... specific problems where the convergence of interests is obvious while the associated political risks are negligible. Even today, there are no fundamental disagreements between the great powers on issues such as the presence of the Islamic State
(banned in Russia)
in the Middle East, Boko Haram in West Africa, or al-Qaeda
(banned in Russia)
in South Asia.
Hardly any responsible international player is willing to put up with the prospect of terrorist groups acquiring weapons of mass destruction. No one stands to gain anything ...
... herzensleise (quiet-heartedly) and sees the hehre Glänzen (noble shine) in the Augenzelt (eyes) of the other – and is herzerglüht (aglow in the heart) and so affected as to remain wunderstill (miraculously still)?
When I hear the soft singsong of the East Prussian dialect, I am herzerglüht and become wunderstill.
It cannot be mentioned and remembered enough: 14 million refugees lost their homes in Germany after the Second World War, lost everything. Two million died as they fled during and after the war,...
... results can be exactly the opposite of the original expectations.
There are several serious arguments in favour of the numerous supporters of the idea of the extinction of the West. The first is the clear limit of political and normative expansion. Middle East interventions have been phased out, although the global presence remains. The “waves of democracy” have faded so far. The second is the growth of major rivals in the face of Russia and China. Both countries pose a serious military and political challenge. In addition, China is developing at a faster pace technologically, while Russia retains its technological groundwork in the field of defence and security. The third is the ...
... decade. So, what is happening currently has to be the New, New Cold War, or Cold War 3. Or has there been a Long Cold War at least since 1917, a century of Cold War, a single Protracted Cold War, within which there have been short periods of partial relaxation ... ... it, imposing a zero-sum outcome. What was thought to be its end with the collapse of the USSR and unilateral retrenchment of Russia, did not amount to the sustainable victory that the West thought it would be. It now appears that a final gamble on the ...
... grace being granted irrespective of a person’s merits is fairly Eastern, at the very least Byzantine. Grace can be granted to totally unworthy people, such as thieves, as long as they repent, which often happens in legends. At the grassroots level, Russia is more Eastern than it is Western: it is a centaur of sorts, with a Western head and Eastern legs. The government structure is also more Eastern than Western. In other words, Russia can be pictured as an Eastern person that is fluent in European languages, but ...
On December 18 Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa hosted an international conference «Overlapping Easts: From Shared Neighborhood to Globalized Borderlands» under the auspices of EU international program Erasmus+.
On December 18
Sant’ Anna
School of Advanced Studies
in Pisa
hosted an international conference «Overlapping Easts: From Shared ...
... not saying that what is right is always in contrast to what works, but today, it seems that it is. While promoting self determination and democracy among nations may be the right thing to do, it is clearly not working in the current form in The Middle East/North Africa. It works effectively in more monotheistic nations where the population can easily join together to support one cause (eg. Japan post WW2). It is based on the notion that humans have inalienable rights, not given by any government, but ...
... anarchy and chaos in international relations? So why can’t we simply accept this new polarity as a plausible and realistic option that can define the hierarchy and structure of the international system in the XXI century?
Some analysts – at least in Russia – have gone even further and maintain that this new global split has been historically predetermined and unavoidable, being based on ‘objective’ realities. It is often argued that the Atlantic and the Eurasian civilizations have ...
