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On October 6-7, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the EU Delegation to Russia and the European Union Institute for Security Studies ( EUISS ) held a workshop “Russia and the EU: What is a New Reality.” The discussion focused on bilateral relations between Russia and the EU and ways to normalize them, prospects for settlement ...
... through wider civil society dialogue, more balanced media coverage, the preservation of existing economic links and expert discussions. Only this conceptual settlement will reverse the current ‘divide-unite’ split in favour of more unity. Russia and Europe: Somewhat Different, Somewhat the Same? , 143 Kb
On May 13-15, 2016 Tallinn hosted the 10 th Anniversary Lennart Meri Conference (LMC), an annual commemorative event for the late President of Estonia (1992-2001). In ten years, the Conference has become one of the most representative European forums for discussing development and security issues of the continent. This year’s LMC entitled “Shaping the New Normal” focused on the impact of the Ukrainian factor, migration crisis, rise of populism, acute financial problems ...
On February 9, 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation hosted a Roundtable “ EU and Russia: Our Differences, Interconnections and the Way Forward ,” attended by many leading experts from Russia and the EU countries. The reasons for the profound crisis in ...
Policy Brief #2 The EU has suffered a series of crises over the past few years, leading many experts to continually predict the downfall of Europe. The Eurozone crisis uncovered a number of economic issues that need to be dealt with in order to improve the overall competitiveness of the EU economy. In recent years, the number of academic studies and political opinions on the desired future ...
... problem of the Russian foreign policy is not about how to cope with the external reality, but rather how to define it. It this brief paper, I try to outline some of the most significant manifestations of this problem in Russia’s policy toward the European Union, the seven common phantoms of the Russian thinking. These phantoms were not the only reason why the ambitions concept of Greater Europe stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok was never put into practice, but they definitely contributed to ...
... for interacting with Moscow. The report insists on the need to approach Russia simultaneously along the tracks of containment and dialogue, with economic and force-based containment needed to make the Kremlin duly honor the opinions of Paris and other European capitals. At the same time, the isolation of Russia cannot be driven to the cutoff point, since otherwise no solutions could be found for acute problems and the climate would only worsen. In fact, the combination of containment cum dialogue ...
The European Union is sometimes referred to as ‘an economic giant and a political dwarf’. This somewhat condescending definition implies that EU member states have always been reluctant to invest significant resources and energy into a common ...
Differences between Russia and Europe have been discussed at length. The fact that these differences exist has taken root in political ideology and social stereotypes in the EU and Russia as well. The only disagreement concerns the depth of the scission. On the one hand, some believe ...
Against the backdrop of the drawn-out migrant crisis that took place during the second half of 2015, the issue of improving pan-European mechanisms has been gradually pushed off the agenda. However, this hiatus offers Europe’s expert community an ideal opportunity to assess and rethink the main outlines of the European Union’s policies. The report “ We Don’t ...
| 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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