... At the same time international security cooperation has been steadily eroding, as demonstrated by the paralysis of multilateral security arrangements, disputes within NATO and the collapse of arms control treaties, like INF and Open Skies. Both the European Union and the Russian Federation have to adjust to this new reality.
Does it open up new avenues for co-operation or will the deadlock of recent years deepen into further confrontation?
The Clingendael Institute is pleased to organise a webinar to discuss these and ...
On September 4, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Rune Resaland, Norwegian Ambassador to Russia, and Eirik Bergene, Embassy Counselor.
On September 4, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Rune Resaland, Norwegian Ambassador to Russia, and Eirik Bergene, Embassy Counselor.
The following issues were discussed during ...
... strengthening European security and strategic stability
On August 25, 2020, representatives of European Leadership Network (ELN) had an online meeting with Pierre Vimont, Special Envoy of the President of France for the Development of Relations between the European Union and Russia, in the context of the upcoming Russian-French summit.
The French diplomat was briefed about upcoming ELN proposals on strengthening
European security and strategic stability. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC General
Director, spoke about the results of work ...
... rights leaders
urge
U.S. government to reconsider the decision to resume federal executions 2020). Meanwhile, the reaction from the national capitals of the OSCE member states was much less visible.
As another example, we can compare the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the members of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, to the recent decision of the Turkish authorities to change the status of Hagia Sophia and convert it into a mosque. A rather restrained comment ...
China-EU relations have been in free fall since China was labeled as “strategic rival” of the EU
Russia’s relations with the European Union hit their lowest in 2014, as a direct result of the political gridlock in Ukraine. Russia's subsequent involvement in the issue, with bold actions in Crimea and the incident with Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, led to a political outcry ...
... is debating adjusting its approaches to the Syrian reconstruction effort. The German expert
Muriel Asseburg
notes that the European Union’s consolidated standing is eroded by differences between the United Kingdom, Germany and France on the one hand,... ... neutralizing its consequences through the mobilization of Syria’s internal reserves and strengthening economic cooperation with Russia.
... one Turkish border crossing — Bab al-Hawa. The resolution did not approve the Bab al-Salam crossing on Syria’s border with Turkey, as well as Al-Yarubiyah and Al-Ramtha on the country's borders with Iraq and Jordan, respectively.
Ruslan Mamedov:
Russia in Syria: A “Path Dependence Hybrid Warfare”
Since December 2019, Western countries have been blaming Russia and China for obstructing UN humanitarian aid flow to Syria through border-crossings. This mechanism was established back in 2014 by ...
... diplomacy for International Law. The UNCLOS, however, is part of
International Customary Law
, ratified by 167 states and by the European Union (EU), which Turkey hopes to join. Thus, the undisputed applicability of Article 121 has led to the massive condemnation ... ... which lie between Tukey and Libya geographically.
Yulia Timofeeva:
Drilling at Gunpoint: EU Sanctions on Turkey
A week earlier, Russian Ambassador to Athens, Andrey Maslov, commented on various issues during an annual press
briefing
: “Speaking on bilateral ...
... to Russia.
On July 22, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Tomislav Car, Ambassador of Croatia to Russia.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the results of Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the prospects for bilateral Russia-Croatia relations, as well as trends in the development of the political situation in the Western Balkans region in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic recession.
... cliché of international relations. Apparently, it will also be symbolic with similar restrictions on British individuals. The Russian Government has had a relevant mechanism since 2014, which it updated in 2018. Moscow is unlikely to radically aggravate ... ... the international “sanctions coalitions”. Most likely, Britain will support US sanctions more enthusiastically than the European Union.
First published in the
Valdai Discussion Club
.
