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The “Russian issue” will not budge unless the slogans of the European Union are converted into detailed “road maps” and concrete proposals In March 2016, after the initial shock of the crisis that had hit relations between Moscow and Brussels had passed, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign ...
... Council of Europe, in which Russia was deliberately deprived of certain rights enshrined in the CoE Charter. In a sense, this analogy applies to the activities of the International Contact Group on Venezuela, which has slipped under pressure from the European Union on biased and non-constructive positions. In short, increasingly, multilateral structures designed to serve as a platform for equal dialogue and the search for viable compromises are becoming a means of isolation and political pressure....
... Club was held in Vienna (Austria). The conference was attended by Alexander Grushko, Konstantin Kosachev, Fyodor Lukyanov, Ivan Timofeev, and Alexander Shokhin, RIAC Members. The topical issues of European integration, relations between Russia and the European Union in the area of security, economy and trade were discussed.
... their monopoly on nuclear weapons, thereby minimizing the risk of their use for military purposes. This calls for the process to be led by recognized nuclear powers, namely Russia, the United States, China, France and the United Kingdom (and also by the European Union as an influential political association). If these countries accept the conditions for limiting Iranian uranium enrichment, this could help achieve several goals at once. First, such major and reputable countries could help to establish ...
... of this year was designated as “One Past, Many Futures”; the participants focused the most significant trends in the development of world politics, that influence the situation in Europe. The discussion concentrated on the future of NATO and the European Union, the prospects for arms control in Europe, the issues of transatlantic relations, the rise of European populism, etc. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a speech at two sessions of the Conference on the geopolitical position of ...
Earlier this year the Valdai Club advanced an initiative to strengthen the global governance framework via creating a platform for cooperation among regional integration arrangements, regional development banks and regional financing arrangements. The main rationale for this idea was the need to promote greater horizontal coordination among the various regional arrangements, while at the same time improving the cooperative linkages between regional and global multilateral institutions. The G20 may...
.... The US sanctions apparatus far exceeds the capabilities of the UN and any other country in terms of financial, human and organisational resources. Ivan Timofeev: Political Multipolarity vs. Economic Unipolarity: 2018 Results and 2019 Intrigues The European Union is also showing increasing activity as an initiator of sanctions. There are several conditions for this. First, the EU is a powerful economy with huge human, financial and technological potential. Economic power is the most important condition,...
... Director of Centre for European Reform in London, visited Russian International Affairs Council. The British scientist was informed about current RIAC projects on the European vector, discussed the current issues in relations between Russia and the European Union and NATO, and the possibilities of building a new architecture of European security.
It’s high time for Mogherini to move forward Time for Mogherini to move forward Federica Mogherini has done an absolutely marvelous job as High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Defense in the EU. In Mogherini’s time, the EU’s Foreign Affairs have been taken from being a 1000-year endless paper-project into something of real international importance. Of course, in an era of “US First Policies” and the foot-dragging UK leaving the EU, times have been moving with Mogherini, and the support...
Iran in the Middle East: Regional Spoiler or Stakeholder? Iran’s critical role in shaping the security agenda of the Middle East is indisputable. No matter what we discuss — the Syrian settlement, state-building in Iraq, civil war in Yemen or political dynamics in Lebanon —, Iran remains the big elephant in the room. Its impact on the region is profound, multifaceted and controversial. The predominant view in the West in general and in France in particular is that Iran is more part of the problem...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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