Russia’s preservation of its statehood and sovereignty again becomes the main stake of the conflict. The statehood of Ukraine is another stake
In Russia, the point of view that the goal of the United States and the “collective West” headed by Washington is a final solution to the “Russian question” is becoming more and more widespread. Such a goal is seen as defeating Russia, levelling its military potential, restructuring its statehood, rewiring its identity, and possibly ...
... internal and external audiences. Still others considered it a subtle signal to the West, devised in advance in the political kitchen and voiced by an eminent scholar.... ... position clearly differs from the solutions proposed in the article. Last November, the Russian Foreign Ministry explicitly stressed the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear... ... Maybe it is time to break down the habitual scheme of things?
Aleksey Arbatov:
The Ukrainian Crisis and Strategic Stability
Regardless of the motives behind this proposal...
... John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
On October 20, 2015 RIAC held a meeting with foreign experts on “Russian and Western Views on Conflict Resolution and Security Challenges”. Not surprisingly, two most discussed and difficult topics ... ...
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Ivan Timofeev:
7 Trends for Russian Foreign
Policy You Need to Know
Do you think that the Ukrainian crisis affects neighboring countries in the region?
Absolutely. Russian occupation and military interference within ...
... Institute of International Affairs, Reinhard Krumm of
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
, and Lukasz Kulesa of European Leadership Network.
The discussants came to a conclusion that the Ukraine situation has generated a massive crisis of confidence between Russia and the West, unseen in scale since the Cold War. As a result, Europe is divided into two camps eager to erect varied barriers to fence off from each other.
However, it seems erroneous to insist that the Russia-West freeze has grown directly out of the Ukraine ...