... decide to what extent they could support the Chinese initiative. Meanwhilem there are other challenges that China will have to address.
Challenges
The fisrt major challenge is institutional in nature. Russia has established the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a multilateral grouping aimed at economic integration. It is comprised of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Although Russia and China joined an agreement for greater cooperation between EAEU and SREB in May 2015, the prospects ...
On February 28, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaking at Carnegie Europe, a Brussels-based think-tank dubbed Armenian people 'European' due their spiritual-cultural heritage and way of life, and stressed the importance of 'shared values' in the new EU-Armenia agreement
On February 28, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaking at Carnegie Europe, a Brussels-based think-tank dubbed Armenian people '
European
' due their spiritual-cultural heritage and way of life, and stressed the importance...
On March 28, the RIAC hosted a roundtable with Ian Bond, Director of the Foreign Policy Department of the London Center for European Reform.
On March 28, the RIAC hosted a roundtable with Ian Bond, Director of the Foreign Policy Department of the London Center for European Reform.
I. Bond presented the newly released report "
Russia and China: partners of choice and necessity?
" And two political overviews "
Contested space: Eastern Europe between Russia and the EU
" and "...
... situation, Russia’s foreign policy response is to step up efforts to consolidate and synchronize the existing formats of interaction to promote and strengthen its influence in the region.
First and foremost, Moscow still views the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as a club of close political allies which must provide a reliable base for the active foreign policy positions of Russia, even though they are aware of all the weaknesses and limitations of the current stage of Eurasian integration. The Russian ...
... experts exchanged opinions on a broad range of international relations issues and discussed prospects for further cooperation.
In addition, Russian delegation visited the CCTV-Russian TV Channel and gave detailed interviews and short comments on the EAEU–SREB co-development, construction of the bridge connecting Blagoveshchensk and Heihe, as well as Russia-China cooperation in sport.
On May 29–30, 2017, RIAC holds the Third International Conference “Russia and China: Taking on a ...
... Development Bank (EDB) and RIAC expert, said that due to collapse of the USSR and rupture of inter-industry and interregional links, former Soviet republics had experienced dramatic decrease of their GDP level. According to the speaker’s opinion, the EAEU countries do not completely use the resource of integration. In particular, Russian companies can export their goods more effectively to former Soviet republics. Yaroslav Lissovolik also said that the geographical position of most former Soviet countries ...
... and Iranian vision of global governance and role of great powers, cooperation in the Middle East region, Central Asia and Afghanistan, trade and economic relations, common transport projects and interaction in international organizations such as SCO, EAEU, SREB initiative etc.
Editor-in-Chief:
I. Ivanov, RAS Corresponding Member, Dr. of History
Authors:
B. Amirahmadian, Ph.D. in Political Geography, H. Azizi, Ph.D. in Central Asia and Caucasus Studies, S. Demidenko, Ph.D. in History, E. Dunayeva, ...
... functioning, which allows drawing certain conclusions. Dmitry Poletaev, Director at the Center for Migration Studies, shared his opinion on the changes in the area of migration during this period with RIAC editing team.
In your opinion, how has the EAEU establishment benefitted countries benefitted the migrants from the Union’s countries? Has their position changed for the better?
Migrants from Kyrgyzstan were among the first to feel positive changes: now they do not have to obtain patents allowing ...
On November 14-16 Astana hosted the second meeting of Astana Club, an international discussion platform, organized by the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation. The event brought together political analysts, diplomats, economists, and social activists from over 20 countries, who discussed a number of Eurasian and global development issues.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, made a speech at the meeting of the club in which...
On November 7–12 the press center of
Eurasian Economic Commission
(EEC) was hosting an EEC and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Schoo
l «EAEU: Integration for All. Outcomes and Perspectives until 2025».
Andrey Kortunov
, Director General, RIAC, and
Ivan Timofeev
, Director of Programs, RIAC, made speeches at t
he opening of the School and the following press-conference.
Andrey ...
