Publications

Сергей Караганов

Publications

On the Perpetuation of the Memory of the Victims of the Totalitarian Regime and on National Reconciliation

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
April 12, 2011

The project has been presented to the President and has caused a lively discussion in society, and this is what it was intended for. We do not expect it to be approved within a year, even a significant part of it. Rather, it is intended for the long term.

Should We Overcome Deterrence?

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
April 6, 2011

Young political scientists, as their predecessors, fear the renewed confrontation in U.S.-Russia relations because missiles of both countries are still targeted at each other. Hence they believe that these relations are doomed to recurring hostility.

Lucky Russia

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
March 14, 2011

Moscow lost the first Chechen war politically but won the Second – again at a horrible price. Very few people believed in this “victory.” Almost everyone in the world predicted Russia’s defeat, and very many people wanted it.

An iron fist to keep NATO expansion at bay

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
February 1, 2011

As it happened, the Russian leader’s presence turned the Lisbon summit into something positive. In that sense, wittingly or unwittingly, president Medvedev conferred legitimacy on NATO.

NATO’s Emphasis on Russia

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
November 29, 2010

There was nothing in the Concept that worried me. On the contrary, many things pleased me. The only thing that can raise questions is the hint at the need for negotiations on reductions in tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, which I think would do only harm.

After the Reset

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
October 8, 2010

Russia has joined the coalition of countries that have been trying to exert the last attempts to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear or “threshold” status (the ability to produce nuclear arms). It looks like the international community has already lost this proliferation round.

Russia needs to defend its interests with an iron fist

Financial times
March 5, 2014

President Vladimir Putin has been trying to bring together most of the countries of the former Soviet Union in an economic alliance. This would have strengthened the region’s economic competitiveness and helped ward off the kind of instability that bedevilled the Weimar Republic after the dissolution of the German Empire.

Enlightened Conservatism Strategy

Vedomosti
February 28, 2014

There is a way to break the deadlock. Of course, a reasonable economic and fiscal policy is a must, as is the improvement of investment climate and measures to stimulate competition, economic growth, etc.