Working Paper #66, 2022
Working Paper #66, 2022
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict will lead to long-term global socio-economic and political consequences in the foreseeable future. Russian and foreign experts are currently exploring a wide range of scenarios for such transformation—from relatively positive to extremely negative. The author formulated three potentially possible options for the current world order transformation, assessing the probability and consequences of the practical implementation...
... levels of economic interdependence allowed Moscow to take a benign view on mounting political problems with Brussels— these problems were perceived as negligible or, at least, affordable compared to fundamental reciprocal economic interests.
The Ukrainian crisis and the subsequent EU sanctions against Russia proved this perception wrong. Of course, in Moscow the European decision on sanctions was interpreted as caused by the US pressure, but there are reasons to believe that the Russian side had expected EU countries to resist this pressure.
The sanctions were not the only example of European economic interests ...
... relations is a crisis of mutual trust. The situation can only be resolved by maintaining dialogue and cooperation
The Minsk II agreements remain the only viable solution to the crisis in Ukraine. If Minsk II fails, there will be no Minsk III
The new European security system needs to be Russia-inclusive. A number of Russian participants expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the OSCE and its ability to contribute to European security
Russia and the EU should come up with a positive agenda that ...
On September 4, 2015,
Latvian Institute of International Affair
s held a roundtable "
European Security: Engagement or Mistrust?
" moderated by Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs Andris Sprūds and attended by RIAC Website Editor-in-Chief Daria Khaspekova, Imants Lieģis of
European Leadership Network
and ...
