Is a New International Security System Required?
Dr. Vladimir Baranovsky Deputy Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences OPENING REMARKS I have never been in the diplomatic corps and what I could say is by no means representative of the government’s position. But this situation could give a speaker some advantages and a wider range of intellectual maneuvers. People who are actual politicians face numerous constraints, even when looking for innovative solutions. People from academia, like myself, could be more irresponsible. They have another burden, however, which is the challenge of intellectual integrity. This does not necessarily mean that academics are more successful than politicians in developing a coherent vision of the world. On the contrary-they often make this vision even more contradictory. But perhaps that is precisely their very function: to remind all of us that the world is more complicated than we tend to believe, that there are no easy solutions for difficu
