... Security Architecture and the OSCE?»
The meeting, timed to the middle of the Italian Chairmanship in the OSCE, was devoted to the current state and possible areas for the development of the Organization, the prospects for convergence of the positions of Russia and the West on issues of European security, the correlation of the OSCE potential with the capabilities of other organizations dealing with security issues in Europe (NATO, the European Union).
Aleksey Gromyko, RIAC Member, Director of the RAS Institute of Europe, Andrey Zagorsky, RIAC Member, Director of IMEMO RAS Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and several experts: ...
... legislation sparked a broad public response while still at the drafting stage. Eventually the lawmakers downplayed the most controversial clauses on the import of medicines and other sensitive issues. The new law authorizes the president to respond to anti-Russia sanctions in many ways. The main problem today is how to devise a strategy for its application and develop an effective policy of counteraction. A simple set of technical measures to restrict trade is unlikely to have a significant effect. What ...
... upon a phase of active rapprochement, which resulted in Russia’s final break with Austria and Austria’s defeat in its 1859 conflict with France.
Could we imagine such flexibility today? Could we suppose that over the course of two or three years, Russia would be capable of swapping its current partnership with China for an alliance with the United States? Or that the European Union, as it faces increasing pressure from the United States, would re-orient itself towards strategic cooperation with Moscow? Such scenarios look improbable at best and absurd at worst. Alas, the leaders of great powers today do not have the ...
... of sovereignty in Russian political discourse. The desire to tell the whole world that one of the founding members of the European Union is actively promoting the idea of lifting the sanctions against Russia is similarly understandable. However, if Russia’s goal is still to patch up relations with the European Union, particularly with Germany and France, then it is worth taking into account just how important European solidarity is for Paris and Berlin and stop counting on a split forming within the Union. It is worth remembering, too, that Italy has ...
... Emiliano Garcia-Page, the President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha, made a speech at the opening session.
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was represented at the event by Nikolay Markotkin, RIAC Media and Government Relations ... ... Secretary General for Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Spain, and Javier Solana, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union (1999–2009), NATO Secretary General (1995–1999).
... RIAC and the Delegation joint initiative to form the EU-Russia expert network aimed at strengthening long-term cooperation between Russia and the EU.
On June 8, 2018, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation, Head of Delegation
The meeting focused on the preliminary results and plans for the further development of RIAC and the Delegation joint initiative to form the EU-Russia expert network aimed at strengthening long-term cooperation between ...
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The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: various aspects of relations between Russia and the West, application of new U.S. sanctions against Russia and Russia's response measures, recent developments in the interaction between Russia and the European Union, and the specifics of bilateral Russian-Danish relations. The priorities of Putin’s fourth presidential term, possible dynamics of Russia's social and economic development, and current Russian foreign policy priorities were also touched ...
... preferable because of its significantly lower emissions.
Approximately 25 per cent of all electricity produced in Europe comes from coal (this figure has changed by just 3–4 per cent over the past 20 years). Coal is one of the major air pollutants in the European Union. It is no coincidence that almost all the most polluted cities in Europe either consume coal for power-generation purposes or produce it themselves.
Russia is in a position to boost its presence in the traditional Chinese, Japanese and South Korean markets and also carve a niche in newly emerging marketplaces.
In this regard, it is surprising how little has been done within the European Union to minimize ...
Germany and Russia have to accept that they have different interests but also that they cannot ignore each other
Relations between Germany and Russia have always been fundamental for (peace and stability) Europe — whether in a negative way, for example remembering ...
Foreign viewpoints
After the reelection of Vladimir Putin for another term as president of the Russian Federation in March of this year, Russia is entering a new cycle of foreign and domestic policy. Russia's foreign policy at the moment is particularly fraught; the conflict in Syria, the continued uncertain status of the Donbass region of Ukraine,...
