CIAO DATE: 09/2008
Volume: 53, Issue: 5
September 2007
Vladimir Putin - George Bush: "Playing the Same Game"
M. Bragin
The Brownian Movement
E. Ananieva
The Mutual Responsibility and Irresponsibility of the West and Russia
Anatol Lieven
Cultures Dialoguing: an Alternative to Using Force
A. Skachkov
Asymmetric Response vs. the Strategic Defense Initiative (PDF)
A. Kokoshin
The "asymmetric response" to the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), put forward by US President Ronald Reagan in 1983, was one of the most interesting examples of complex politico-military strategy (comprising diplomatic, political and propaganda activity, as well as concrete programs for the development of weapon systems and an appropriate scientific and technical base).
Russian Parliamentary Diplomacy in the East
A. Voronin
The Alliance of Civilizations Project
V. Popov
Finland and NATO
Yu. Deryabin
International Law at a Crossroads
E. Kuzmin
Political Fortunes of Chancellor Rumiantsev
V. Lopatnikov
Swedish Transit
Ye. Rymko
A Different Type of Russian-U.S. Relations (PDF)
A. Fomenko
The near half a century of the Cold War between the USSR and the U.S. and the subsequent 15 years of "NATO enlargement" created in the heads of both the Russians and the Americans a stereotype based on the perception of each other as almost natural geopolitical rivals, doomed to confrontation, if not by geography, then by history.
Meanwhile, almost throughout the entire historical coexistence of the North American United States and the Russian Empire, their relationship served as a model of loyalty and mutual benefit.
Russia and China in the 21st Century
V. Denisov
Five O'Clock Club: Ambassador Stanislas de Laboulaye
U.S. - Russia Roundtable in New York
V. Andreev
Jong Lee: "My Heart Is Full of Beauty"