Publications

Сергей Караганов

Publications

The future of Russia and the EU

RIA Novosti
March 3, 2007

For Russia, Europe is a centuries-long magnet, which has had a strong influence on its cultural identity to this day. For Europe, Russia has always been both a shield and a threat. Russia defended Europe from the Mongols, Turks and Nazis;

Rapports Russie — Union europ? enne : quel avenir?

RIA Novosti
March 3, 2007

Pour la Russie, l'Europe est, depuis des siècles, un pôle d'attraction qui a déterminé et qui continue de déterminer son identité civilisée. Pour l'Europe, la Russie est, à la fois, un défenseur et une menace, défenseur contre les hordes tataro-mongoles

How to make elite in Belarus pro-Russian?

RIA Novosti
January 30, 2007

Moscow and Minsk seem to have come to terms. Moscow has increased gas tariffs, and given Belarus a blessing of transition. It has also raised export duties for the oil pumped into Belarus and through it.

Cracking Putin’s code

RIA Novosti
October 13, 2006

MOSCOW. (Politichesky Zhurnal — RIA Novosti) — Vladimir Putin met with participants in the Valdai Discussion Club on September 9, but it has taken until today for an adequate response to come out of the event.

Goals for Russia

RIA Novosti
August 28, 2006

To begin with, I would like to sum up some developments. It has become obvious that the United States has lost Iraq, and that the situation there is quickly sliding down into a civil war, which will involve adjacent countries.

Russia — U.S.: back to peaceful coexistence?

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
August 7, 2006

Unofficial translation Last week, two important foreign policy papers were released in the United States. One is the president’s national security report, The National Security Strategy of the United States of America.

A Third “Unfreezing”

Vedomosti
January 23, 2013

The collapse of communism in the 1990s was followed by what is commonly referred to as the “unfreezing” of numerous conflicts that had been “frozen” by structural confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, which at that time represented the East and the West.

Keeping the Powder Dry

Russia in global affairs
December 27, 2012

There is a widely-held view that military power – the main tool for the expansion of state agendas since time immemorial – is progressively losing importance.

Russia’s Luck Has Run Out

The Moscow Times
February 24, 2012

But despite these positive trends, things are looking less rosy on the country's domestic political front. An increasing number of Russians has begun expressing discontent, if not hatred, for the ruling elite. This is disturbingly reminiscent of the unstable political environment of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991.