Dear CCI Friends,
If the author featured below is correct, we are waiting in vain for state sponsored diplomatic solutions to the critically dangerous situations facing us.
And that raises the question: if not us, who?
Please let us know your thoughts.
Sincerely,
The Directors
Center for Citizen Initiatives
“The Funeral of Old School Diplomacy”
May 15, 2024
Valdai Club/Literaturnaya Gazeta
Translated by Geoffrey Roberts
Will Russia return to dialogue with the West? Or is humanity sliding from a cold war to a “hot” one? What is the essence of the Ukrainian crisis? Will we arrive at a multipolar world? Can Russia be split by inter-ethnic differences? We talk about these pressing political topics with politologist, Richard Sakwa, the leading British expert on Russia, Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent, and a member of the Valdai international discussion club.
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