... (“Orthodox,” “Catholic,” “Islamic,” “Buddhist,” etc.) is meaningless, as it would take us back to the irrational Middle Ages. And the sooner humanity accepts this and sets about the universal process of Reformation along the lines of the Western European model, the better.
Protestantism became the ideological basis for the formation of national European governments.
Second, a compromise position is possible, one in which Western European Protestantism is recognized as the only alternative,...
... NATO’s enlargement to the east, taught Russia’s elites and public some pretty hard lessons about the country’s post-Soviet role.
NATO enlargement, the Kosovo crisis and the war in Chechnya marked the end of the early benign attitude toward the West, and above all the United States. It dawned on the Kremlin that, in the final count, Russia could only rely on nuclear weapons to protect its vital security interests.
The financial default after the collapse of the Soviet Union demonstrated that ...
... the meeting: current tendencies of Russia’s social and economic development, possible priorities of the new political cycle, different aspects of Russia’s foreign policy, and the prospects for the development of relations between Russia and the West.
... meeting with the Lithuanian Diplomats.
The meeting focused on the current issues in bilateral relations between Russia and Lithuania, security and cooperation in the Baltic region, as well as more common issues on cooperation between Russia and the West.
The representatives of the Lithuanian embassy got to know about RIAC project and information work, and about the short-term plans of the Council.
... Russia’s political risks, the possible influence of the new U.S. sanctions on Russian financial system, preliminary macro-economic results of Russia’s development in the current year, and the probable improvement in relations between Russia and the West in the short- and middle-term perspective in the context of Russia’s attempts to get things moving in Ukrainian and Syrian crises resolution.
Fake news creates a vicious circle of distrust challenging both Russia and the West
Special counsel Robert Mueller, who is running the probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. domestic affairs, got the access to Russian-linked ads campaign on Facebook during the presidential election. After he obtained a search warrant ...
On September 14, 2017, Riga, Latvia, hosted an international seminar “The West and Russia: Changing Euro-Atlantic Security Landscapes?”. The seminar was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. LIIA Director Andris Spruds chaired and mediated the event.
On September 14, 2017, Riga, Latvia, hosted an ...
... Russia and beyond. Observers saw plenty of signs of impending cataclysms: the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, the victory of a political outsider in the U.S. presidential election, the rise of far-right populism and anti-globalism in the West, and the wave of migration threatening to engulf Europe.
It seemed as if it wouldn’t take much for the entire current system of world politics to come tumbling down like a house of cards. The future of the EU was the subject of the largest number ...
... for International Security, Primakov National Research
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of
Sciences (IMEMO RAS).
Defining the Problem
Future
scholars will probably study today’s relations between Russia and the West as a
paradox. They will refer to them as an example of the nonlinearity of world
politics, find in them numerous “black swans,” and write up countless
dissertations on the unpredictability of relations between the great powers.
Indeed, the Euro-Atlantic ...
... scientist of Greek origin, may represent a new stage in the study of the Fourth Political Theory.In a book of 114 pages the graduate of Freiburg and Seville universities separates myths from reality regarding the old-new confrontation between Russia and the West. He introduces the German reader to the Eurasian ideology and provides his own unique interpretation on how political theories evolved in both Russia and the West. A special interest (and my personal sympathy) is aroused by his view on the theory ...
