На нерусском языке объясняю трудящимся земного шара (и даже некоторым особо совестливым эксплуататорам), с чем едят российскую внешнюю политику:
…The second factor currently defining Russia’s foreign policy, and confirmed by Putin in St. Petersburg, is a view of international relations based on careful calculation of possible gains and losses and an effort to understand the goals and concerns of different actors. Speaking during various meetings throughout the forum, the president asked his counterparts and audiences many questions. These were not the “big” questions popular with the American foreign policy establishment on ideology, vision and values behind foreign policy, but rather practical, and aimed at understanding the actions and events of current world politics. To mention just a few: Who is threatening Montenegro? What has become of the Iranian nuclear threat now? What did the Arab Spring lead to? Why did NATO have to support the coup in Ukraine? There is no doubt that the pragmatic attitude can be disputed, especially in the United States, with its strong tradition behind an idealistic view of foreign policy. However, when it comes to analyzing Russian foreign policy, it is very useful to employ a matter-of-fact approach to international relations…
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…The second factor currently defining Russia’s foreign policy, and confirmed by Putin in St. Petersburg, is a view of international relations based on careful calculation of possible gains and losses and an effort to understand the goals and concerns of different actors. Speaking during various meetings throughout the forum, the president asked his counterparts and audiences many questions. These were not the “big” questions popular with the American foreign policy establishment on ideology, vision and values behind foreign policy, but rather practical, and aimed at understanding the actions and events of current world politics. To mention just a few: Who is threatening Montenegro? What has become of the Iranian nuclear threat now? What did the Arab Spring lead to? Why did NATO have to support the coup in Ukraine? There is no doubt that the pragmatic attitude can be disputed, especially in the United States, with its strong tradition behind an idealistic view of foreign policy. However, when it comes to analyzing Russian foreign policy, it is very useful to employ a matter-of-fact approach to international relations…
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