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А Hen Hatching Ducklings

... swim. Today you can see our poor hen rushing along the riverbank and calling back home her beloved ducklings, but this is hopeless -they will never come back”. I recall this metaphor when I look at the current reaction from the Kremlin to events in Belarus, in the South Caucasus and in Kyrgyzstan. The ducklings — each of them in its own way — are deserting the henhouse and are trying to get to the river. Will they make it? Nobody knows for sure. Vladimir Putin, unlike Mikhail Gorbachev, does ...

15.10.2020

France24 Debate on Possible Role of EU and France in Resolving Belarusian Crisis

On September 29, 2020, international debates on the possible role of France and the European Union as a whole in resolving the political crisis in Belarus were facilitated by France 24, a French television network. On September 29, 2020, international debates on the possible role of France and the European Union as a whole in resolving the political crisis in Belarus were facilitated by France ...

30.09.2020

Nagorno-Karabakh and Belarus Issues Discussed at International Crisis Group

Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Carl Bildt, former Sweden’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke about the main approaches of Russia and the European Union to the crises in the South Caucasus and Belarus. On September 28, 2020, the International Crisis Group held an online expert discussion of the state and prospects for resolving conflict situations in the post-Soviet space. Particular attention was paid to the latest events in Nagorno-Karabakh ...

30.09.2020

Perestroika Belarusian-Style: The Logic of the Systemic Crisis

The Crisis in Belarus is Much More than “Just” a Colour Revolution The massive street protests that have taken place in Belarus recently are only the tip of the iceberg of what we can expect to see in the coming months and years. Although, of course, the situation ...

23.09.2020

Meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to Russia Rune Resaland

... Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Rune Resaland, Norwegian Ambassador to Russia, and Eirik Bergene, Embassy Counselor. The following issues were discussed during the meeting: possible scenarios for the development of events in Belarus and their impact on the future of relations between Russia and the West, primarily in the Baltic region. In addition, the discussion touched upon various aspects of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the global recession on the system ...

07.09.2020

Why History Matters in Belarus

Is there a future for Belarus as an independent nation, or must it choose between being absorbed by the Poland-Lithuania-NATO constellation of power or by metropolitan Russia? For centuries, the land on which the contemporary sovereign state of Belarus sits has been a ...

03.09.2020

Expert Discussion “Russia and Belarus: Post-Pandemic Future”

On June 4, 2020, Andrey Gromyko Association of Foreign Policy Studies, with the support of the Permanent Committee of the Union State, held an expert discussion on the topic “Russia and Belarus: Post-Pandemic Future" On June 4, 2020, Andrey Gromyko Association of Foreign Policy Studies, with the support of the Permanent Committee of the Union State, held an expert discussion on the topic “Russia and Belarus: Post-Pandemic Future”....

04.06.2020

Challenges to Eurasian Security in the Coming Decade

... the Baltic region. Similarly, conducive to resolving crises would be the preservation of the Treaty on Open Skies and other transparency measures (observer missions during exercises and mutual notifications about planned drills and missile launches). Belarus as an island of stability Ekaterina Chimiris: Eastern Partnership Countries: Buffer Zone or Platform for Dialogue? Belarus has long remained an island of stability and security on the post-Soviet territory. It happily avoided the numerous nationalist ...

14.01.2020

The Union State of Russia and Belarus: Searching for a Development Vector

The relevance of the Union State could be increased by returning its original ambitions to encompass political, economic, humanitarian and military components A Russia–Belarus European Union The full implementation of the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus signed on December 8, 1999, envisaged the creation of a unique post-Soviet association that would combine the features of an international ...

18.12.2019

Eastern Partnership Countries: Buffer Zone or Platform for Dialogue?

The “West or Russia” choice cuts off many additional opportunities for Eastern Partnership countries Vyacheslav Sutyrin: Russia and Belarus: The “Post-Soviet” Interaction Model Is Exhausting 2019 marks the 10 th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership, a political initiative the EU launched in 2009 for developing relations with six eastern countries of the former socialist bloc....

11.11.2019
 

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