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Towards Genuine Multi-Vector Alignment?

... goals—initially represented not so much the substance of foreign policy as an important symbolic declaration. The meaning of this declaration, which is by no means objectionable, lay in signalling one’s own foreign-policy autonomy and the capacity to make decisions based on national interests as shaped by domestic political development. Said political development, in turn, moved consistently to acquire a more stable quality than the one the new post-Soviet states could reasonably expect to receive from Russia,...

13.02.2026

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Russia, Greater Eurasia and Modern International Politics

... is partly contributed to by the legacy of the transition from the Soviet economic model to the market one, during which some CIS countries developed special ties to and a dependence on the West. We are dealing with a rather unique example of a struggle ... ... 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 ...

08.02.2024

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Poll conducted

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%)