A series of Russian civil-military concepts can create great benefits for Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Favorable International Situation
The global strategic situation is now very favorable for stable, peaceful and prosperous solutions to issues in Europe and in the Middle East. Such solutions could benefit all parties involved, and in extension even create opportunities for Asia, including China and India. Russia has consolidated its strategic positions in Europe and the Middle East. The...
In recent decades great powers usually win the wars but lose at peace
Speech delivered at the session “Foreign Policy in Uncertain Times: Pursuing Development in a Changing World” at the 15
th
Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club
Two hundred years ago, the prominent German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz proposed his famous definition ...
Foreign viewpoints
After the reelection of Vladimir Putin for another term as president of the Russian Federation in March of this year, Russia is entering a new cycle of foreign and domestic policy. Russia's foreign policy at the moment is particularly fraught; the conflict in Syria, the continued uncertain status of the Donbass region of Ukraine, accusations of cyberwarfare and interference in US elections, and the Skripal poisoning incident in the UK have ...
... advances, the situation in other parts of the world, especially in the Middle East, remained complex and controversial. Some foreign policy initiatives, including those related to Europe, NATO and Ukraine, unfortunately, saw no breakthroughs over the ... ... information war between Moscow and Kiev continued, adding new difficulties to the political dialogue.
At the end of the year, the European Union yet again prolonged its sanctions against Russia, and all talk of increasing the flexibility of the sanctions mechanism ...
... understood metaphorically, not literally.
“All EU members are equal, but some members are more equal than others”
REUTERS
Moscow, February 6, 2015
The Russian political tradition emphasizes hierarchy and this emphasis fully applies to the Russian foreign policy. Having confronted such a complex, ambiguous and controversial structure as the European Union, decision makers in Moscow tried to identify the most accessible entry points using their previous experience and their understanding of the European hierarchy. From the Russian perspective, it was only natural to focus its attention and ...
Russian leaders should not allow the US to implement a policy of international isolation of Russia. This was stated by the head of the Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Alexei Pushkov in an interview to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". "Washington talks about how the United States is moving to a policy of global isolation of our country ... And now the US is trying to bring EU to this policy of isolation" - said Pushkov, according to ITAR-TASS.
According to him, the US administration is...
... explanation short of divine intervention or sheer luck seems to suffice. Despite rising nationalist sentiments and mutual suspicions, Central and Eastern European countries also managed to avoid conflict, thanks to their rapid acceptance into NATO and the European Union.
At that point, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. But, in the early 2000’s, globalization triggered the “second unfreezing” by facilitating rapid economic growth in Asian countries that, for two centuries,...
