Russia and Europe need to move closer
Rapid changes in the global economy and international politics are raising, once more, an eternal issue in Russia: the country's relations with Europe, and with the Euro-Atlantic region as a whole. Of course, Russia partly belongs to this region. Yet it cannot and does not want to join the west wholeheartedly – at least not yet. Meanwhile, this choice looks very different now compared with just a few years ago.
It is becoming obvious that the Euro-Atlantic world, whose economic and political model seemed so triumphant 20 years ago, is now lagging somewhat behind China and other Asian countries. So is Russia, where, despite encouraging talk about innovation-based development, the economy continues to demodernise as corruption has been allowed to metastasise, and as the country relies increasingly on its natural resource wealth.… Seguir leyendo »