CIAO DATE: 11/2008
Volume: 54, Issue: 2
March 2008
“Thirst for Victory Has Always Been a Part of Our National Character”
V. Putin
Et Cetera
B. Piadyshev
Dmitry Medvedev Wins the Presidency
I. Antonov, G. Povolotsky
"Russian America" Votes for Dmitry Medvedev
M. Bragin
The Country Is in Good Shape for the Successor
S. Pereslegin
Foreign Policy Restores Russia as a World Power (PDF)
Ye. Primakov
The process of Russia's resurgence could not but impact on its place and role in the world arena. Gone is the time when, following the breakup of the USSR, Russia was, not without a reason, seen as a country prepared to be led as long as that gave it a pass to "civilized society."
The principal distinguishing feature of the foreign policy course that the country took under President Putin was the priority given to national interests. Furthermore, Russia seeks to attain this goal not through confrontation with any one party, without any attempts to strengthen its positions by creating military blocs, but by developing multilateral relations with states on different continents. That does not mean, however, that Russia is unable to offer an effective rebuff to any encroachment on its vital interests: The country defense capability has grown significantly with its Armed Forces rising from the ashes of the 1990s.
A Meeting on the East River
V. Zaemsky
Russia’s Pioneering Role in the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy
Mohammed ElBaradei
Nuclear Power: 25 Years Down the Road
Yu. Sokolov
SCO: Law and Security in the 21st Century
V. Lavrov
Russia - Poland: A Window of Opportunity?
A. Mal' gin
2007 Foreign Policy in Review, Outlook for 2008
B. Piadyshev, A. Torkunov, A. Panov, M. Kamynin, G. Muradov, V. Inozemtsev, G. Nikonov, T. Avdeeva, V. Gutnik, S. Oznobishchev, G. Chufrin, N. Yutanov
A Strong Diplomacy for a Strong Country (PDF)
K. Kosachev
OUR LINE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS is coming under strong pressure for several reasons at once. Number one reason is Russia's comeback to the world arena that Vladimir V. Putin declared in a most easy-to-understand way in Munich. Number two reason is that Russia, as seen by the West, is containing the creation of a new world order where international law will be subordinated to expedience (some countries can have nuclear programs, others not, etc.) and ideological criteria (countries acknowledged as democratic enjoy more extensive rights than the rest, including the right for violations of democracy itself), or, in effect, to the arbitrary division into "friends" and "foes." Russia clearly stands in the way, in the first place over Kosovo, but also Iran, Middle East, U.S. antimissile defenses in Europe, and much else.
Russia's Image
M. Kamynin
We Are Cautiously Optimistic
I. Melnikov
Russian: A Bridge Between Nations
Chingiz Aitmatov
Russia and the West: From Fedor Tiutchev to Nowadays
M. Kudriavtsev
President Kekkonen and Prime Minister Kosygin
Esa Seppanen
“Well-Known Diplomats of Russia.” Vol. I-III
E. Ananieva
“Soviet-American Relations: The Détente Years, 1969-1972”
A. Dulian
"Russia and the World Order Today" By V. Likhachev
G. Shaikhutdinova