... Republic of Moldova and the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) by resolving political status issues and bringing about political stabilization in the region. Second is the potential creation of an additional instrument to help solve the Ukraine crisis and normalize Russia–Ukraine relations. Third is the potential impact of the Transnistria conflict on relations between Russia and the European Union. The latter has a special interest in minimizing instability in regions close to ...
... Symposium, Alexander Graef, PhD candidate and Research Associate at the University of St. Gallen, sat down with the Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Andrey Kortunov, to discuss a realistic politcal roadmap for solving the Ukraine crisis and the Russo-European Relations beyond Europe (Part 2 coming tomorrow).
ALEXANDER GRAEF: How does Russia perceive NATO’s new double strategy of political dialogue and deterrence? Is it efficient or does it reinforce images of the ...
... the iceberg of EEU’s external economic agenda. The bulk of cooperation with third parties concerns coordination among the Union member countries.
The EEU heads of state have decided to postpone decisions on relations with the European Union and Ukraine in view of the anti-Russian sanctions and counter-sanctions. Effective January 1, 2016, Russia has unilaterally withdrawn from the free-trade area regime with Ukraine and introduced EEU customs duties following Ukraine’s accession to the ...
This two-day international conference on Russia is organized in Toronto on June 13– 15 by the Institute for 21st Century Questions (21CQ) and Global Brief Magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Forces College.
Day One will be devoted to understanding and exploring the causes of, and potential practical solutions to Russia-West conflict and tensions, in both the Eastern Europe and Syrian theatres.
Day Two will explore Arctic geopolitical, economic, environmental and scientific futures, and...
Throughout 2015, developments in Ukraine were at the center of attention of world politics, but at this point in time, the events in Kiev have somewhat lost their urgency. The change of A. Yatsenyuk’s government, the epic concerning N. Savchenko’s extradition to Ukraine, ...
... presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy) played a great role in the negotiation process in Georgia in 2008, so its intervention today could only be well received by the actors. Secondly, France was present in Budapest in 1994 at the occasion of the Memorandum when Ukraine dismantled its nuclear arsenal. Finally, François Hollande - the president of the Republic, and its foreign minister - Jean-Marc Ayrault, are occidental leaders who have positive relations with Russia, which is also an asset to arbitrate ...
My Russian friends used to annoy me when they insisted I could not understand Russia if I knew only Moscow and St. Petersburg. So I began to visit other Russian cities and surrounding countryside--Perm, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Izhevsk, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Ufa, Krasnodar, Vladimir-Suzdal, Tuapse. My conclusion? My friends were right. These cities are not Moscow or St. Petersburg. But then, Oklahoma City, Provo Utah, Flint Michigan, and Columbus Ohio are not New York City or Washington D.C.
There...
On the April 20 the NATO-Russia Council convened in Brussels for the first time in almost two years. Two weeks earlier, the Netherlands held a consultative referendum on the Association Treaty of the European Union with Ukraine. Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, shared his views on results of the Dutch referendum, the future for Ukraine in the EU after the referendum, Ukrainian crisis, as well as the challenges of NATO-Russia ...
... US with a naval support facility in Deveselu.
This NATO flotilla would primarily rely on NATO Black Sea members naval capabilities (i.e. Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey), but would not be restricted to them, with prospects to join already offered to Ukraine and Georgia, while some Western navies would be contributing as well (in particular the US, Italian and German).[1] Taking into account that all Black Sea maritime countries have, at best, difficult relations with Russia, Romania’s proposal ...
On April 9-12, 2016 representatives of four leading research centers from Germany, the USA, Ukraine and Russia, namely the
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
(FES), the
International Institute for Strategic Studies
(IISS), the
Institute for Global Transformations
and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), held a meeting in Potsdam to make ...
