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The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Google to ascertain whether or not the company’s operating system, applications, and services have breached EU anti-trust rules. The Commission is seeking to figure out if Google has engaged ...
... Kortunov, MGIMO Pro-Rector Artyom Malgin and Professor Irina Busygina of MGIMO Chair of Comparative Political Science, a RIAC expert, visited Warsaw to take part in international roundtable on relations between Russia and countries of Central and Eastern Europe held by Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). The event was attended by over 40 foreign relations pundits, diplomats and officials from Belarus, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic and Finland. RIAC representatives also met PISM ...
On April 13, the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club has held a conference in Berlin, entitled Europe and Eurasia: moving toward a new energy security model . More than 150 experts discussed the radical changes unfolding in world politics and global energy markets in the 21 st century. The conference was opened by Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of ...
The 2015 Riga Security Seminar devoted to the problems of preserving and strengthening security in Europe in the context of the Ukrainian crisis took place on April 9–10. The seminar was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the European Leadership Network , with the support of the Friederich Ebert Stiftung and the ...
Interview with Andrey Kortunov Having been created more than a generation ago by the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) now faces one of the greatest tests of its relevancy and effectiveness since it was created as it searches for a resolution to the Ukrainian crisis. All this as the OSCE prepares to commemorate its 40 th anniversary in 2015. To discuss the ...
This report offers three different perspectives from various experts in the United States (Atlantic Council), Russia (Russian International Affairs Council), and Europe (European Leadership Network) This report is the result of a series of brainstorming sessions that took place between the summer of 2013 and the winter of 2014-2015, and between American, Russian, and European experts. The teams were led by Ellen ...
An international seminar entitled “ Security and risks in Europe: driving forces and policy ”, organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the Visegrad Fund , took place in Helsinki on 23 March, 2015. Researchers and analysts from Russian and European research centres took part in ...
By Brian E. Frydenborg, February 26th, 2015 (updated February 27th-28th) Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse here If you think your site or another would be a good place for this content please do not hesitate to reach out to me! Please feel free to share and repost on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (you can follow me there at @bfry1981) One of the sad things about looking at current commentary about Russia, America, and the state of their relationship is the lack of measured and reasoned...
During the last part of 2014, optimism steadily raised over the unusually low prices of oil and their allegedly positive economic effects on the economies of oil importing countries. Although some evidence points in this direction, a more thorough assessment leads unfortunately to different conclusions. The Deceptive Optimism Late in January, the International Monetary Found (IMF) had released an important update for its World Economic Outlook of October 2014 (WEO). Unsurprisingly, growth predictions...
... frozen and people stop dying. Even that, however, cannot be taken for granted, as continued fighting ahead of the ceasefire’s formal entry into force suggests. If the truce sticks, it will be the first negotiated arrangement in a newly divided Europe, leaving Russia almost alone on the east, with much of the rest of Europe supporting Ukraine. This split can grow much worse if the conflict in Donbass continues. But even if it stops, reconciliation is not on the cards. This means that in the ...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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