Westerlies
Growing up in Hungary, gaining experience across Europe and moving to Britain to study European Studies and Modern Languages: Spanish and Russian at the University of Bath, I have developed a keen interest in European foreign policy, in particular the East-West relationship within and beyond the continent.
I am commencing this blog in cooperation with the Russian International Affairs Council in order to analyse and critically assess developments in Russia-EU relations.
I will monitor the international press and attempt to share my impressions and whatever they stir up with you.
I intend to produce thorough, insightful (but nonetheless entertaining and digestible) pieces.
Watch this space!
New entries
Last month’s deal between Serbia and Kosovo was a three-pointer for Cathy Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief. But she seems unfit to face different challenges The deal, agreed after 10 rounds of direct talks between…
Since its landslide victory at the general elections in 2010, Hungary’s governing Fidesz party and its leader, Viktor Orbán, have been pursuing an ‘opening to the East’. Behind this should lie a reasonable rapprochement with…
Karmo Tüür is head of the Centre for Baltic and Russian Studies at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He is an acknowledged political scientist with an expertise in Russia and its relations to the Baltic region and the EU. In this short…
Continued from here For those who stretched out in the quaint idealism of the first session, Anatoly Chubais’ speech must have come as a cold shower. Opening the second panel that addressed the economic parameters of the partnership and…
Mr Barroso talks about a partnership of choice, while Mr Medvedev calls for more pragmatism. Discussing their relations, European and Russian representatives were somewhat out of touch with each other at the international conference 'Russia and the…
‘The arrogance of the EU knows no bounds’ - you could see this headline on the front page of a British tabloid any day. Normally, a criticism of the EU’s financial policies lies beneath these slogans, provoking …
The Eastern Partnership programme is stalling, even though on February 25 officials from the EU and Ukraine reaffirmed their joint commitment to sign an Association Agreement in November. President Yanukovych, despite his repeated promises, is…
It is no surprise that the latest development in the prolonged dispute over the import of EU-produced foodstuffs into Russia should be connected to the horsemeat-scandal that has erupted in the Union in past weeks. This time, Chief Sanitary Inspector…
Poll conducted
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)
