... There is the situation in Syria and the threat of a new escalation in Idlib and new flows of Syrian refugees into Europe, which has been made worse by the recent decision of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to suspend the agreement with the European Union on migrants. The future of relations with Iran following the sharp aggravation of U.S.–Iran relations and the threat of the Iranian nuclear deal falling apart entirely. And the future of European security after attempts to save the Intermediate-Range ...
... two presidents decide to meet on August 19 in France? Can we use the term "reset" about the French-Russian relations?
“Reset” is probably too strong a word to be used here. Still, France is a member of both the Atlantic alliance and the European Union and it is not going to question the integrity of both institutions by launching its separate ‘reset’ with Russia. However, both presidents hope to benefit from the meeting. For Emmanuel Macron this is another opportunity to claim the ...
... Its strategy towards the region was
first introduced in 2007
and reviewed in
2015
. It is less ambitious compared to the EU policy towards the
six Eastern Neighborhood
countries showing that, despite the strategic importance of Central Asia, the European Union prioritizes geographically closer regions.
Fabienne Bossuyt:
Connecting Eurasia: Is Cooperation between Russia, China, and the EU in Central Asia Possible?
The 2007 document, named “The EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership,...
... continent’s relations with the United States
The national factor — and the risk of its dislocation within larger entities — invites us to reflect on the crucial political challenge of our time: the independence of Europe. Since the second world war, the European Union and its member countries have not been sovereign subjects of international relations but rather more often objects moved by greater outside powers.
We are witnessing, everywhere in the European Union, the rise of "national reactions",...
... conversation the parties touched upon the issues related to the preparation and holding of the annual international Riga Conference in October 2019, as well as various aspects of bilateral Russia-Latvia relations, and relations between Russia and the European Union as a whole.
... the Social Sciences and the Humanities
The news of the launch of the Bologna Process produced a surge of enthusiasm in Russia’s pro-Western circles. Primarily because the process itself was not formally tied to its participants’ membership in the European Union. Certainly, EU member states were the main masterminds and architects of the European educational integration project, but all the countries on the continent were invited to join its implementation, including those which, at the time, could ...
... diplomats, including ambassadors from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, at the Belgian Embassy in Moscow.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: possible areas for the development of the relations between Russia and the European Union in the context of the elections to the European Parliament held in May and the change of leaders in the European Commission and other EU bodies. Special attention was paid to the role of Russia and the European Union in resolving the conflict ...
The European Union is taking up a defensive position. This is not isolationism but pragmatism, which signals a revision of the ideas at its heart and a sharp decrease in any desire to project power, including soft power. For Russia-EU relations, this will ...
... dealt a heavy blow to multilateral diplomacy. Approved by
UN Security Council Resolution 2231
Resolution 2231 (2015)
adopted by the UN Security Council at its 7488th meeting on July 20, 2015
, the deal was drafted with the active contribution of the European Union, as well as the P5 countries. It had special significance for Brussels, considering the EU’s commitment to multilateral diplomacy.
US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the
Iranian nuclear deal on May 8, 2018
...
... large Russian-speaking communities as a fifth column leading to tensions that exist to this day. After a while, problems have accumulated, and Russia's unchanging attitude pushed the three Baltic republics towards the Western institutions: NATO and the European Union. In the midst of these problems, Russia has yet to change its attitude towards the Baltic states. Moscow preferred to talk to the 'old Europe' over the heads of Russia's closest Western neighbors. Russia still expects that Brussels, Berlin ...
