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AS WE enter the new year, it is worth taking a glance in the rearview mirror. The events and processes of the past year do not simply come to a halt when its calendar’s final page is torn off. Reflecting on the core developments of recent months is meaningful and valuable in attempting to understand the prospects, limitations, and opportunities of the coming period.
As China has become a global economic and political pole, political stability and effective state governance have come to be seen as key sources of Chinese success, alongside comparative economic advantages and favorable external conditions.
Russian-American relations are in a turbulent period marked by unpredictable turns. After three years of brinkmanship in hybrid warfare mode, the first signals have emerged that suggest that our countries may be able to at least partially overcome the severe crisis that began more than a decade ago and peaked under the Joe Biden administration
By the end of the 19th century, Russian literature had gained world-leading status. The process of its conquest was connected in particular with the political realities generated by Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War (1853-1856), the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 (as a result of which the role of the ideal Other in French cultural consciousness shifted from Germany to Russia), and the formation of the Entente in the lead-up to World War I.
Shevchuk: Motivation for peace has faded in Russia, because the West has not offered it any tangible benefits for ending hostilities.
Lukyanov: Russia to insist on ‘harsh’ measure of Ukrainian withdrawal from four provinces; Trump views Ukraine as a burden, Russia as part of profitable, streamlined new foreign policy.
Podolyak: Status quo has not changed since Trump, Putin call; expert: Kiev wants to draw US to its side by showing that Putin is the one to blame for lack of progress on peace talks.
Zhelenin: Despite Lavrov’s maximalist posture, ceasefire proposal a sign of wartime strain on Russia, longing for peace, concessions to come.
Zhelenin: Trump’s threats to stop aid to Kiev were intended to force Zelensky to surrender to Russia, but instead, his policies are leading to a catastrophe that will only prolong war.
Vinokurov: For talks to work, US, Russia must normalize dialogue, but US wants truce first, while Russia wants to restore trust, formalize relations before proceeding with a ceasefire.