Seven Steps Beyond the Crisis Horizon: Reflecting on Past Mistakes
... been a success. The international community has not responded well to Russia’s increasingly bellicose foreign policy rhetoric, or the “militarization” of its foreign policy in general. The Soviet experience still dominates the Russian concept of soft power, and this makes it challenging to develop working relations with the right people in both the West and East, particularly the younger generation. The geographic range of the Russian language is shrinking: every year, the number of Russian speakers drops by some 2 to 3 million people. It is clear that the effectiveness of Russian power will continue ...