Внешняя политика России

Due to the Ukrainian crisis, relations between the EU and Russia hit rock bottom, the lowest point from the end of the Cold War. Indeed, it is crystal clear that today’s dispute is nothing but the latest chapter of a long story of misunderstandings and conflicting strategies on the post–Soviet states of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. The further deepening of this cleavage would inflict serious damage on all interested parties: the EU, Russia and several post-Soviet states. Why is Ukraine so important both for EU and Russia? What are the real origins of the current crisis that brought to an open confrontation between Russia and the EU? What is the rationale behind Russia’s firm opposition to a further NATO enlargement? What are the viable options to escape the fate of a new "Cold War"?

The Russia Direct Guidebook to Russian Foreign Policy, which includes work by prominent international experts, looks back at some of the defining moments in Moscow’s relations with the world over the past year and analyzes the challenges ahead.

Examining Russia–EU relations in terms of the forms and types of power tools they use, this book argues that the deteriorating relations between Russia and the EU lie in the deep differences in their preferences for the international status quo. These different approaches, combined with economic interdependence and geographic proximity, means both parties experience significant difficulties in shaping strategy and formulating agendas with regards to each other.

Книга Ренселлера Ли и Артема Лукина «Российский Дальний Восток: новые тенденции развития в АТР и за его пределами» посвящена анализу стратегического значения российского Дальнего Востока в свете изменения геополитических реалий Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона. Авторы, указывая на исторические, экономические и политические особенности развития региона, уделяют особое внимание изменениям международной обстановки, обусловившим усиление регионального влияния Пекина и ускорение российско-китайского сближения. Кроме того, в книге обосновывается тезис о возможности восстановления отношений Москвы и Вашингтона именно через сотрудничество в Дальневосточном регионе.

Soon after Vladimir Putin secured his third term as Russian president, the Russian government established for the first time the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East in May 2012. In addition, a national program called the ‘Socio-Economic Development of the Far East and the Baikal Region’ was adopted in March 2013. Then the program was completely revised and transformed in 2014. From this one can witness Russia’s unprecedented interests in developing the Far East and the Baikal region. This study systematically analyzes the development of the Far East and the Baikal region and presents detailed policy responses while taking into account the geopolitical and geoeconomic significance of the region.