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Apres l'Empire: Essai sur la decomposition du systeme americain (After the Empire: An Essay on the Breakdown of the American System) By Emmanuel Todd 240 pages, Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2002 [...]

Analyzes the motive of the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the European Union. Proposal for creating an open and integrated market that will give producers favorable chances for cooperation, provide investment protection for investors and guarantee consumers high standards and quality of goods; Impact of the lack of a strict ecological legislation on the ecological situation in cities; Implications of the collapse of the Euroconstitution referendum in France for the Russian foreign policy.

Discusses the relationship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with Russia. List of countries that joined NATO in April 2004; Percentage of Russians who are convinced that the enlargement of NATO threatens Russia's national interests; Aim of the antiterrorist operations of NATO.

Discusses the role of Europe in world politics in the contemporary world. Geopolitical aims and intentions of the U.S.; International relations between Europe and the U.S.; Three possible options for a European identity in foreign policy issues.

Argues that the present-day world is not a world under globalization and that the only real problem is intercivilizational conflict. Basic values of the Western society; Examination of the dimensions of globalization; Possible scenarios of the development of the future intercivilizational conflict.