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Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over

04/11/2014 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 8 comments

For the last days the Western media did their best to ignore Russian president’s speech at the Valdai Club gathering in Sochi or to twist its meaning. Regardless of what you think or don’t think of Putin this is probably the most important political speech since Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech […]

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‘We need a new global consensus of responsible powers’ (II)

25/10/2014 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 1 comment

Part I At the same time, the formation of a so-called polycentric world (I would also like to draw attention to this, colleagues) in and of itself does not improve stability; in fact, it is more likely to be the opposite. The goal of reaching global equilibrium is turning into […]

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‘We need a new global consensus of responsible powers’ (I)

24/10/2014 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 8 comments

We are publishing full text of today’s address of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the members of Vaidai International Discussion Club. This year the main topic of the event was The World Order: New Rules or No Rules? Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends, it is a pleasure to welcome you […]

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Russia’s Right Turn

12/02/2014 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 4 comments

An unfortunate legacy of the Cold War is the negative attitude some American conservatives yet harbor toward Russia. Conditioned for decades to see Russia and the Soviet Union as synonymous, they still view post-communist Russia as a threat. They forget that Tsarist Russia was the most conservative great power, a […]

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