Warsaw’s ambitions — a detriment to Berlin
Berlin’s current frustration with Warsaw is a symptom of Eastern Europe’s growing geopolitical importance. The region is attracting attention from two key global players: the United States and China. Germany is mainly concerned with Poland’s rapprochement with the United States and hostility towards Berlin.
With Brexit on the table, Poland has views to replace Britain as Washington’s main EU ally.
The Polish political elite relies on American ...
... in the world economy as an obstacle to European integration, crisis phenomena in the European Union, and as European security system issue, etc. At the same time, the current domestic political dynamics in the U.S. and EU countries — primarily in Germany — brings the issues of transatlantic or European-American relations to the forefront. The configuration of the future world order will depend on the dynamics of these relations.
Such tensions within Western institutions and the Euro-Atlantic ...
In the course of the event the experts and government agency representatives from Germany, the EU, and Russia discussed the opportunities for cooperation in countering terrorism, in particular, the issues of correlation between terrorism and migration, Islamic extremism, radicalization processes in the Middle East, in Central Asia,...
... – July 1 2017, Berlin hosted the 5th “German-Russian International Dialogue” or GRID, a meeting of a Russian-German work group within the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Koerber Foundation (
Koerber Stiftung
, Germany).
The meeting gathered Russian and German expert and media communities, as well as government officials nd representatives of NGO's.
During the meeting the following issues were discussed: current state and prospects for relations within the ...
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
On June 26 RIAC took part in a closed meeting in Berlin that focused on the role of Russia in the Middle East. The event was organized by
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
, Al-Tawila, and
Candid Foundation
.
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
The opening speeches were made by Dr. Michael Schaefer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Carsten Wieland, founder of AL-TAWILA...
On June 12, 2017 Berlin hosted regular Egon Bahr Symposium focusing on «The Future of European Peace and Germany's Responsibility»
On June 12, 2017 Berlin hosted regular Egon Bahr Symposium focusing on «The Future of European Peace and Germany's Responsibility».
This annual event gathered German politicians, parliament members, diplomats, and experts....
... enough manpower, and enough resources to check properly what we publish. So, I do not think that we can be taken hostage by fake news producers as Facebook can be.
But underlying to the fake news problem is the discussion about trust in the media. In Germany, for instance, large part of the population feels that they can’t trust the media anymore. There is a new word in English “
lügenpresse
,” that means “media which lie”. And even in the U.S. and especially among Trump’s supporters ...
The discussion was focused on potential risks connected with Russia being accused of involvement in Germany's political process as well as possible shifts in Russia-Germany relations should the ruling coalition in Berlin change.
On June 6, Moscow hosted a round table "The Influence of 2017 Parliamentary Elections in Germany on the Future of Russia-Germany ...
On May 21¬–23, Saint Petersburg hosted the 165th Bergedorf Round Table organized by the renown German Körber Foundation and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
On May 21–23, Saint Petersburg hosted the 165th Bergedorf Round Table organized by the renown German
Körber Foundation
and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The event traditionally gathered the high-ranking politicians, diplomats and leading experts on various aspects of international relations from the EU, Russia...
... on more responsibility in foreign and security policy. For Ukraine this implies that conflict resolution efforts in Eastern Ukraine are at risk of turning into a “leaderless process,” even more so in light of the upcoming elections in France and Germany.
Existing mechanisms and platforms for managing European security could be used to reduce the risk of accidental confrontations, including the NATO-Russia Council’s Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), the OSCE’s Vienna Document, and bilateral ...
