Search: European Union,Germany,NATO,Russia (7 materials)

Igor Ivanov’s Remarks at the Federal Academy for Security Policy

Russia and Europe are parts of a great, dynamically developing Eurasian space. There are many other actors here. Everyone has ... ... short period of time, we succeeded in developing a set of essential documents intended to regulate Russia’s relations with NATO, the European Union, the Council of Europe etc. I believe that all these documents retain their value today. I could spend a great ...

23.01.2020

A Europe Whole and Free: A Utopia or, After All, a Future?

... exclusion from such a system of postwar relations. The double enlargement, i.e. of the NATO and the EU, as well as incomplete, in terms of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter,... ..., to the African Union) have proved to be expressions of so short-sighted a policy. Russia has been invited to neither of them. In the case of NATO for the reason of her... ... has inherited their policies, including that of containment of not only Russia but Germany as well, as has become obvious under the Trump Administration? So, the alienation...

23.08.2019

Looking at Tiananmen Square through the Brandenburg Gate

... announced a year-and-a-half ago by President Donald Trump? Clearly not Russia, whose relations with Washington were far from perfect even ... ... Iran, Syria, Cuba and the other habitual targets of U.S. attacks, Germany and China have the most reason to be unhappy with the current ... ... is being chided for its “insufficient contribution” to the NATO budget and its unswerving commitment to the Nord Stream II ... ..., has numerous fairly tangible obligations within NATO and the European Union. Berlin may be the driver of the European Union,...

30.08.2018

Searching for a new foundation for German-Russian relations

Germany and Russia have to accept that they have different interests but also that they cannot ignore each other Relations between Germany ... ... field that can be dangerous for the security in Europe. Here it needs more German and other European member states leadership in NATO to minimize these risks. What are the preconditions for a new relationship? As long as Russia’s leadership has no interest ...

14.05.2018

My Wish List for the Bundeskanzleramt

... Seventy-three years after the end of WW2 and twenty-eight years after the reunification, the new generation of Germans owes Russian nothing. After the Ukrainian crisis, no ‘business as usual’ is possible in any foreseeable future; Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree on many critically important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that of the European Union; it will not take any initiatives that might look risky, inappropriate or untimely to other members of these organizations....

28.04.2018

The Future World Order

... liberal global order” was proclaimed and upheld for a short while. And it is true that Russia had a hand in ruining it with its independent policy and actions in Ukraine and... ... 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... ... law and became one of the factors that triggered a civil war in Yugoslavia. In 1999, NATO bombed defenseless remains of the country for 78 days. The West then recognized...

20.11.2017

Turkey and Germany: Souring Relations between Strategic Allies

... possible. In this context, the EU member nations, first of all Germany, perceived Turkey as both Europe's rescuer and its potential ... ... and intensification of talks on the country’s accession to the European Union. Since late 2004, Ankara has enjoyed EU candidate ... ... towards Berlin. Squabbling over Incirlik RIAC Report “New Stage of Russia–Turkey Economic Relations” A military base is a strategic ... ... is historically a key element of Turkey’s relations with its NATO partners, first of all the USA and the EU. It should be noted ...

21.09.2017

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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