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Сергей Караганов

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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.

Nuclear schoolboy tricks or provocations?

Rossiiskaya Gazeta
August 7, 2006

The latest issue of Foreign Affairs, a most respectable and the world’s most popular American magazine on foreign and defense policy, published an article by two young authors – an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor of good, yet minor, U.S. universities.

The Geopolitically Handicapped

RIA Novosti
August 7, 2006

Reading recent speeches by some U.S. and NATO people, one might wonder how some Western officials who look so civilized on the surface can be deep down as distracted from reality and, in fact, as geopolitically irrational as only the most radical Islamists have appeared to be.

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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.

Russia Lucky Again?

Vedomosti
February 22, 2012

The article is largely based on the conclusions stated in the Valdai Club report “Russia Should Not Miss Its Chance.” The author is grateful to Valdai Club members for the ideas used by the author herein.