The year 2016 is important for understanding the changes in the international arena that started two years before. It was in 2016 that we began to see the new reality – the more or less clear contours of the future – take shape.
Nothing was so clear ...
... downing of the Russian Su-24. Russian military presence in Syria prevented the situation from escalating further. The balance of powers turned out to be stronger than international institutions.
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Andrey Kortunov:
Foreign policy 2016: Ten New Year wishes
(In russian)
On the whole, 2015 marked the triumphant return of the “Age of Politics” to international relations. Even in the former bipolar world, not to mention the 25 years that came after the end of the Cold War, international politics were dominated by economic concerns. Globalization is a product of the economy, not of politics. Last ...