... have not been seriously considered for a place in the Security Council, regardless of the loyalty shown towards the organization [
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] This is partially why notions of reforming the UNSC and UN in general have gained traction over recent years. [
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Russian Realism and Veto
Being an open advocate of pragmatic realist diplomacy, Russia’s recent
Foreign Policy Concept,
clearly outlines its priorities in maintaining state sovereignty and protecting individual state interests, both of its allies and its own....
... civilization does not have political subjectivity, then it is very difficult to consider it as an actor in international relations.
The Concept of the State-Civilisation: the Russian Context
Ivan Timofeev:
Forget Kalashnikov? Russian Foreign Policy After Realism
Let's return to Russia. The appearance in the official document of the concept of the state-civilisation brings us back to the fundamental questions of our identity. Who are we? What is the nature of our state? What is our vision for the future for ourselves and for ...
... the alliance should be based on the need for securitization, as is required by the Copenhagen theory. The rhetoric from these points of view is aimed at the epistemological community, fixing the enemy to strengthen unity and security procedures. In Russia, which proceeds from classical realism or neorealism, we tend to think of NATO as of a military-political alliance that defends the geopolitical interests of a bloc of countries rather than of a community of global police officers. Numerous crises in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Ukraine ...
... that the theory of “enlightened realism” could complement “selective engagement” as a platform for the development of EU–Russia relations moving forward.
Why We Need “Enlightened Realism”
Ian Bond:
EU Is Always Open to Dialogue with Russia, but It All Depends on the Terms
The noun
realism
in this formulation implies a sober assessment of the specific moment we are experiencing, as well as the constraints associated with it. We cannot go back 20 years to the "honeymoon" period of Moscow–Brussels relations. And even if ...
The project of post-Soviet Russian Realism needs a selective, critical reintegration of elements of Soviet thought, updating and upgrading them as befits the 21st century
What is “hybrid power”? In the days of the Vietnam war, the Vietnamese leadership described its strategy as “politico-military-diplomatic”,...
... had reached a point where there was no viable alternative to liberal democracy. China was in the early stages of its rise, and Russia was in a state of weakness throughout the 1990s. At the time, it was widely believed in the West that eventually almost ... ... that NATO expansion, U.S. efforts to turn China into a liberal democracy, and the Bush Doctrine are all evidence of untethered realism that unipolarity made possible. This conclusion would be wrong, however. It is clear from the discourse in policymaking ...
... not to expand east into the former Soviet Union versus specifically, East Germany, Mr. Istomin and others correctly call for a de-coupling of this issue from the conflict in Ukraine.
www.parismatch.com
Fiona Hill:
Toward a strategy for dealing with Russia
Importantly, expression of this ‘new realism’ is also seen in the Middle East and Africa. Despite some analysts’ view that extremist Islamic militarized tribes or groups are not ‘sovereign’ states, the growing coordinated efforts to create a 21st century Islamic caliph ...
