His presence is an embarrassment to NATO, but an even greater disgrace for Russia.

The institutional integration of Russia into greater Europe will require strong commitment from both sides.

Indeed, it is possible that Putin s Syrian intervention will beget greater global influence for Russia.

The institutional integration of Russia into greater Europe will require strong commitment from both sides.

Indeed, Putin's soft authoritarianism is now probably the greatest threat to greater democratization in Russia.

Concerns in the EU over energy security, fueled by increasing dependence on Russia, have never been greater.

Wedged awkwardly between China, Russia, and Japan, the Korean Peninsula has long been a bloody battleground for greater powers.

In 2000, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty for greater cooperation, with some hints of forming a Union State.

Each of the three parts of Greater Europe Russia, the European Union, and the countries between them is in crisis.

But its civil war has already spread beyond its borders, implicating greater powers like Iran, Turkey, and Russia in the process.

Authoritarian countries middle classes may push their leaders toward greater democracy, as in Russia, but Western democracies will also likely become more authoritarian.

Indeed, Russia is increasingly attaching ever greater significance to its relations with China, something of a strategic shift in foreign policy, even if it is not yet clear how close Russia wants to be get to China.

Nonetheless, it argues that a victory in Syria by a coalition of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, and Assad s regime would pose an even greater danger.

Russia must continue to press for an Alliance of Europe a new framework for economic and diplomatic relations among the EU, Russia, and the rest of Greater Europe which could offer a way out of Europe s systemic crisis.

The US administration, never a true ally of the popular struggle, is now pushing for greater military cooperation with Russia in the fight against terrorism .

We would welcome even greater engagement between NATO and Russia to build confidence and facilitate progress towards the goal of a nuclear weapon free Europe.

We are supposed to help stabilize the region around Afghanistan, for example, but only in order to create a greater Central Asia that will not include Russia.

Let Russia Be Russia

MOSCOW The challenges facing civil society organizations are greater in Russia than in many parts of the world, but the challenges facing civil society itself are similar everywhere.

Russia could also insist on greater military cooperation, including the deployment of Russian missiles in Belarus in response to America s planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Such state capture occurred in Russia in the late 1990 s and to an even greater extent under the Kuchma regime in neighboring Ukraine which, ironically, Putin tried to preserve.

Closer European cooperation would give the EU greater leverage when dealing not only with suppliers like Russia, but also with other consumers like the United States and Asia s emerging economies.

At the same time, Gazprom has evolved into the dominant market maker in gas for Europe, and its actions have made a mockery of EU efforts at greater collaboration with Russia.

Clearly, an ostracized Russia is a dangerous Russia.

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It further rightly suggests that NATO s strategic political and military objectives could be achieved jointly with Russia through greater stability, mutual transparency, predictability, and arms reduction verified by non proliferation and arms control agreements.

The lesson from the Ukraine episode is that while Russia is less of a gas superpower than it would appear, Europe would be wise for to start building greater diversity into the energy relationship.

Of course, this approach presupposes two things that don t exist at the moment a common transatlantic approach to dealing with Russia, and a European Union that acts in much greater unison and is therefore stronger.

In their effort to achieve international respect and legitimacy as responsible stakeholders in today s evolving international system, countries such as China, India, and even Russia have a greater interest in stability than in global confusion.

Bernadotte sent a letter to the governments of Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain, thanking them for their support, acknowledging the role of Russia in negotiating the peace, and envisaging greater stability in the Nordic region.

Unpredictable Russia

As a result, the culture of physical violence and verbal provocation that is gaining ground in Putin s Russia is deeply disturbing, whereas we tend to judge Chinese misdeeds with a greater sense of distance, if not indifference.

Russia Looks East

Xi in Russia

Europe s Russia Question

Is Russia Weak?

Look East, Russia

Realism about Russia

Russia is Burning

Russia Stays Home

Start with Russia.

Join United Russia!

MOSCOW August is often an unlucky month in Russia, particularly President Vladimir Putin s Russia.

Large countries like the US, Russia, Britain, France, and China have greater capacity than other states and non state actors to control the sea, air, or space, but it makes little sense to speak of dominance in cyberspace.