... “EU-Russia” Series held by the Russian International Affairs Council and the Embassies of the Chair Countries of the Council of the European Union
Dear colleagues,
1. Regrettably, there have not been any conceptual improvements in the Russia-EU relations recently.... ... promote greater understanding, overcome differences, find a common ground on regional issues. Breaking through the pandemic of COVID-19 we are now gradually resuming it at different levels.
President Putin and President of the European Council Charles Michel ...
... relaxed Christmas period only to kick start 2021 with more lockdown restrictions related to the finding of a new variant of the virus, which has been fundamental in reshaping our human existence since early 2020.
The threat posed by the new strain of COVID-19 is only adding fuel to the frustration felt by many across the continent, which only complicates those in Brussels and national governments across the world.
Italy may serve as a good example, as the country's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte decided ...
Three questions to Andrey Kortunov
Covid-19, demonstrations in Khabarovsk, Alexey Navalny’s poisoning, protests in Belarus, revived conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, political crisis in Kyrgyzstan: Russia is facing a number of challenges internally and in its immediate neighbourhood.
Andrey ...
... Emirate of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bashar al-Assad, when the parties discussed aid to Syria in combating the COVID-19.
The Caesar Act and Russia’s Economic Presence in Syria
Nothing Good Can Come of it for Moscow?
Despite the obvious ... ... is debating adjusting its approaches to the Syrian reconstruction effort. The German expert
Muriel Asseburg
notes that the European Union’s consolidated standing is eroded by differences between the United Kingdom, Germany and France on the one hand,...
... powers, risking ending up, once again, as the battleground between the two different blocs.
Andrey Kortunov:
We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance
If the pandemic hit hard on the economic giants, particularly true was for the European Union, where COVID-19's wave shed light on Brussels' enormous dependence on the two opposing powers. As of China, a relatively new economic partner, the virus highlighted the extent to which the continent is dependent on areas nowadays considered critical for prosperous ...
On July 9, 2020, the Russia-EU Forum video conference was held to discuss the geopolitical and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global recession. The conference was held by the Russian International Affairs Council, Aspen Institute (Italy), in cooperation with European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and with the support of the Italian Ministry of ...
... Russia’s share in the global economy to steadily decline, and consequently its significance as an economic partner of the European Union.
Igor Ivanov:
Rethinking International Security for a Post-Pandemic World
The EU’s weaknesses mostly stemmed ... ... fight such a complex battle on two fronts since coming to power over twenty years ago.
Andrey Kortunov:
Global Victory Over COVID-19: What Price Are We Willing to Pay?
The end of the current public health and economic crisis is nowhere in sight, but ...
The COVID-19 pandemic did not give Russia and the EU an impulse to start rapprochement, but the goal of finding common grounds remains on the agenda
The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the difficulties that have existed in the relationship between the ...
... perceived as a benefit. A "community of communities"[
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] working together for a common good. If, in accordance with the theory of social constructivism, social processes are at the core of the construction of ideas, then the legitimacy of the European Union itself will also be partly defined by the existence of a strong
European identity
. As opposed to being merely regarded as a challenge, COVID-19 pandemic provides all the necessary elements to be the turning point Europe needed to reshape its position. Besides addressing health and socio-economic issues, institutions should also focus on fostering a shared EU identity.
On 13 December ...
... lower, regional level. For example, trade wars between the US and China or restrictions imposed on foreign investments by the European Union are a part of global disintegration. In the shadow of the new EU industrial strategy, dirigisme will grow in the ... ... earlier to say if institutional changes aimed at deepening Eurasian integration will happen on the coattails of the fight against COVID-19.
On the surface, it looks surprising that the US and Britain – the core of the neoliberal model of globalisation – ...
