On May 5, 2022, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with French Ambassador Pierre Levy and German Ambassador Geza Andreas von Geyr at the French Embassy in Russia
On May 5, 2022, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with French Ambassador Pierre Levy and German Ambassador Geza Andreas von Geyr at the French Embassy in Russia.
The meeting addressed the prospects in relations between Russia and the ...
... between French and Russian nuclear companies on the use of additive technologies leaves a window of hope for future
energy relations
. The energy interdependence between the EU and Russia is fundamentally going to change and comprehending the role that Russia will hold in the future EU energy system is a crucial point.
Overall, Germany most likely will keep nuclear power out of its energy mix. This means that France could attempt to over-produce nuclear energy with the sole intention of becoming the lead-exporter of energy inside the EU. As suggested by Noreng, it is likely that in the future European energy market, France will become the major provider of ...
... centre.
The U.S. initiative caused a domino effect among its allies. In September 2019, France established, as part of its air force, a Space Command with a higher status than... ... announced
the creation of a space centre at Allied Air Command in the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is planning to establish its own Space Command... ... military space agencies a higher and more autonomous status.
Significantly, this is where Russia has been well ahead of the curve, as the country’s space forces have always...
... pandemic has not yet led to a conflict of fathers and sons, for the simple reason that young people everywhere in the world have their own fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers, whose fate is not inconsequential to them – that happens in France, in China, and in Russia.
There is no serious conflict between fathers and sons over coronavirus, but there is a generational problem. Of course, in an ideal society, all generations would live in harmony with each other and the problem of choosing priorities in such a ...
..., 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... ... cultural diversity, where development of all would ensure development of each nation.
France convened the Paris Peace Forum last year to mark the end of World War One. So...
... Fillon, Hubert Vedrine, to take only the names of a few politicians who belong to diverse political families support this ambition and share a deep distrust of "Atlantic" anglo-saxon intentions and a low opinion of orchestrated "anti-Russian hysteria."
Restarting the "Franco-German engine" of Europe
The reconciliation of France and Germany, after what Ernst Nolte called the "European Civil War", was an unquestionable obligation in view of the two worldwide conflicts of the twentieth century. The French and German conceptions of the nation are nonetheless very different....
... the United States from the JCPOA, is much more complicated than it was in 2003. Europe faces far greater threats to its security than it did at the beginning of the century. And the bilateral dialogue on nuclear issues between the United States and Russia is extremely difficult at best, and, at worst, in a state of limbo for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, France and the United Kingdom are still nuclear powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council. And Germany has been a non-permanent member since the beginning of 2019. Maybe it is time for European leaders to show the same kind of political will and imagination in the nuclear sphere that they demonstrated in 2003.
Andrey Kortunov:
The World After ...
... considerations.
Some of the Lucrative “Multilateral Format” Scenarios
1. Regardless of the resolution of the post-Yugoslav heritage problems, formation of a permanent "Balkan Council" is a top priority. It would include representatives of Russia, the US, Great Britain, Turkey, France, Italy, Slovenia and Germany as international observers, with mediation on the part of the EU and the UN, and also envoys of all the Western Balkan countries. The logical way to give life to this format is to reframe and accelerate the work of the Regional Cooperation Council ...
The road to Moscow does not lead through Berlin alone, but also through Brussels
Relations between Germany and Russia are in a state of severe crisis. At latest since the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, but also even before, the relationship ... ... at taking on more responsibility. How a responsible international Russia policy might look like is demonstrated right now by France’s president: a clear stance towards Russia in Syria and in questions of domestic meddling while at the same time continuing ...
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Turkey and Germany: Souring Relations between Strategic Allies
The audit states that Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, all of which have a sizeable Turkish diaspora... ... demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of ethnic Turks support Recep Erdogan. Italy, France and Spain are largely guided by economic considerations and the
Realpolitik... ... the domestic events
that followed
. It is clear that, to paraphrase the words of the Russian poet Ivan Krylov, the “companions” within the European Union “don’t...