Western Theories Facing a Post-Western World
Power is moving away from the West, but international relations (IR) as a discipline still remains very much Western-centric. It seems that Western IR theories are aware of this challenge…
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Makarychev
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“I don’t want to call it spheres of influence, but…”
The EU will most likely keep Ukraine on the Europeanization track, thereby giving it a chance to sign an Association Agreement on November 28 at the Vilnius Summit of the…
Khodorkovsky the Junior: An Appeal to Germany
“What else should Vladimir Putin have done to make him a persona non-grata in Europe, along with Alexander Lukashenko?” This pointed question came from the audience in Berlin on January…
Borders: Between Academic Inquiry and Arts
“For Gerard Depardieu, a Russian passport is a matter of financial convenience…” Many scholars would say that borders are the most dynamic element of the globalized world order. But…
The Baltic Region: A Window into Russia’s Foreign Policy Soul
In the Baltic region, Russia faces a thick and challenging international milieu. Power balancing and zero-sum-games are history. It is in such regions where the changing perceptions of power…
The 2012 Caspian Forum Reveals an Elusive Region’s Opportunities and Challenges
The Caspian Forum held in Istanbul clearly demonstrated the 21st century’s facets of state capability. Economic interests are only achievable within a wide framework of security, geo-political, socio-cultural, and…
Russia’s Remarkable Cultural Diplomacy
Russia has recently intensified its efforts to improve its image in Berlin, one of the most important of European capitals. The multiple cultural events at the end of the…
Forging Ukraine’s Neighborhood Agenda: The German Connection
The debate on the forthcoming Ukrainian OSCE chairmanship held at the DGAP think tank in Berlin nicely illustrates the power of Europeanization: the agenda of the holder of the…
Определяя политику по отношению к Украине и ее соседям – ЕС и России
На русском языке начинается размещение материалов конференции ПОНАРС Евразии, состоявшейся в сентябре 2012 годаю. Предлагаем Вашему вниманию аналитические записки, представленные на секции «Определяя политику по отношению к Украине и ее…
Политические трансформации внутри Европейского Союза. Почему России не все равно?
Данная аналитическая записка обращается к влиянию последних событий внутри Европейского Союза (ЕС) на его восточно-европейских соседей, включая Россию. Анализ будет включать в себя политические эффекты кризиса еврозоны для будущего ЕС…