... have incurred losses as a result of restrictive measures, they diverge on the conditions of relaunching economic relations, on the feasibility of technical cooperation in the absence of political convergence, and on what EU – Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) cooperation could look like. While the EU and Russia feel the need to cooperate on a settlement in Ukraine, on stabilisation in the Middle East, on the fight against terrorism, they diverge over what should be done, over whether human rights / democracy ...
On February 9, 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation hosted a Roundtable “
EU and Russia: Our Differences, Interconnections and the ... ... Council, its bodies and structures, international organizations of the United Nations family is a matter of fact and self explanatory. In contrast, the crucial nature of the relationship with European and Euro-Atlantic organizations after all the changes ...
... which are "postmodern" in nature. They enjoy high levels of security and development. However, both these factors are determined by supranational institutions. "Post-modern" countries are grouped into two superstructures — NATO and the EU – which project formidable military and economic power.
This difference strongly affects relations between Russia and its European partners. The problem is that integration into NATO or the EU is only possible if these organisations ...
... suspension of its sanctions against Minsk as one of the main instruments of pressure. This attitude obviously showcases the European Union’s unwillingness to build equitable relationships with Belarus and the EEU. A delegation of the U.S. Department of State, which visited Belarus in November,
demanded
that Minsk should make “positive ... ... to have Belarus, its military and economic ally, pursue a predictable foreign policy.
Amid the growing military presence of NATO in Eastern Europe, Moscow will have to further strengthen the western borders of the CSTO.
The traditional argument of numerous ...
... Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation to the Arctic Council) and even the NATO-Russia Council. No excessive hopes can be pinned on any of these structures and... ... Moscow should invest considerable political capital in developing the mechanisms of EEU, SCO and other multilateral structures of Greater Eurasia. This is especially true... ... without reviving old illusions and generating new ones. For example, Russia and the European Union could concentrate on the sore issue of managing migration. Or on preventing...
