When Persisting Delusions Vanish
The day of February 16, 2022 will come to be a remarkable moment for the history of contemporary international relations. Scrutinized by some Western...
Russia-NATO: On the History of the Current Crisis
To produce an adequate analysis of a particular complex international issue—and even more so to try to resolve it if necessary—it is imperative to...
Is War Inevitable?
Over the past days and weeks, media outlets have been proliferating all kinds of apocalyptic predictions and scenarios on the immediate prospects of the...
The Road Leading Nowhere
A few days ago, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, announced the expulsion of several diplomats from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the...
International Relations Amid the Pandemic
We could rest assured that COVID-19 will be defeated, sooner rather than later. The excessive angst and fear we currently feel will gradually subside,...
Time for Diplomacy
When I was hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union as an interpreter in the mid-1970s, the hardest thing about...
Why Is Europe Hostile Towards Russia?
In his seminal 1871 work Russia and Europe, the famous Russian intellectual and Slavophile Nikolay Danilevsky set forth his theory that “Europe recognizes Russia...
Russia and U.S. Must Not Squander Chances For Cooperation
A new chapter in American history has begun.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The...
Focusing on the Bigger Picture
The Russian media has been overwhelmed by expert (and not so expert) predictions over the past few days about who will win the U.S....