... the one hand, Kiev is hardly able to restore control over the regions ruled by pro-Russian forces, and on the other, the abandonment of Luhansk and Donetsk regions may give rise to separatism in western Ukraine, placing the country stranded between Russia and the West.
Besides, the financially emaciated European Union will be hardly enthusiastic about taking aboard the economically damaged and heavily populated Ukraine.
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Ukraine and Syria – How Far Will We Go?
Interview with European Leadership Network
Director Ian Kearns
At the same time,...
Russia and the West should refrain from hostile and inflammatory rhetoric that fuels public mistrust
Relations between Russia and the European Union are in deep crisis – perhaps the most serious crisis since the end of the Cold War. As the Russian Federation’s former foreign minister, I particularly regret this bleak state of affairs as along with my European counterparts ...
... SIPRI Chairman Emeritus Rolf Ekeus.
The participants discussed ways to strengthen and reform the OSCE, integrated approach to European security and future OSCE PA role with the focus on Ukraine crisis and prospects for relationship between Europe and Russia.
Opinions have been voiced that time has come to change the key and regard Russia as part of Europe rather than plunge into confrontation, the sanctions being vestiges of the past and hardly effective as foreign policy tools since they damage both ...
.... The fact is that Russia is finally taking advantage of its unique geopolitical position between the major poles of the global economy to take its rightful place in the complex system of relations between states in the Far East and South East Asia.
Russia has demonstrated to the West that there are alternative economic partners to the European Union, with the demand for Russian hydrocarbons in China and other developing markets in the region just as high as in Europe. The partnership between China and Russia has both political and economic dimensions.
Russia and China have similar ...
