On May 17–18, 2018, London hosted an annual international conference «Assessing Risk: Business in Global Disorder» organized by Aspen Institute, Italy, in cooperation with Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. The conference was organized for the 4th time and traditionally gathered the heads of large European corporations, financial institutions, consulting companies, as well as leading international experts, diplomats, journalists, and government officials from several European...
A new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after the end of WW2 and twenty-eight years after the reunification, the new generation of Germans owes Russian nothing. After the Ukrainian crisis, no ‘business as usual’ is possible in any foreseeable future; Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree...
... the enemy defences and impose a peace on its own terms.
In a protracted conflict, it is usually the side with the stronger rear that fairs the best. Russia thus faces the vital issue of selecting a development strategy, primarily with regard to its economy. Moscow could go with its habitual pattern of mobilizing the economy, just like the USSR did during World War II. Back then, Nazi Germany had virtually all the economic resources of Europe at its disposal, which significantly exceeded the Soviet ...
... and clients.
In the course of the meeting the participants exchanged views on topical issues of the international agenda, including the prospects for relations between Russia and the West, the impact of American and European sanctions on the Russian economy, and opportunities for international cooperation in resolving current regional conflicts.
Following the meeting, the sides noted the fruitfulness of the dialog and confirmed their readiness to continue the interaction.
... confrontation between the two geopolitical poles. Following the victory of Euromaidan in 2014, one of the first steps taken by the new Ukrainian authorities was to implement association with the European Union. This decision defined the future of the Ukrainian economy, and to a large extent its social life, for years to come.
An Economy of Slow Growth and Debts
Even those experts who are clearly against Russia or oppose the multi-vectored policy adopted by Ukraine admit today that the European Union’s association ...
The European Union has been active in Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The impact of its activities have varied across the five independent Central Asian states: - The political impact of the EU's policies has been the most evident in Kyrgyzstan and to a slightly lesser extent, in Kazakhstan; on the other hand, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan have experienced much less of an impact thus far; - The EU's economic impact has been the strongest in Kazakhstan and to...
... sanctions have caused tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of jobs losses — which I have read in the Russian press — is probably overstated.
But similarly, in certain EU countries and in the US, politicians over there will say that Russia’s economy is in tatters and it’s because of sanctions (the way Barack Obama put it). I don’t think that was true, either. Politicians will always exaggerate the impact of their policies. What I do — I’m not here to articulate the views of a member-state ...
... the CIA and the State Department, under obligation to provide detailed information about the Russian establishment, oligarchs, state companies and other organizations that have an association with the state and play an important part in the Russian economy. Their inclusion on the list depends on their proximity to the Russian president and other representatives of the “ruling elite.”
The report of the Treasury Department was eagerly anticipated on both sides of the Atlantic. The high degree ...
The fifth African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit was held on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The leaders of African and EU countries once again gathered to develop strategic decisions on the future of their cooperation. Interestingly, this is the first time that the
summit
was held in sub-Saharan Africa. It was also the first time that the meeting was designated as the AU and the EU summit, and not as the EU – Africa summit. In this regard, Federica Mogherini
noted
that for...
RIAC Working Paper. Special Issue
Working Paper. Special Issue
This working paper has been prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) as part of the project entitles “Eurasian Economic Integration: Effective Models of Experts’ Interaction.” The aim of this publication is to present the views of experts on the development of the EAEU up until 2025. The paper considers promising areas of integration: transport and logistics; agro-industrial policy; the free movement of goods, labour...
