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CHINA became a defining topic of Donald Trump’s election campaign since it was closely associated with the basic elements of both his foreign and domestic policy. Whether directly or indirectly, China affected globalization, its pluses, and minuses for America, U.S. jobs and industry, the conditions of American business’s competition on both the domestic and foreign […]
RUSSIA’S POSITION on territorial and border conflicts in East Asia arouses great interest. Most of these conflicts have deep roots in and are consequences of the Cold War, primarily stemming from legal gaps in the system of interstate borders that is based on the San Francisco Peace Treaty. These conflicts include disputes over the South […]
Armen Oganesyan, Editor-in-Chief, International Affairs: Alexey Olegovich, these days everything related to the weather and climate change is of special interest to us and the world at large. The reason for this is natural disasters that are uncharacteristic of the region: tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, and tropical storms. What is going on? A. Kokorin: I will […]
The Global Context THE CURRENT STAGE of Russia’s pivot to the East is the product of the second half of the 2000s largely as a belated economic response to the rise of Asia, which opened new opportunities for the country’s development, especially for its eastern part. That rise made it possible to turn the Ural […]
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has inherited large strategic and tactical nuclear arsenals from his predecessor, Barack Obama, and a strategy of “unconditional offensive nuclear deterrence,” which allows for the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike against practically any country that is not an ally, friend or partner of the United States. The Rich Legacy AS […]
POST-IMPERIAL and post-Soviet Russia has just started its quest for self-identity. This is neither good nor bad: its new state hypostasis is only twenty-five years old which makes it not an easy task to send “Urbi et orbi” a clear and convincing message about its essence and the optimal ways of its realization. Each U-turn […]
TODAY’S INTENSE CONFRONTATION between Russia and the West is causing increasing anxiety both among political experts and among ordinary people all over the world. Polemics between the two sides tend to be sharper than propaganda philippics of the Cold War era. 1 The euphoria of the 1990s over the “end of history” with the standoff […]
A PART OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Europe, however, has been very selective about alien cultures and civilizations; not a “melting pot” American style, it is paying dearly for this function imposed on it. The disagreements on the migration issues in the European corridors of power threaten the cohesion of the European Unity.
WORLD ISSUES Our Past and a Secure World Order TodayV. Kelin Yalta, Potsdam and Helsinki: Lessons of History as Reflected in Modern Political Agendas V. Yakunin BRICS: Results of the Russian Presidency and Development Vectors A. Lukashik Arctic Security: International Law Aspects A. Moiseev The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Points and Potential Effects G. Kostyunina, B. […]
RUSSIAN WORLD Rossotrudnichestvo Turns 90 L. Glebova Fifth World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad K. Klimovsky “The Russian World Means a State of Heart and Mind” S. Filatov WORLD ISSUES The Great Geopolitical Revolution: Results So Far K. Brutents U.S. Policy in a Changing World A. Kortunov, A. Frolov Transatlantic Partnership Plan: Germany’s Position B. […]