| ID | 191027 |
| Title Proper | Changes on the western (Diplomatic) front |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Karpovich, O ; Grishanov, A |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | DURING its centuries-old history, Russian diplomacy has addressed many complex, challenging tasks. However, the challenges facing it now are unique and largely existential in nature. The policy of isolating Moscow that Western countries have pursued since the start of the Ukrainian crisis has transformed into a policy of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on our country, by which more and more advocates of this policy mean the disintegration of Russia in its present form.1 As Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador to the US, rightly noted, the question of wiping the Russian state off the world map is being raised.2 Needless to say, preventing this scenario is a key goal of our country's entire state apparatus, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In order to successfully stand up to such pressure, we must radically revise the current approach toward diplomacy with the West. Over recent decades, during the post-Soviet period, Russian diplomacy in this area has gone through several phases. At the first stage, in keeping with the political leadership's directives at the time, the essence and concept of the country's foreign policy under the new conditions were clearly formulated, as was its position in dialogue with countries of the collective West. Andrey Kozyrev's famous request for Richard Nixon to explain the essence of Russia's national interests adequately reflected the to-and-fro of... |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 69, No.3; 2023: p.35-43 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 69 No 3 |
| Key Words | NATO ; Sanctions ; Diplomacy ; Russia ; Unipolarity |