... Director, and
Sergey Utkin
, Head of Foreign and Security Policy Department of the Centre for Strategic Research, Head of Department of Strategic Assessment, RAS IMEMO Centre for Situation Analysis, had a meeting with German diplomats from the Embassy of Germany to Russia.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: recent aggravation in relations between Russia the West caused by Skripal Case and the possible impact of the current crisis on Russian-European relations in the medium ...
... First World War? The official answer is simple: on March 3, 1918, when it signed a separate peace treaty in Brest-Litovsk, which was occupied by the Germans. It was signed on one side by the Bolshevik government and on the other by the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire). The key points were the loss of about 780,000 sq km, including part of Transcaucasia, the Baltic region, and Ukraine, and also the effective recognition that all the military efforts of the past ...
... the US it may be different. You have people who are real Cold warriors, exaggerate everything — all bad things come from Russia. Others are a little bit more moderate. In Europe it depends on the country: from Baltic states and Poland to Austria, Germany, and France. Things are shifting and one dangerous element is that everyone, including Europe, is talking about the hybrid conflict. Nobody knows exactly what hybrid conflict is, but everyone is talking about it. In Europe it is not as exacerbated ...
'Stability' may ring sweetly, but in the EU's case, it has become a synonym of 'stagnation'. What the EU needs at this point is leadership
Germany today is at a crossroads, divided, uncertain. Christian Lindner, Chairman of the Free Democratic Party, has
walked away
from coalition negotiations, leaving Merkel in political limbo. Whether the Social Democrats will again agree to a 'Grand ...
... Studies (
DGO
) held an extended meeting of their workgroup on Russia focusing on the following topic: “Is Russia a Global Player?”
Over 50 experts, state officials and diplomats, representatives of non-profit organizations, and journalists from Germany and other European countries took part in the event.
The following topics were discussed in the course of the event: different aspects of Russia’s foreign policy, including Europe, Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and Latin America.
Andrey Kortunov,...
RIAC and DGAP Report
Restoration and further development of the energy dialogue between Russia and the EU will require the sides to search for compromises and a balance of interests. This is not a simple task, fresh ideas, flexibility and the rejection of stereotypes are crucial. The report provides recommendations for renewing the dialogue.
The report is published in the frameworks of the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the
Robert Bosch Center at the German Council...
... Christianity, now half-forgotten in the West, plundering along the way, of course.
It was not an “order” but rather the law of the jungle in its worst form. International law and norms of interstate relations were viciously trampled upon. In 1991, Germany and then the European Union as a whole recognized the independence of Croatia and Slovenia which had broken away from Yugoslavia. Such unilateral recognition was completely against international law and became one of the factors that triggered ...
... European Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde, DGO) and German non-profit association Atlantik-Brücke organized public debate on the role of the U.S. and Russia in contemporary Europe and the prospects for development of relations between Germany, Washington, and Moscow.
On November 14, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) with participation of the German Association for East European Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde, DGO) ...
... November 8–9, 2017, Hamburg hosted the 6th “German-Russian International Dialogue”, GRID, a meeting of a Russian-German work group within the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Koerber Foundation (Koerber Stiftung, Germany).
On November 8–9, 2017, Hamburg hosted the 6th “German-Russian International Dialogue”, GRID, a meeting of a Russian-German work group within the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Koerber Foundation (
Koerber ...
... fingers.
They were lucky. They were tremendously lucky. They made it just in time. The socioeconomic and political model of the EU countries withstood the blow. It proved sufficiently reliable and stable. The elections in the Netherlands, France and then Germany gave the elites their confidence back. The popular vote demonstrated that the true dangers the European Union had faced were, indeed, in the past. Yes, the extreme left, and particularly the extreme right, did strengthen their positions and their ...
