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2016 – Contours of the New Reality

The year 2016 is important for understanding the changes in the international arena that started two years before. It was in 2016 that we began to see the new reality – the more or less clear contours of the future – take shape. Nothing was so clear in 2014, which was marked by the abrupt transformation of Russia’s relations with the outside world. This was also true of 2015, as too little time passed since key players made extremely consequential decisions whose long-term effects...

11.01.2017

The Inevitable, Weird World

... increasing the world system’s level of governability is in the fundamental interests of all responsible participants in this system. Collapsed Trajectory or Growing Pains? Ivan Timofeev: World Order Or World Anarchy? A Look at the Modern System of International Relations If we proceed from such a definition of the liberal world order, some of the arguments put forward by its opponents must be dismissed right away. The American hegemony is linked to this world order only indirectly. Of course, the ...

20.07.2016

Discussion of International Relations Development with Former French Foreign Minister

... moderated by French Ambassador to Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert, covered the issues of Russia’s foreign and domestic policy, European security and the European Union’s future, Russian-French relations, as well as development of the system of international relations as a whole, in particular, the prospects for international legal practice of “Humanitarian Intervention” and “Responsibility for Protection” concepts, introduced with the help of B. Kushner.

29.01.2016

RIAC at Sciences Po’s Conference “The Art of Diplomacy in the 21st Century”

On January 19, 2016, Sciences Po’s (the Paris Institute of Political Studies) School of International Affairs in partnership with the Center for Analysis, Forecasts and Strategy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France (le Centre d’analyse, de prévision et de stratégie du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international) hosted an international conference “ The Art of Diplomacy in the...

20.01.2016

A New “Age of Politics”

... powers turned out to be stronger than international institutions. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Andrey Kortunov: Foreign policy 2016: Ten New Year wishes (In russian) On the whole, 2015 marked the triumphant return of the “Age of Politics” to international relations. Even in the former bipolar world, not to mention the 25 years that came after the end of the Cold War, international politics were dominated by economic concerns. Globalization is a product of the economy, not of politics. Last ...

12.01.2016

A game approach to the Crimean crisis. Part I: Game Description

... governments over the Crimean Republic and Sevastopol as an extensive game with simultaneous moves which may supply us with verifiable predictions about equilibrium strategies of the players and their outcomes. Players It has become a truism to say that international relations (and politics in general) are a result of actions of many agents, many of whom are not perfectly rational. Although it is somewhat a fair description of interactions in domestic politics (at least when it comes to the multiplicity ...

15.03.2014

...or My Frauduation Speech

... at least, I can think of what my speech would be like. “Dear professors, lecturers, deans and everyone else! Thank you for this magnificent opportunity to express my deep gratitude! First of all, thank you for helping me understand that international relations and political science are not really science. The amount of biases, stereotypes, scholasticism, combined with great politicization and ideologization, lack of expertise in vast areas and unproven belief in the ability to predict ...

24.02.2014

Vivat Academia! or...

Dear Reader! I am terribly sorry for such a delay in my posts, which was caused by a progressive disorder (international?). The entry that you will find here is devoted mainly to the issue of getting a graduate degree in international relations (or a similar field). This post is written by Dr. Fox, while he was still a graduate student, so, please, be sceptic. As much as you can. P.S. I assume, Sir Popper will soon respond to it. [14.04.2010] [7:82 p.m.] Fox My ...

04.02.2014

The Validity of the Term "State" in a De Facto Context

... of international territorial integrity. An issue also exists with regard to the often violent nature of secession, epitomised by the United Nations’ principle of ‘non-use of force’, whereby: All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.[viii] In this instance unrecognised states ...

28.09.2013

Si vis pacem, or is there universal peace?

Dear Reader! Sometimes a diseased mind cannot distinguish one from another, and here you will not find a conversation in its common sense, but something extremely odd. Both Dr. Fox and Sir Popper are here, enchained into one text. The topic is war & peace, but main point is that everything is biased, and the way a person comprehends something (including such a positive idea of peace) depends mainly on one’s point of view, despite the message. Even if this person is good at reading between...

13.09.2013
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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