On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
RIAC guests were informed about Council’s current projects in the field of European...
The meeting was attended by experts from Russia and the EU, permanent members of the group, as well as invited experts on relevant topics
On February 27–28, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council together with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation, held a plenary “Alternative Futures of EU-Russia Relations – Methodology and Perspectives”. The scenario discussions focused on three areas: the EU, Russia, and the European security in 2030; the EU, Russia,...
On February 26, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Pierre Levy, French Ambassador to Russia.
On February 26, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Pierre Levy, French Ambassador to Russia.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: the development of Russian-French relations, possible areas of bilateral cooperation in the field of strengthening European security, ways of resolving conflict situations in eastern Ukraine...
The meeting with the German diplomat focused on the issues related to Russia’s cooperation with the FRG and the European Union, prospects for resolving the conflict in Donbass, possible future of the European arms control, ways to restore European unity, and the evolution of transatlantic relations
On February 25, 2020, Sebastian Groth, Director for Policy Planning ...
... for 2019 suggest that foreign trade averaged $665 billion per year, compared to $783 billion in 2014. What’s more alarming, Russia’s foreign trade actually fell last year (by $23 billion). And while trade with China has grown significantly, the European Union remains Moscow's main trade partner (making up approximately two-fifths of Russia's total foreign trade).
Despite a very successful 2019, foreign direct investment (FDI) is also down significantly compared to 2014, not to mention 2013. ...
... the different visions that Moscow and European capitals have of the most critical parameters of regional security. The Russian foreign policy doctrine contains a provision on the indivisibility of regional security as a central tenet. Formally, the European Union does not have any objections to this, but nuances determine the content of the relations between the two sides.
Twelve Steps Toward Greater Security in Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Region. Twelve Steps Toward Greater Security in Ukraine ...
Since the European and Russian Elites Are Never Going to Agree on Values, Relations Should be Built on Interests Instead
Four years ago, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini announced that Brussels was looking at new approaches to building relations with Moscow. These approaches would later become known as the "five Mogherini principles." ...
... The Charter for European Security signed in November 1999 in Istanbul was intended to “contribute to the formation of a common and indivisible security space” on the European continent. This document, as well as many others, signed by Russia, the European Union, NATO and other parties, was the foundation for establishing far-reaching plans to build a Greater Europe, a Common space stretching from Vladivostok to Lisbon and shared spaces in various cooperation areas, etc.
These developments transpired ...
... centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), where he had served as Deputy Chairman since 2002, for his persistent troublemaking. Orban commented: “We are the ‘black sheep’ of the community – the EPP would like to be part of the power structure of the European Union by any means. And if the price of that is to give up certain values to make a compromise with the left, they do so. And then we are losing our identity step by step. We [the EPP – author] became a centrist and then liberal and leftist-oriented ...
On February 19, 2020 the press-conference: “Reconstruction of Syria: Visions from Russia and the EU” will be held at the International Multimedia Press Center MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" (Russia Today). Post-conflict reconstruction of Syria is a vital component of the plans to turn this country into a stable, secure and peaceful state. Experts of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the International Crisis Group (ICG) will cover Russian and European approaches towards Syria’s...
