scholarly journals Key Fault Lines in the System of International Relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Petr YAKOVLEV
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
World Order ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Fault Lines

The rapid ubiquitous spread of the coronavirus pandemic has quickly accelerated changes in the established world order and given an extra impetus to transforming the system of geopolitical relations. The fundamental implications of these tectonic shifts, which began several years before the COVID-19, have yet to be fully understood and assessed. However, some trends, which portend deep rifts in international relations and directly affect the geostrategic interests of the Russian Federation, can be already identified.

KAZAKHSTAN’S NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Zhanat Makasheva, ◽  
◽  
Assem Kashkinbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
World Order ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Modern System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Definition Of

The article examines the main aspects of the definition of Kazakhstani identity in the context of strategic partnership with the Russian Federation, its historical and political analysis at the turn of the XXI century and on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Particular emphasis is placed on the ideological basis for strengthening the independence of Kazakhstan through a well-grounded multi-vector foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its role in the context of strategic partnership with the Russian Federation in the context of the formation of a new world order in the modern system of international relations.

A PRAGMATIC MODEL OF RUSSIAN-KYRGYZ RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. KRUTKO
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
World Order ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Interstate Relations ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Policy Priority ◽  
Integration Project ◽  
Historical Past

The article is devoted to the consideration of the modern model of interstate relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan. The author demonstrates the asymmetry of such model, expressed in the fact that the Eurasian integration is a foreign policy priority for the Russian Federation, that considers it a strategic goal of the multipolar world. The policy of Kyrgyz Republic is based on the multivector principle and therefore refers to the integration project as one of the tools for achieving economic interests and a means of ensuring development. The author comes to the conclusion that the main meaning of that integration project for Kyrgyzstan is a pragmatic solution of social problems with the assistance of the Russian Federation and other EAEU member states. For Russia, in its turn, the pragmatism of this model consists in the strengthening of its strategic presence in the Central Asian region and its authority in the international arena as a whole. In the future, not only the common historical past, economic, militarypolitical and humanitarian ties, but also joint participation in the formation of a new world order will be the dominant factor in strengthening RussianKyrgyz relations.

Conditions of the Russian Federation’s Strategic Culture and Its Impact on Russia’s Foreign Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (35) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Stanisław Zarobny ◽  
Agnieszka Sałek-Imińska
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Cultural Domination ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

Over the last thirty years, the importance and interest in cultural factors in international relations and in international security has increased. The links between culture and security, and in particular the impact of culture on security, are issues whose importance is growing and which are being increasingly studied. They are regarded as a multifaceted problem, as cultural differences have become the cause of conflicts and wars, and tendencies of cultural domination have led to the destruction of cultures and entire civilizations. It therefore seems interesting to reflect on the process of developing an independent strategic culture of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the article is to discuss the process of shaping the independent strategic culture of the Russian Federation and to address four basic research problems: the sources of Russian strategic culture; the indication which of them are primary and which are secondary ones; determining whether Russian strategic culture underwent evolution; and determining whether then Cold War influenced the shape of today’s strategic culture of the Russian Federation. To achieve the intended purpose of the article, critical analysis of literature is applied, which allowed to find answers to the research questions.

scholarly journals How to boost the Western response to Russian hostile influence operations

European View ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Jakub Janda
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The West ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Uk

The Russian Federation has become a rogue state in international relations, invading and occupying the territories of three European countries (Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine), waging war in the Ukrainian territory, producing massive disinformation campaigns against the West, threatening the Baltic republics, and interfering in various elections and referendums. Despite Russia’s aggressive behaviour, the West’s response to it has been significantly limited, particularly when it comes to non-military deterrence by Continental Europe. The US and the UK are leading the punishment of Russia’s aggression, while many countries, mainly in Western and Southern Europe, are hesitant to respond to this threat. This article makes recommendations as to what should be done in practical terms to boost the European portion of the Western response to Russian aggression from the political and policy points of view.

