RUSSIA'S NEW SOUL: by Mehri Madarshahi
Putin as President was interested in concrete actions. He believed in the free market as a good model for advancing the human condition and society. These traditions are expected to continue and even strengthen under the presidency of Medvedev who is facing the formidable challenges of maintaining the momentum of the last 8 years and to control the looming inflation. Russia’s high academic tradition, its cultural life, its huge natural resources, its energy technologies and its strategic and political power, have a lot to offer to the rest of the world. An engaged Russia as part of a multipolar world, could greatly facilitate international cooperation and give rise to a changed world. With incentives from its Western partners there is no reason to fear –as projected in some recent confrontational campaign posture- a lapse into cold war policies and rhetoric. To the contrary – engagement with the new Russia should be in the interest of a stable and predictable international system, an incentive that Russia cannot refuse!
2 comments:
Great article. Medvedev will indeed seek to distinguish himself from his mentor in order to leave his own mark on the changing face of Russia. Particularly at a time of the emergence of the BRIC countries, Russia, through Medevev's presidency, will be able to play a central role in shaping the emerging global shift towards multipolarity.
In a globalised world where we live, there is little room for conflict and return to the cold war era. I find myself in complete agreement with the conclusion of this article. Even though, if today we are facing the reality of another confrontation based on a total miscalculation in political game. The world should move towards peaceful coexistence and seek new ways and means for resolution of conflicts.
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