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Having suggested deployment of missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, and achieved their tentative consent to host them, Washington has met with not only Russia's tough reaction but also the most unpleasant irritation of its main European allies.
One can only be amazed at the present state of Russian-European relations. Misunderstandings and minor issues take precedence over far deeper shared interests. These interests are clear: the need to prevent or manage the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
When analyzing the Berlin Declaration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the European Union, the majority of commentators looked for its shortcoming.
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;
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
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.
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.
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.
The “reset” of Russian-U.S. relations has petered out as the new agenda for it never materialized and failed to give it an impulse and relations inevitable started to slide back.

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‘Europe is a half-dead body’ – Timofey Bordachev. ‘We don’t need an inch of EU land’ – Sergey Karaganov
The interview with Sergei Karaganov by Diana Panchenko “In a Year, Russia Will Strike the EU – A Big Interview with Karaganov” was published
The new interview with Sergei Karaganov and John Mearsheimer by Glenn Diesen: “Nuclear strike on Europe to restore deterrence” was published
Report “A Renewed BRICS for a Polycentric World: From Global Chaos to Orderly Multipolarity” is published
Karaganov: “La démocratie élective est une voie directe vers la domination de la ploutocratie”
Materials for the plenary session “Russia’s Transport Policy in the New Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Realities”

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