... the growing giants of international politics, their colossal demographic size in itself puts internal issues in first place. Foreign policy activity fades into the background and is considered only in the context of the internal struggle for unity (Russia, China, India) or the retention of power by elites, who have become practically irreplaceable in recent decades (the USA and the largest European countries).
This objective process has two consequences that are of interest on a theoretical and practical level. First, there is growing confusion among those whose professional responsibility is to talk about international politics. One of ...
The year 2024 is a landmark year for the foreign policy of the Russian Federation
The year 2024 is a landmark year for the foreign policy of the ... ... confirms a unique character and power of BRICS. When sneering at Argentina's “recusal”, they ignore that there were neither criticism nor threats towards Buenos Aires... ... 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...
Europe is finished, and Russia’s geographical and cultural advantages means it doesn’t have to go down with the sinking ship
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Professor Sergey Karaganov,
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norary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and academic supervisor at the School of ...
Whether many of us in Russia are ready to admit it or not, the position of Europe in international politics will inevitably become an important issue of theoretical and practical significance
Whether many of us in Russia are ready to admit it or not, the position of Europe in international politics will inevitably become an ...
... of time, the situation in the Baltic Sea region has changed radically, writes Konstantin Khudoley, head of the Department of European Studies at the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University.
During the Cold War, the Baltic ... ... consolidation of the positions of the West – after Finland joined NATO and Sweden applied to join, all countries in the region, except Russia, became members of the two most influential Western associations – NATO and the EU.
Russia does not have such acute contradictions ...
... place in the world will be rapid and dramatic - revisionism by its nature does not imply sudden movements. We see how cautious Russia and the United States are about the likelihood of an escalation of their differences in Eastern Europe. China and the United States are also showing serious restraint and skilfully resolve their differences without bringing them into direct conflict. The fact that thousands of human lives become the price for general revisionism is a huge tragedy. But in conditions when a major conflict is impossible ...
... of the West, and the central idea underlying this procedure is the immanent injustice of international politics. Even after Russia succeeds in Ukraine, it would be somewhat naive to expect our adversaries to change their views on the world, since it ... ... during the course of a historical process, on the basis of the colossal experience of the history of interstate relations in Europe — perhaps the richest one, if we talk about such a geographically localized part of humanity.
Several millennia of turbulent ...
... changes for us
“I think this kind of conflict is a failure of my generation, because we could have prevented open war in Europe, which is perhaps still in its initial phase. We should have acted earlier and more decisively. We appeased, hoped, and ... ... the elites from the United States, Western Europe, he became (and still is) one of the most informed political scientists in Russia. In an interview to
BUSINESS Online
, he told us whether nuclear war is possible, whether we will become a satellite of ...
Russia, in turn, is conducting its diplomatic manoeuvring by stubbornly refusing to “burn bridges” in relations with the West or damage the integrity of the world economic system
Are the general diplomatic manoeuvres simply part of the military activity that is growing on a global scale, or are ...
... the world energy markets and is a major exporter of food and a number of other goods that benefit from stable demand. Behind Russia is China, a fellow permanent member of the UN Security Council, which has solid global influence.
In other words, we are ... ... West is significant. We absolutely do not know how the countries of the World Majority would behave in conditions where the USA and Europe launched an offensive against a weaker adversary: for example, against Iran or another country of a comparable scale. Therefore,...
