Tensions and uncertainty between Russia and the West, primarily with the United States, are dragging on and becoming more vivid — despite earlier predictions of the opposite. All traffic lights are flashing that Moscow and Washington will not quite be able to ameliorate the current ...
... way of life, and stressed the importance of 'shared values' in the new EU-Armenia agreement. The speech came a day after the European Union and Armenia agreed on the "
Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
" (CEPA), which will substitute ... ... negotiations on a
new agreement
with the EU was reopened in December 2015, twelve months after Armenia officially joined the Russia-led
Eurasian Economic Union
(EEU) in January 2015. No doubt, the main philosophy of the new agreement lies in Armenia's ...
... Can they work together?
"
After short introductory words of I. Bond the discussion of the presented works took place. The round table was attended by researchers and experts interested in the issues of Russian-Chinese relations, the policy of the European Union toward Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe. Among them: V. Portyakov, Deputy Director of the Institute of the Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yu. Kulintsev, Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian ...
On March 7, 2017, Berlin hosted a roundtable dedicated to forecasting long-term global, regional and country trends. The event was held due to "The World in 100 Years" being published in English by Russian international affairs council (RIAC).
The book consists of over 50 long-term predictions on separate spheres of international relations. Leading Russian experts share their outlook on the future of military conflicts, world order, great powers' ...
... real-life credibility, questioned by some in Europe, and is a way to inform the citizens that the government is taking steps to improve their security.
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Vladislav Vorotnikov, Igor Yurgens,
Ivan Timofeev, Sergey Kulik:
Russia and the European Union in the Baltic
Sea Region
Do you think the balance of power in the region is going to change somehow, due to these developments?
Let’s leave these empty phrases to international relations handbooks. Geopolitical argumentation usually ...
Analogies between the EU and the collapse of the Soviet Union might be tempting, particularly for those in Russia who are fed up with what they perceive as a patronizing EU
The rift between Brussels and Moscow is deep. The Ukrainian war, the subsequent European Union (EU) sanctions and Russian counter-sanctions have dragged the bilateral relationship to its lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Strategic distrust and a clash of perceptions are pervasive. From an EU perspective, the core problem lies in Russia’s ...
... that Armenia is and will remain Russia’s key and unparalleled ally in the region. The 17% drop in public perception of Russia’s “friendliness” in Armenia, observed in a Eurasian Development Bank survey in October 2016, should be ... ....-Armenia agenda, and will likely remain so — regardless of who enters the White House next January.
With regards to the European Union, Armenia will finally conclude and sign the new framework document to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement ...
... at stimulating dialogue between members of parliaments of the two countries regarding international relations, security issues and globalization.
On February 20, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke about prospects of relations within "Russia–EU–U.S." triangle.
... Russia, covered comparative estimates of international terrorism threats in Russia and the EU, the dynamics and further direction of political and religious extremism, links between terrorism and migration as well as possible cooperation formats between Russia and European Union in preventing, monitoring and combatting terrorism.
Leonid Gozman, prominent Russian politician, Alexander Kolyandr, Credit Suisse Bank analyst, and Pavel
Felgenhauer, military expert, took part in the discussion.
... projected to decline further to $10 billion.
The National Bank of Ukraine estimates
that the cumulative negative effect of the Russian food embargo (as a protectionist measure in response to the signing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union) and the restrictions on transit introduced by Russia will amount to
$1.1 billion
.
Despite the fact that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union has come into effect, so far it has not had any noticeable positive impact on the
country’s economic performance
. Even ...