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The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius marks a new stage of
international policy. Although Russia was able to postpone global
changes, it is something temporary because Russia does not have
sufficient political and economic resources to support the `old world
order'. Furthermore, the game is more complicated in terms of
technologies and participants.
Russia and its new allies in the Customs Union have become marginal
and condemned themselves to international isolation. The Soviet Union
could stand such conditions for hardly 70 years despite immense
resources and dominance over a huge number of states. Russia does not
have this and it's hard to tell how long it will hold on. Moscow
understands this and has tried to engage in international politics
through Ukraine as a third and full party but Europe has declined this
proposal. Apparently, the policy of isolating and marginalizing Russia
continues in other international organizations as well, primarily the
United Nations.
There are rumors that the UN may consider expulsion of Customs Union
members as by joining the Customs Union these countries agreed to lose
partly their sovereignty and decision making to some `supranational'
body. In fact, these countries have given up on sovereign foreign
policy. Hence, the votes of these countries in international
organizations will automatically pass to Russia.
After World War II Stalin wanted the Union members to become UN
members but only Ukraine and Belarus were granted membership as
countries which suffered from the war the most. The other states were
not granted membership because those states were not sovereign. By the
way, the foreign ministers of those countries officially were deputy
ministers of foreign affairs of the USSR.
For its part, the new world order supposes establishment of new
international organizations and modernization of the existing ones in
which only sovereign states will participate, coming up with their
requirements and approaches.
12:03 01/12/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31428
The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius marks a new stage of
international policy. Although Russia was able to postpone global
changes, it is something temporary because Russia does not have
sufficient political and economic resources to support the `old world
order'. Furthermore, the game is more complicated in terms of
technologies and participants.
Russia and its new allies in the Customs Union have become marginal
and condemned themselves to international isolation. The Soviet Union
could stand such conditions for hardly 70 years despite immense
resources and dominance over a huge number of states. Russia does not
have this and it's hard to tell how long it will hold on. Moscow
understands this and has tried to engage in international politics
through Ukraine as a third and full party but Europe has declined this
proposal. Apparently, the policy of isolating and marginalizing Russia
continues in other international organizations as well, primarily the
United Nations.
There are rumors that the UN may consider expulsion of Customs Union
members as by joining the Customs Union these countries agreed to lose
partly their sovereignty and decision making to some `supranational'
body. In fact, these countries have given up on sovereign foreign
policy. Hence, the votes of these countries in international
organizations will automatically pass to Russia.
After World War II Stalin wanted the Union members to become UN
members but only Ukraine and Belarus were granted membership as
countries which suffered from the war the most. The other states were
not granted membership because those states were not sovereign. By the
way, the foreign ministers of those countries officially were deputy
ministers of foreign affairs of the USSR.
For its part, the new world order supposes establishment of new
international organizations and modernization of the existing ones in
which only sovereign states will participate, coming up with their
requirements and approaches.
12:03 01/12/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31428