... Union, which needs the Ukrainian market. Nevertheless, they allowed the conflict to become so deep as to cause damage to both sides (both the Russian and EU economies are suffering from the sanctions currently in force).
The destructive impact that the Ukrainian crisis has had on trust between Russia and the West is felt at all levels.
At the
institutional level
, Russia is perceived as a country that violates international norms and treaties, as well as the key principles of the modern world order, which are based on the concept of national sovereignty,...
Irina Khakamada
, one of Russia’s most prominent female liberal politicians, met RIAC website editor Maria Smekalova to share her views on the future ... ... differ from the continental versions of France, Italy and Spain. The Japanese and Indian systems markedly diverge from their Western counterparts. But they all represent liberalism.
Is Russian liberalism a reality?
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Maxim Bratersky:
Is Liberalism ...
... their current course.
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In the most radical version, it implies a change of the country’s leadership.
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This logic dictates not so much containment as it does intimidation of the Russian elite.
The realistic narrative envisages convincing Russia that its fears regarding both the Ukrainian crisis and the overall trend in the development of its relations with the West are exaggerated.
Predictably, the recommendations of realists differ both from constructivist and liberal advice. In their opinion, attempts to punish, intimidate, or even replace the Russian leadership would merely strengthen existing fears in ...
... published before the public inquiry into Litvinenko’s death, delivered a heavy blow to British-Russian relations [
15
]. While this information was not accepted by the court as evidence, it contributed to the crime being considered a state one.
The West’s failure to make Russia change its policy toward the Ukrainian crisis, even by imposing the most severe sectoral economic sanctions, as well as the rebels’ successful advance on Ukrainian troop positions in early 2015 prompted the hasty deployment of NATO troops in Baltic countries, also sparking ...
Shuttle diplomacy exercised by European leaders gives us a phantom of a chance that we must not overlook
The first impression from the Munich conference is that relations between Russia and the West are beginning to resemble a game of chicken. It is as if two airplanes are rushing towards each other head-on, and both crews refuse to deviate from their planned route. The only way for one side to win is for his opponent to lose. It is a virtually ...
... and tangible results (especially, given the current political and social instability in many countries around the world), but in the long term this approach may prove incorrect.
What should the basis of the new Russian patriotism be?
Sergey Lavrov:
Russia’s Priorities in Europe and the World
Today the patriotic upsurge is considered to be one of the main positive outcomes of the Ukrainian crisis. However, one doesn’t have to be a sociologist to note that this upsurge is largely due to anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Ukrainian sentiments, rather than to the fostering of one’s own although rather ambiguous values. Whether these anti-Western sentiments reflect the real picture of the modern world is a separate topic. But in any case, this foundation ...
Japan’s Ukrainian principles
Japan joined the sanctions policy initiated by the West against Russia from day one of the escalations in the situation in Ukraine. The first three packages of Japanese sanctions were aimed ... ... is not of an ad hoc nature and reflects the country's long-term strategy, which manifested itself in the period preceding the Ukrainian crisis. Back in 2012, despite the displeasure of Beijing, Russia brought the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline ...
Instead of a new Cold War, someday we could face a real, large-scale military conflict
Since the crisis in Ukraine began, many have claimed that a new Cold War between Russia and the West already exists. This rhetoric, used even by high-profile politicians, in my opinion, is driven mostly by emotions and is meant to justify difficult positions taken by one or the other side.
I am convinced that no Cold War of the type we experienced ...
On October 20, 2014, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexei Gromyko, a RIAC member, visited Rome to attend an international conference on relations between Russia and the West in the Ukraine context held by the Instituto Affari Internazionali and Center on the United States and Europe of the Brookings Institution with support of the Italian Foreign Ministry.
The audience included over fifty experts, journalists and diplomats,...
... consolidates the alliance, so Brussels happily jumped at the opportunity to play the Russian card and to portray us as a threat. Now this idea is being fuelled, including at the latest NATO summit in Newport, although it was during those same days that Russia’s efforts brought about some chances of getting out of the Ukrainian crisis!
We have repeatedly asked our Western colleagues: is it necessary to expand NATO, probably it would be better to bear in mind the OSCE, the equal and indivisible security for all? We were told: you see, the Baltic countries have some phobias after being part of the USSR, they longed ...
