European Union and Russian experts are meeting in Berlin on Wednesday, April 6
th
, to continue discussions on the state of relations between Russia and the European Union. The one-day event is being hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (
DGAP
) and is the second in a series of such meetings scheduled for 2016 as part of an initiative spearheaded by the EU Delegation to the Russian Federation.
Drawing on the understanding reached during the kick-off
event held in Moscow
by
the Russian...
... Affairs Council was represented by its Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov, who briefed the participants on the reasons and preliminary results of the Russian military operation in Syria.
The discussion has revealed that the interests and abilities of Germany and France in resolving the Syrian crisis vary, and developing a unified approach requires a lot of teamwork. At that, Russia’s recent actions, namely promoting inter-Syrian dialogue and withdrawal of its main military grouping from Syria,...
... given the current geopolitical tension and the sanctions regime.
Gazprom.ru
Nord Stream 1, 2
Although Nord Stream 2 involves companies from numerous countries, at the political level, the greatest amount of support for the project is being provided by Germany. The German federal authorities are actually in a difficult position here, as Berlin needs to avoid suspicion of non-compliance with
EU energy market legislation
while at the same time pursuing its own interests.
By following a policy of not ...
... “German-Russian International Affairs Dialogue (GRID),” covers economic indicators of Russian-German relations in 2014-2015, and reveals the data on trade, mutual investment, tourism and academic exchange between the Russian Federation and Germany.
Elena Alekseenkova, Vladimir Morozov, Maria Smekalova, and Alexander Teslya worked on this infographics project.
The editorial staff of RIAC thanks its interns Spencer Vuksic and Yulia Solomatina for the project’s data collection.
Russia ...
... the global arena.
The project is based on the discussion within the joint German-Russian working group, that meets twice a year in Berlin and Moscow and confidentially discusses the current international affairs and issues of interest for Russia and Germany. The group comprises think-tanks and business representatives, as well as the former state officials.
The following conference reports reflect the outcomes of working group discussions, that took place in 2015 in
Berlin
(June, 19-20) and
Moscow
...
... tanker aircrafts and unmanned aircrafts with the support of the frigate of Bundesmarine in the light of confrontation of the governing CDU/CSU-SPD coalition and its opposition (the Left Party and the Alliance 90/the Green Party) is the harbinger of Germany’s departure from the policy of military non-intervention cultivated since G. Schroeder was Chancellor of Germany. Moreover, according to public opinion
poll
taken by the influential German news agency DPA, 71% of German respondents were ...
On December 5, 2015, RIAC and
Korber Foundation
met in Moscow within the framework of German-Russian International Affairs Dialog (GRID) to discuss under Chatham House rules the roles of Russia and Germany in the changing world and ways for restoring mutual trust damaged by the Ukraine crisis.
The event was attended by key Russian and German foreign policy experts who focused on the dynamics of Russia-Germany relationship during the six months ...
... have bumped into a very interesting article by Marco Siddi dealing with the concept of identity building in international relations, an important branch of constructivist research theory. More specifically, the paper tried to give an explanation of why Germany, Lithuania and Poland have developed determinate national identities, and consequent policies, as a result of a process of confrontation with the image of an ‘other’, in this case Russia. The author debates that, even though all three ...
On October 28-30, 2015, RIAC Media and Government Relations Manager Anton Tsvetov was in Beijing at the 160th Bergerdorf Roundtable “New Players – Old Rules? The Global Order in Transition” organized by the
Körber Foundation
and International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The forum was attended by European politicians and researchers, representatives and top figures of political parties, foreign ministries, international organizations...
On October 23-24, 2015, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeyev was in Berlin at
conference
“Back to the Future? Ideas and Strategies of retrograde Modernization in Russia and Post-Soviet Space” organized by the
German Association of East European Studies
within project network “Institutions and Institutional Change in Postsocialism.”
The event was attended by prominent scholars and experts from West and East Europe, among them President of Munich Security Conference Wolfgang...
