... no longer the case. Against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis and the various reactions thereto around the world, Western journalists are increasingly giving in to the temptation to characterize this period of world history as a struggle between “democracy” (represented by the West, led by the United States, and “correct” non-Western countries such as Japan and Lithuania) and “authoritarianism” (China, Russia and the “enfants terrible of world politics” that joined them). One of the fallouts, therefore, is that there have been new turns to the discussion about whether China’s socio-political system can be called “democracy”.
Ivan Timofeev: ...
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation was biased and "not a fair approach."
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation ...
... States does not view the European Union as a problematic trade rival compared to China.
The majority of the less important trading powers will be forced to play the role of outside observers in trade disputes involving the U.S.–China–EU triangle. Russia is just one of these powers. For example, the agreement between Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Trump for the European Union to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in exchange for freezing the duties on European cars will boost the argument of those ...
... background of an unprecedented campaign launched by the United States in late 2016 regarding “Russian interference” in the U.S. elections. There are regular calls in Congress for Russia to be punished, through sanctions, for undermining American democracy. Russia is being blamed for nothing more and nothing less than threatening American statehood.
The theory about Russia interfering in the U.S. elections should not be downplayed or dismissed out of hand. Moscow simply cannot understand why Russia would ...
... reason, Russia suggested a resolution in the United Nations in 2014 called: Combating glorification of Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.[6] 4. Democracy Russia, in Soviet time and now, is considered the embodiment of authoritarianism and totalitarianism. That fact alone gives rise to countless criticism on behalf of the Russian Federation. In the film we can see that democratic principles in the implementation ...
... In Russia’s case, these two agendas are clearly contradictory. We are consolidating our statehood and sovereignty to the detriment of our prospects in the global world (in the 1990s, we were enthusiastically doing the opposite).
The issue of democracy in Russia’s case is closely connected with this dilemma. There is demand for democracy in Russian society. And it is intimately related to a similar demand for openness to the outside world. But there is a no less powerful demand to keep a distance ...
... should talk about different levels of inter-societal cooperation that could and should deal with different sets of issues – in both short-term and long-term perspectives. Long-term issues concern Euro-Atlantic security, stable trade relations and democracy-building in the region. Short-term issues concern conflict-management in the Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian territorial integrity and economic stabilization. The Ukrainian crisis and atmosphere of distrust between Russia and the West showed that Europe’s security architecture is dysfunctional and has to be partially revised. Government efforts and official diplomatic channels seem unable to overcome the existing gaps, and therefore the involvement of think ...
... familiar as I am with your erudition on our country and given the attention you pay in your letter to the situation in Russia, I wish to touch upon an intrinsically Russian thread.
Americans have always imparted essential meaning to the issue of democracy. Democracy in itself is perceived as a value in the United States.
In Russia we respect the values
that Americans hold dear. Moreover, you are unlikely to find in Russia an assured and stable majority that would oppose the idea of
democracy and advocate strict authoritarian rule.
Democracy, in my opinion,...
... from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and has also studied at University of California at Davis and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
In the evening of 7 August 2014, Tokyo was struck by a happy surprise: Japan was exempted from Russia’s countermeasures designed in response to Western sanctions. The Jiji Press –a major Japanese media with global networks– immediately reported on its headline that “日本は制裁対象外＝欧米の青果など禁輸,...
... been putting tremendous (sometimes too much) pressure on the world’s second super power, the day may come when Russia will be called for security cooperation to balance the regional power distribution.
Photo: The Voice of Russia http://voiceofrussia.com/2012_05_18/75132769/
2. Population dynamics and silver democracy (energy security; post-nuclear disaster management; social security and elderly welfare; education)
Japan is by any definition the most rapidly developing aging society in the world with its elderly population (age beyond 65 years old) is ...
