... experts, and other representatives of the Russian expert community and Russian business are taking part in the meeting.
In addition, the Ambassadors of Russia to Austria and Austria to Russia, the EU Ambassador to Russia, and senior officials of the European Union and the Government of Russia are taking part in the discussions. Maxim Akimov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, addressed ...
Moral Hazard. It sounds like the name of a failed town in a Clint Eastwood western. We all live there now.
– The Wall Street Journal (2008)
In the past several weeks the world’s financial markets have re-entered into higher volatility mode as the ongoing trade dispute between the two largest economies is dashing hopes of speedy improvement in US-China relations. The uncertainty afflicting the markets is further exacerbated by the contradictions between the Trump camp and the Fed, with increasing...
Is it high time that we restore the political unity of Europe on the basis of pragmatism?
In the euphoria of the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall long 30 years ago quite a few hopeful predictions were made for restoration of political unity of Europe, for a Europe whole and free, practically as a matter of course. But all those hopes and pan-European enthusiasm, they generated were not to come true.
One has to admit, that European elites have proved themselves unprepared, both politically and...
The main issue for Moscow in the Middle East in the years ahead will be the implementation of a shift from a military-political approach to an economic one or in other words from risk based approach to opportunity-oriented
Since the start of the Russian military operation in Syria in 2015, the configuration of political forces in the Middle East began to undergo major changes. The dominance of the United States as a key security provider in the region, which was the issue since 1990s and accelerated...
... 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 ...
