu, Melinda....
China and Russia act in accordance with their own interests, which are not always identical. For the time being, the creation of a Russo-Chinese military alliance isn’t a viable idea, and cooperation between China and Russia in the Arctic is exclusively economic....
... archived papers dating back 30 years, I came upon this Oscar Wilde quote: “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
While going through my archived papers dating back 30 years, I came upon this Oscar Wilde quote: “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
This got me thinking how good it would be to go back in time and replay some actions. Surely something went wrong at some point if Russia is now once again pitted against the United States, has become alienated from Western Europe in a number of aspects and its relationship with some East European nations, including former Soviet republics, is short of hostile.
I anticipate the ...
... to be a great power among other leading players in Europe, and later in the world. If there is one thing that Russia treasures most in the United Nations system, that is its position as a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council.
In Russian history, the Soviet period stands out for two aberrations resulting from the communist ideology that the country’s leaders embraced and served. One—the more short-lived of the two—was turning the state into a revolutionary vehicle for a global ideology-driven ...
Presentation to the XX April 2019 International Politics Conference
Presentation to the XX April 2019 International Politics Conference
Introduction
My presentation on contemporary Australia-Russia economic relations is divided into two sections. The first focuses on geo-economics, which looks at both countries current trade and foreign investment priorities, including the implications of China’s monumental One Belt One Road project (OBOR),...
