Publications

Сергей Караганов

Publications

A Union of Europe: The Last Chance?

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
July 14, 2010

Over the past twenty years, Russia and Europe have had two chances for rapprochement. And both were largely missed. The first window of opportunity opened after the Russian revolution of 1991 and lasted until about the mid-1990s.

Global Zero and Common Sense

Russia in global affairs
July 6, 2010

Nuclear Weapons in the Modern World This article is based on the material prepared for a Trilateral Commission meeting. On the surface, the nuclear weapons situation has been developing quite successfully.

“Despite its decline, Europe will be a shining example of how the world should be governed”

Europe's World
May 18, 2010

Several major trends will dominate the next two decades. There will be the continuous shift of economic and political power from Europe and to some extent from the U.S. to East and South Asia.

The Dangers of Nuclear Disarmament

Project Syndicate
May 13, 2010

MOSCOW – Russia and the United States have signed a new strategic nuclear-arms reduction treaty (START). Officially, the treaty cuts their weapons by one-third; in fact, each party will decommission only several dozen.

The Nucleus of the Treaty

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
May 13, 2010

Russia and the U.S. have signed a new strategic arms reduction treaty. This officially cuts their surplus of arms by one third, but in actual fact, each party will only decommission several dozen such armaments.

Echoes of the Past Wars

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
March 9, 2010

Or Strategic Havoc Last year was quite eventful in military-strategic terms. Russia and the United States remained locked in tough-going talks over strategic arms reductions. The odds are they may soon deliver a treaty.

A Lop-Sided Power

Russia in global affairs
December 25, 2013

Resume The main reserves for Russia’s foreign policy and its influence in the next decade lie more than ever in internal development. And this is also where the main threats are, fraught with the risk of losing political weight in the international arena and the status of great power.

Europe, Russia and the Battle for Ukraine

Vedomosti
November 12, 2013

I am sure that Brussels’ interest is purely political and psychological. The EU’s international influence has been damaged by the crisis and the mistakes of the 1990s, when Brussels set the unrealistic goal of creating a common foreign and defense policy. All this was to undermine the impact of great powers, while preventing the EU from expanding its international clout.

A Doomed “Reset”

Vedomosti
August 28, 2013

The now-on-now-off relations between Russia and the United States in recent years have resulted the termination of their “reset” policy with President Obama’s decision to cancel the planned face-to-face summit with President Putin, which was to be held during a G20 meeting in Russia.