Region: Caucasus
Emerging trends include the improved quality of integration and the shaping of the Union as a pragmatic and responsible partner
ShortEurasia is entering the 2020s with a burden of old problems while also facing new dangerous challenges
ShortDespite international security problems that overshadow Caucasus challenges, the region retains its independent significance
ShortThe “West or Russia” choice cuts off many additional opportunities for Eastern Partnership countries
ShortPartially recognized states such as Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South-Ossetia are neither considered part of the international system, nor as sustainable enough to fulfil the Montevideo Convention…
ShortOn October 29, 2019, in Moscow, International Multimedia Press Center at IIA Rossiya Segodnya hosted a round table, during which a presentation of a policy brief on “Russia and Armenia in the…
ShortDiscussion was dedicated to the perspectives of Russian — Georgian relations in the broad regional and international context
ShortOn September 5, 2019, RIAC hosted an expert seminar with the participation of Nino Burjanadze, the leader of the United Georgia party, and leading Russian specialists on the Caucasus studies.
ShortWhat is the situation in the region, and how to mitigate the risks of the conflicts?
ShortOn June 17, 2019, Rudolf Michalka, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, his advisor Pietro Guastamacchia, and Siegfried Woeber from the OSCE CPC Caucasus…
ShortRussia wants to take proactive steps to benefit from this increased Chinese presence in post-Soviet space
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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%)
Leonid Leonid Grigoryev, Adrian Pabst
Andrey Melville, Alexey Barabashev, Alexander Obolonsky, Riccardo Mario Cucciolla