On the intertwined interests of regional and external powers in South Caucasus
Caucasus: turbulence in the shadow of Ukraine
These days, the Caucasus has been pushed to the margins of the international agenda and the media narrative by developments in and around Ukraine. However, the importance of geopolitical transformations in this part of Eurasia should by no means be underestimated.
Sergey Markedonov:
Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: Last Chapter or More to Come?
To begin with, it was here...
... which, as the author reminds his readership, was NATO’s proposed expansion into Ukraine and Georgia. This was a shocking manifestation of political irresponsibility, and it cannot be solely attributed to Ukraine, Russia, or the United States. The European Union and its member states, too, bear a significant amount of responsibility for the crisis that has befallen Europe. Since this is a conflict occurring within Europe and involving European nations, Mr. von der Schulenburg observes that the ...
The war in Syria has shown that a military solution to the conflict is doomed to fail, and establishing political peace seems almost the only probable way to resolve the conflict
For the last 12 years, the war in Syria has been raging on. March 15, 2011 is considered to be the starting date of the conflict. At that time, the Syrian Republic was overwhelmed by mass protests following the havoc brought by the Arab Spring. As a result, a political crisis escalated into violent clashes, bringing external...
... resolving the Taiwan issue, and the developments in the South China Sea give rise to suspicions among neighbours.
Against the background of the United States and China, two other players stand out, whose “currency baskets” are more asymmetric. The European Union has a whole range of soft currencies. But in the segment of hard assets, the situation is contradictory. The EU has a powerful economy, infrastructure and industrial base in its hands. The union includes at least one power that possesses ...
On October 29, 2021, Danish Foreign Policy Society held an international conference to mark its 75th anniversary
On October 29, 2021, Danish Foreign Policy Society held an international conference to mark its 75th anniversary. Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister, made opening remarks. The speakers of the conference included leading Danish politicians, diplomats, journalists and public figures, as well as experts in international relations from the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, the...
... policy. In Russia, a more active opposition prompts the political leadership to embark on certain economic and political reforms. This changes Moscow’s foreign policy rationale and opens a window of opportunity for more constructive engagement with the European Union, including on the Donbas conflict. Both sides are able to steer their relationship through the choppy waters of global US-Chinese rivalry.
Little of what happened since November 2020 seems to points in this direction. The first visit of ...
... journalists. The 2021 event, held in a hybrid online and in-person format, brought together about a thousand participants from seventy countries.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the participants of the session on relations between the European Union and Russia.
... for Security and Justice, a Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence, at the University of Dundee. Christian has been invited expert for the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the European Parliament, the European Union Institute for Security Studies (an agency of the EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He is currently Editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, was also previously ...
... other hand, has drawn increasingly closer to Islamist radicals, who have nothing in common with the Western values. Ten years after the conflict broke out, the US maintains a largely symbolic military presence in Syria’s northeast regions, while the European Union is plainly unable to settle on a new strategy in Syria.
Should Russia be considered a winner? Tactically—yes. Russia’s successful and relatively low-budget military operation quickly made Moscow the principal external actor in Syria....
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign policy and the future of Russia-France relations.
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign...
