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Authors

Neklessa A. I.

Degree
Deputy Director-General of Economic Strategies Institute Not-For-Profit Partnership, Chairman of Committee for Social and Cultural Issues in Globalization
Location
Moscow
Articles

Foreign states' geographic position and economic situation in Russia

Today Russia is facing a problem of choosing priorities in the foreign affairs, and the problem is as acute as it never has been. The geographic and strategic position that Russia occupies between the East and the West determines the country's development trends and the inconsistency in the coun-try's development throughout the history. The trend was described by Petr Chaadayev, Russian first geopolitical analyst. «As Russia is in-between the two main parts of the world, the West and the East, and is adjacent to China on the one hand and close to Germany on the other, it should have coupled the two main spiritual work pillars, imagination and reason, and incorporate the world history into its own civilization. But the country's role that is determined by Heavens is not like this», he said. What is that role? This is the question that is to be answered and the Russians are constantly in search for the answer. The author examines the geographic and economic situation the foreign countries and Russia are in and the future of the country that we have to build taking into consideration the world economic development trends.
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