Washington is resolved to damaging Russia under Putin as much as it can. But Russia doesn't have to take a hard line
This year is the beginning of a new cycle in Russia’s foreign policy. The result of the upcoming presidential election is quite certain: Polls indicate Vladimir Putin has enormous public support.
Andrey Kortunov:
Russian Approaches to the United States: Algorithm Change Is Overdue
Many observers say this means there will be few changes in Russia’s course abroad. Since the end of...
... to the processes that have been taking place in Europe over the past few years have been fuelled more by emotions than pragmatism. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the response to Europe’s condemnation of Russia’s actions with regard to the Ukrainian crisis. The initial resentment turned into a blistering campaign to convince everyone that European values, and indeed everything related to Europe, is organically alien to Russia, which represents an independent civilization and should mark ...
On September 20, 2016 an international expert workshop “Lessons of the Ukrainian conflict: Restoration of the European Security or Revision of Its Foundations?” took place in Berlin.
The expert workshop, jointly organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik,
DGAP
) and the US
Brookings Institute
, became the latest in a series of events, held within the framework of a long-term US-European project on assessing the role...
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
The political process in the Ukraine has become as hot as the scorching weather the country has been experiencing of late. Discussions about the latest trends at home and around the world and what it all means for the future of Ukraine have reached fever pitch. The recent NATO Summit in Warsaw, the attempted coup in Turkey, the complicated dynamics of the development of Ukraine’s relations with important...
... Minsk agreements is muted. Bringing pressure on Moscow is futile and even dangerous considering that the ball is in the court of the Kiev authorities.
Today it is important to determine how the EU (or at least its Franco-German nucleus), Russia and the USA see the solution of the Ukrainian crisis and to try to find common ground between these various visions through mutual concessions. Without bridging the gaps between visions of the region’s future it is impossible to create effective incentives for internal Ukrainian politics....
... unresolved issues in Eastern Donbass, and neither Ukraine nor the West accepts the annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
REUTERS/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti
Ivan Timofeev:
7 Trends for Russian Foreign
Policy You Need to Know
Do you think that the Ukrainian crisis affects neighboring countries in the region?
Absolutely. Russian occupation and military interference within Ukraine itself means that many countries of the region are uncertain about their own sovereignty and their future. Some suggest ...