Strategia energetyczna Federacji Rosyjskiej wobec państw Grupy Wyszechradzkiej

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (15) ◽  
pp. 278-294
Author(s):  
Robert Kłaczyński
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Energy Strategy ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Visegrad Group

The Russian Federation is the big biggest petrol and natural gas exporter to the European petrol market. The V4 countries are a part of this market. They have various energy potential, various foreign policy making conceptions and finally they have different opinions about UE`s role on the European petrol market. What they share is dependency on the Russian Federation in the natural gas and petroleum import, and energy security concerns. All this together overlaps with Russian “energy hegemony” strategy aimed at using the natural resources as a tool to create foreign and domestic policies and influencing ongoing events in Europe. Thus a paper entitled “Russian Federation`s energy strategy towards Visegrad Group Countries” aims to characterize relations between Russian Federation and V4 Countries within the energy policies conducted by this international relations players.

scholarly journals КРИЗА ІНСТИТУТУ ДЕМОКРАТІЇ В УМОВАХ ГІБРИДНОЇ ВІЙНИ: ЕЛЕКТОРАЛЬНИЙ РАКУРС

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
Т. Г. Андрієвський
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
World Order ◽  
Main Process ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hybrid War

In this article the vulnerability of democratic states in the context of a hybrid war through the prism of political institutions and processes was considered. It is determined that the Russian Federation in its dissemination of hybrid threats pays special attention to the institute of direct democracy - elections as the main process of state functioning. Through disinformation campaigns and manipulations with democratic values and principles, the aggressor tries to weaken the opponents, undermine political systems from the inside, and exacerbate tension and polarization in society. The article analyzes the publication of the adviser to the president of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, in which the unequivocal threat to the Western democratic world order is expressed. An analysis of the statements of Surkov showed that modern liberal democracy is an extremely vulnerable mechanism, where the Russian Federation spreads chaos by manipulating. The aggressor focuses on the erosion of confidence in the government and the strengthening of populism. A similar result is achieved by spreading misinformation and manipulating information. It has been established that misinformation is intended to create an appropriate public opinion, which should correspond to the goals of the aggressor. It is established that the aggressor is interested in the elections as a process, and therefore the victory of a particular (pro-Russian) candidate is not so important for aggressor’s purposes. Therefore the process of voting is bringing to the point of absurdity, which would entail doubts about the result of such a procedure. Accordingly, the final result of such elections will be a political system without voter’s confidence. Narratives that are “thrown” into the information field are designed to disorient the voter as much as possible, to polarize society, which ultimately should cast doubt on the effectiveness of the electoral process. Therefore, Russian propaganda, through various channels, simultaneously criticizes all the political forces, even opposing in its ideology, or supports some of them (e.g. far-right or far-left populist movements).

scholarly journals Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Ensuring Strategic Stability

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
K. E. Kozhukhova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Strategic Stability ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Russian Federation

Growing complexity of the modern world order calls for the search for strategic stability in order to prevent a new global military clash. In view of recent political events, Russia and China have strengthened their cooperation, creating a strategic stability dyad in contrast to the United States and other Western countries. However, the strategic stability of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China is not fully beneficial for Russia due to the peculiarity of the Chinese strategic culture, which is cinocentric. The absence of Russian strategic culture eliminates the equality of the two countries and pushes Russia to submit and mimic China. The author offers her vision of balancing the two forces. The first is the legal basis, which is to update the bilateral agreement between Russia and China with an effort to strengthen the positions and advantages of the Russian side. The second is the development of Russian strategic thinking and, as a result, the emergence of national strategic culture that will contribute to the formation of an adequate foreign policy course of the Russian Federation in the new world stability.

scholarly journals Russia in the Global Economy

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5(62)) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Michał Kuryłowicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Russian Author ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
External Dimension

The aim of the article is to analyze the Russian economic policy in its external dimension (economic expansion), in the context of discussions about changes in the global economy held in the Russian Federation. The starting point for reflections in this respect is Sergey Glazyev’s view of the current evolution of international relations. The article contrasts the propositions of the Russian author and the strategy of activities of the Kremlin, which uses the state corporations for its external targets.

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