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	Does a new treaty on European security have a future? 00:11 03/10/2009 MOSCOW. (Vladimir Ryzhkov for RIA Novosti) -At a recent UN General Assembly in New York, President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated last year's proposal to draft and sign a comprehensive treaty on European security.
	Who will benefit from the end of the Cold War? 14:50 30/09/2009 Many people responsible for political decisions in Russia do not believe in the possibility of honest and practical cooperation with America.(By Georgy Bovt, editor-in-chief of the magazine Russky Mir.ru)
	The 20th Century is Really Over 14:09 30/09/2009 The 20th Century in Europe is really over, and a new European security architecture is being born. (By Jan Carnogursky, former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic).
	Epoch of global disorder 13:46 30/09/2009 The world has returned to a neo-realistic foreign policy that seeks to divide the world into spheres of influence, which also affects post-Soviet countries. (By Gabor Stier, a foreign policy commentator and editor at the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet)
	Avoiding Uncertainty 11:35 29/09/2009 Future generations will bear the costs if we do not seize the moment and integrate Russia into a European Security Model(By Reinhard Krumm, Head of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Moscow Office)
	Is the Cold War Over? 11:15 29/09/2009 The Cold War was a military-industrial contest, a race between two competing and mutually exclusive systems (By David Hearst, Foreign leader writer for The Guardian)
	Lack of an effective security framework in Europe 10:49 29/09/2009 In North-Eastern Asia a successful security framework which can function as a model and reference is in urgent need. (By Feng Shaolei, Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS), East China Normal University)
	Europe after the Cold War: « It’s the economy… » 10:29 29/09/2009 Since the end of the Cold War nothing has marked the armistice between the former two military, political and ideological blocks. (By Eric Hoesli, Editorial Director of the Swiss media group Edipresse)
	A new European Security Architecture 14:28 28/09/2009 Europe needs Security Horticulture not Security Architecture (By Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, IISS)
	Valdai discussions pre-empt political developments 10:48 28/09/2009 The Cold War is over but a Cold War mentality still drives decision making (By Janet McBride, Reuters Editor, Political and General News Europe, Middle East and Africa)
	The West has "forgiven" Moscow its military intervention in Georgia 10:20 28/09/2009 A chance exists now for true cooperation on a joint missile defense system between the U.S., Russia and the Europeans. (By Alexander Rahr, Director of the Russia/Eurasia Program, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin)
	Look forward, not backward! 10:04 28/09/2009 Ten recipes for a “reset” in Western-Russian relations – how to avoid a new cold war. (By Dr. Andreas Rinke, Chief correspondent Foreign Affairs, Handelsblatt)
	Russia must be confident in its prospects for membership in Western organizations 09:52 28/09/2009 In European opinion, Russia has played the role of the “constitutive Other” since the Enlightenment. (By Alexei Miller , leading research fellow at the Institute for Scientific Information in Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences)
	Cold war is dead, but there is life after death 12:08 25/09/2009 The current financial crisis is an indicator for the Russian leadership that a global tectonic shift is in on its way. (By Piotr Dutkiewicz, Professor and Director, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
	Coping with new challenges through joint efforts 11:32 25/09/2009 China has invested over $700 billion in the U.S. state debt, has become its main creditor and relies heavily on America. (By Sheng Shiliyang, Chief Researcher with the Center for Global Challenges Studies, Xinhua News Agency)
	Cold War: not over, not going on 10:56 25/09/2009 Barack Obama is opening a new chapter for US military plans. Is this going to lead to the real end of the Cold War, finally? (By Orietta Moscatelli, head of the New Europe project at the Apcom news agency)
	Russia should learn to take yes for an answer 10:28 25/09/2009 Russia should agree to new sanctions against Iran if Tehran rejects international demands concerning its nuclear programme. (By Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, King's College London)
	Has the Cold War come to an end? 09:58 25/09/2009 The meaning of the Cold War differed for strategists and for millions of ordinary people.(By Leszek Miller, former Prime Minister of Poland (2001-2004) and leader of the «Polish Left» Alliance)
	Dmitry Medvedev met with Valdai International Discussion Club participants 08:36 17/09/2009 Leading political scientists, journalists and experts from the United States, Britain, France, China, Japan and other countries asked the President numerous questions on the most topical issues of international and domestic policies of Russia.
	Russia Gives Up Mass Army 19:43 14/09/2009 Leading Russian military expert Vitaly Shlykov spoke during one of the sessions of the Valdai Discussion Club last week about the sweeping reform of the country’s armed forces, which begins in December and will cut the number of tanks from 20,000 to 2,000 and reduce the number or reservists to just 100,000. The reform, which Shlykov described as nothing short of a revolution, will significantly affect the Kremlin’s approach to the composition of and future cuts to the country’s military arsenal.