China and Russia act in accordance with their own interests, which are not always identical. For the time being, the creation of a Russo-Chinese ... ... staked a claim to an enormous chunk of the Arctic: 6.8 million square kilometers of sea, declaring it the polar territory of the USSR. As a result, the territory of the Soviet Union grew from the furthermost continental points on the Kola and Chukotka peninsulas ...
... could threaten U.S. interests.
The “we will do what we need to do and to hell with Russia” attitude resulted in preserving NATO as a politico-military alliance, first... .... U.S. diplomat George Kennan assessed it as the most fatal mistake in the post-war history of the United States.
Still, there was, for a time, a lingering chance for... ... Helsinki Accords and the 1990 Paris Charter for a New Europe.
In 1991, while serving as USSR ambassador to Italy, I was involved in serious discussions with Italian Foreign...
Russia’s brand of exceptionalism is not messianic. It is rooted in the isolation of ... ... withstood and defeated the assault of Nazi Germany. Victory in World War II transformed the USSR into a world superpower, with a powerful nuclear-armed military, vast industry... ... position as a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council.
In Russian history, the Soviet period stands out for two aberrations resulting from the communist...
... Were there not enough events in the past century that knocked down the old system and brought new motivations into international practice? There certainly were many such events, but the past twelve months converted quantity into ultimate quality, and Russia’s politics has yet to comprehend their implications.
Until recently Moscow believed that despite the obvious asymmetry of Russian and U.S. potentials, their relations were important for both of them and significant for the rest of the world, ...
