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The row over Iran's nuclear program will have major repercussions for Russia. It concerns this country's vital interests, and even its very survival. For all that, this row should not eclipse a more general problem of nuclear weapons proliferation, which has become a reality.
By Vladislav Inozemtsev & Sergei Karaganov The international order that had its beginnings with the Treaty of Westphalia (1648)--in short, a world comprised of sovereign territorial states--is coming to a close.
The current immigration situation is extremely alarming. During the past year or two, the number of immigrants coming to Russia has not exceeded 200,000 per year, which is 4 to 6 times less than the number needed to compensate for the natural population loss.
Only the lazy do not speak about the growing crisis in Russia-US relationship. The world is waiting for the Bratislava summit between Vladimir Putin and George Bush with mixed feelings dominated by concern. There are objective and subjective reasons for this.
Two European Union bodies recently issued similar documents calling for a revision of the EU's policy toward Russia. One of them contained recommendations prepared by the European Parliament's committee on foreign affairs for the European Council. The other was prepared by the European Commission.
In these circumstances, the question is not “Who will be the next president of Russia?” but rather “Will Russia overcome the inertia of stagnation, which is turning it into a country unable to maneuver and lead amid the chaos in the new, increasingly dangerous (although not directly threatening) world?
But we, just as the other authors of the program, take no offence. “Remain to praise and slander cool, and do not argue with a fool” – this advice from great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin helps us not to distract from the cause that we undertook to champion.
What makes Project Siberia so efficient is that it benefits everyone. Russia would maintain effective sovereignty over the eastern territories while creating a new platform for development. China, Asia, and the world would get a new resource and food-supply base, easing emerging shortages.

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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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