... semi-indentured labor to gold mining and other extracvtive operations, paying for their passage by doing dangerous work and living in squalid conditions in lawless camps where gambling, drugs, prostitution and disease are rife.
To control the influx, Brazil and France both conduct riverine operations along the water thborder between the two nations (the French overseas department of Guiana is Brazil’s direct link to the European Community). A recently completed bridge linking Brazil and France near the ...
... everybody does in the era of globalization.
Second, the question of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union is not even on the long-term agenda: the European Union seems to have reached its geographical limit; at least this is what many people in France believe.
Third, the kind of financial support that that Central European countries once received from the European Union now belongs to the realm of fantasy, as there are simply no resources for that today. Some economic aid will of course come ...
On February 28, 2014 in Paris, RIAC President Igor Ivanov read a public lecture on current problems in international relations and Russian foreign policy before a large group of French experts, diplomats, journalists and civil society leaders.
Organized by French-Russian
think tank l'Observatoire
, a RIAC partner, and French foundation
Concorde
, the event was also attended by representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Paris.
Text of the speech...
... Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
The participants discussed current issues of European and global stability, as well as the future of Russian-French relations. The French deputies showed interest in the 2013 paper “Russia and France: 20 Proposals for Long-Term Partnership” co-authored by experts of RIAC and French-Russian think tank l’Observatoire and underlined the importance of expanding cooperation between Russian and French independent analytical centers as ...
... You don’t see it, feel it or hear it. This view was confirmed recently by Sergey Ivanov, chief of staff for Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin, responding to questions from the international online media platform “RT.”
France is an example and it is using nuclear diplomacy to increase its global footprint. France derives around 87 percent of its electricity from nuclear generated power. You don’t hear much about it.
Uranium- a retro cold war diplomacy with a ...
On January 16, 2014 RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov received a feedback to the publication “
Russia and France: 20 Proposals for Long-Term Partnership
” by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs
Laurent Fabius
. The above mentioned document was prepared as part of the joint work of the RIAC and Franco-Russian think-tank l’Observatoire in 2013....
... along the Kursk Salient. Don’t laugh. This face was the basis of one of Brazil’s most successful advertising campaigns promoting a major telecommunications company. Free Trade Between EC and South America Still A Talking Point Brazil and France have jointly called for a free trade zone to expand business between the European Community and the South American Mercosul (Mercosur in Spanish) group that includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela. But some EC nations object ...
1. Russia's Interests toward France
1.1. As France promotes itself as a medium-sized power with international responsibilities, François Hollande has updated his country’s stance by stating that France is striving to become a noteworthy power (puissance repère),...
... International Affairs Council and French-Russian think tank Observo held a press conference with the participation of RIAC Director General
Andrey Kortunov
and Observo Director
Arnaud Dubien
at RIA Novosti to present a joint paper “
Russia and France: 20 Proposals for Long-Term Partnership
.”
The “20 Proposals” provide a basis for the roadmap of Russian-French cooperation under development by RIAC and Observo experts, who have elaborated a list of feasible projects for political,...
In the lead-up to the visit of the French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to Moscow and the annual meeting of the Russia-France intergovernmental commission, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and
French-Russian analytical center Observo
are releasing a joint paper “Russia-France: 20 Proposals for Long-Term Partnership”.
The project aims to produce ...
