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Letter From the EditorsTo the Brink: From the Return of Checkpoint Charlie, to the Point of No Return in Russian-US Relations FEATURED NEWS STORIES New US President, New US-Russian Relations? Nuclear Disarmament at Stake in Russia-West Tiff THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Toying With a ThawRecent Conciliatory Remarks by Putin, Other Russian Officials Do Not Portend […]
Letter From the EditorsIs the End of the Globalization Era in Sight? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Syria Drama Continues to Unfold Did ‘Normandy Four’ Meeting Make Inroads? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Political Parties/Blocs Zyuganov Starts Criticizing PutinRFCP Leader Gennady Zyuganov Voices Displeasure With Putin Following State Duma Elections The Economy A Tombstone for the Grave of an […]
Letter From the EditorsTaking the High Ground: This Week’s Lip Service, Laughs and Lectures From Russia FEATURED NEWS STORIES ‘Normandy Four’ Meet in Berlin US Election Generates Keen Interest in Russia THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Chechnya “Kadyrov Is the Caucasus Version of Putin”Human Rights Activists: Kremlin Needs to Start Process of Removing Kadyrov From Power OTHER […]
ECONOMICS “Path Dependence” and Problems of Modernization from AboveN. Pliskevich HISTORY Europeanization, Westernization and the Mechanisms of Adaptation of Western Innovations in Imperial RussiaYe. Alekseyeva, D. Redin, M.-P. Rey PHILOLOGY Time Does Not Exist: The Works of Yevgeny VodolazkinA. Magly PHILOSOPHY The Concept of Free Will in EthicsL. Maksimov POLITICAL SCIENCE It Did Not Work […]
Letter From the EditorsCold War 2.0 to the Rescue – or How to Travel Back in Time Without Really Trying FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia, West Ramp Up Cold War Rhetoric Does Russia Need Military Bases Abroad? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Moral and Political Reasons for Not Extraditing SnowdenDoes Moscow Really Have Moral High Ground in […]
The author examines the results of the 15-year activity of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, its structure, and relations between its members. He also analyzes its role in the region and partnership problems, and forecasts the organization’s development prospects in the currently unfolding new world order.
GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY The Islamic State Is a Trojan Horse for Eurasia A.N. Belsky, O.V. Klimenko Assessing the Balance of Strategic Forces in a Multipolar World V.I. Kuznetsov, D.A. Penkov, S.V. Ruchkin The US National Security Strategy and Its Implementation in Today’s Conditions Ye.O. Savchenko MILITARY ART Military Strategy: Looking Ahead S.G. Chekinov, S.A. Bogdanov […]
The authors look at the issue of European security in the context of large migration flows that have brought not only a new mode of life to many European countries, but also new threats and the most serious challenges since WWII. They suggest a certain set of tools to prevent a similar situation in the Russian Federation.
RAS IFES ROUND TABLE The Current State of Russian-Chinese Relations POLITICS Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Where Is It Headed?V. Vorobyov China in BRICS: First Among EqualsYa. Leksyutina ECONOMICS The Role of Chinese Living Abroad in the Development of the Northern Branch of the Silk Road Economic BeltA. Afonasyeva Ferrous Metallurgy of the PRC during the 12th […]
Letter From the Editors FEATURED NEWS STORIES Moscow’s Syria Operation Hits One-Year Mark MH17 Crash Investigation Implicates Moscow Putin Halts Russia-US Nuclear Waste Agreement THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Crisis ManagerFormer Prime Minister Kiriyenko Poised to Become Putin’s Right-Hand Man State ReformState Reform Needed to Overcome Economic Crisis, Bring Russia Into 21st Century State and Law […]