Russia's proposal for a new security system: confirming diverse perspectives

“…However, even Medvedev’s mild Euro-Atlanticism was too much for Atlanticists (Diesen & Wood, 2012). They feared that it represented the potential for a shift to full-bodied Europeanism, with a greater security role for the EU and perhaps even a deeper security relationship with Russia.…”

Section: From Common European Home To Greater Europementioning

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Sad delusions: The decline and rise of Greater Europe

Sakwa

2021

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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The end of the Cold War was accompanied by the idea that the fall of the Berlin Wall represented the beginning of the unification of Europe. Mikhail Gorbachev talked in terms of a “Common European Home,” an idea that continues in the guise of the project for a “Greater Europe.” However, right from the start, the transformative idea of Greater Europe was countered by the notion of “Europe whole and free,” whose fundamental dynamic was the enlargement of the existing West European order to encompass the rest of the continent. This was a program for the enlargement of the Atlantic system. After some prevarication, the enlargement agenda proved unacceptable to Moscow, and while it continues to argue in favor of transformation its main efforts are now devoted to creating some sort of “greater Eurasia.” There remains a fundamental tension between Atlanticist and pan-continental version of the post-–Cold War international order in the region. This tension gave rise to conflict and war: in 2008 (the Russo-Georgian War) and again from 2014 (Ukraine), and to what some call the Second Cold War. The continent is once again divided. However, pan-continentalism is far from dead, and although Greater Eurasian ideas have thrived, some sort of Greater European continentalism remains on the agenda. Is this, though, no more than a “sad delusion” or a genuine possibility?

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“…russiA's GrAnd sTrATeGY one of the clearer tenets of Russia's foreign policy grand strategy, particularly since Vladimir Putin's return as president in 2012, is to secure Russia's position as a pole in a future multipolar world (diesen and Wood, 2012;Ambrosio, 2017;Smith, 2017). Such an outcome is clearly predicated on two events occurring: the restoration of Russia's credibility as a "global"-as opposed to just a "regional"-great power coupled with the diminishment of American global hegemony.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Could Russia Utilize Cryptocurrencies in Its Foreign Policy Grand Strategizing?

Smith¹

2019

RGA

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Russia, under the stewardship of Vladimir Putin, has arguably taken a number of steps to try and secure a position as a pole in an emerging multipolar world. One step has been to modernize its military and reassert itself globally (evident in its Syria action), while another step has been to try and hasten the decline of the United States (evident in its BRICS cheerleading). It is argued that the latter step is particularly difficult to achieve because the United States still has a significant power advantage over the rest. Additionally, the United States' hegemonic position is further insulated by having the U.S. dollar as the global

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Russia's proposal for a new security system: confirming diverse perspectives

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Russian Foreign Policy and the Shaping of a ‘Greater Europe’

Russian Foreign Policy and the Shaping of a ‘Greater Europe’

Sad delusions: The decline and rise of Greater Europe

Could Russia Utilize Cryptocurrencies in Its Foreign Policy Grand Strategizing?

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