The Present Rooted in the Past

In: Russia in global affairs, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 5-8

Abstract

The period of deep détente, at the turn of the millennium, has even reduced our ability to manage crises. The skills of prudent confrontation, developed during the Cold War, have been lost. So we must again tread the path to stabilization and peaceful coexistence. But we will first need to set foot on that path.