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Syria and especially Ukraine appear to be inflection points in the trajectory of Russian foreign policy Ivan Timofeev, who participated in the annual meeting of Valdai International Discussion Club is giving a talk on the outline of future Russian foreign policy. After the Ukraine crisis and military intervention in Syria, the key ...
The meeting of CIS heads of state held in Kazakhstan on 16 October 2015 drew attention with its multilateral format, which has long been the subject of the phrase “either good or nothing.” In both Russia and other post-Soviet states, the Commonwealth is viewed as an instrument for soft adaptation to gradual, but consistent and inevitable differentiation of foreign policy and foreign economy priorities of the countries of the former Soviet Union....
... attractive integration project may fail to live up to the expectations and hopes of a society in predominantly depressed spirits. The EEU is primarily associated with Russia in Armenians’ perception. Arshaluis Mgdesian : As long as the founders of the EEU — Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus — fail to patch up their differences as to the operation of the free economic zone, it will be hard to make forecasts about the future of this organization. It is equally important to make it clear whether the EEU ...
... professionalism. Otherwise, instead of a strategic reorientation, we might end up in economic and geopolitical isolation. 12. The shift of strategic accents means that Moscow should invest considerable political capital in developing the mechanisms of EEU, SCO and other multilateral structures of Greater Eurasia. This is especially true since many of these mechanisms are being created virtually from scratch and Russian foreign policy has every opportunity to play active and, in some areas, leading role in their formation. 13. This does not mean that Russia should turn its back on Europe, renouncing interaction with its European partners and friends. Far from ...
... the RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, to discuss how Moscow can combine cooperation with Iran with its Eurasian integration efforts. Why was it Tehran and not Moscow that launched the Iran-EEU FTA initiative? I can see two reasons. First of all, for Russia and other EEU states, Iran is significantly underestimated as a partner. Tehran is definitely on the backburner in Moscow's foreign and trade policies. In most cases, Russia views Iran in on ad hoc basis, using it as a tool in disputes with the United States and ...
... Geo political expert believe that it was not mere a coincidence that EEU meeting overlapped with the 7th BRICS Summit and 15th SCO meet in Ufa on 7-10th July,2015.They believe it as masterstroke of Vladimir Putin to bring Iran in to confidence through EEU meet in Vienna where Russia was also invited and had a keen interest. If we believe about outcome of Vienna EEU meet Putin wants to see Iran as a hub in Eurasia and EEU is best place to allow Iranian agenda and counter USA’s influence in Iran through Iranian Nuclear ...
... economic positions not solely through the EEU and the BRICS but also by showing more flexibility toward the TTIP via gradual adaptation of intra-Eurasian trade rules. The U.S.-EU agreement could develop into a model open market, meaning that the closer Russia and the EEU move to this standard, the smoother their economic interaction would be in the new environment.
On July 18, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council and Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) officially closed their Summer School by producing 36 proposals for development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in energy, infrastructure, migration, macroeconomics, intellectual property and customs regulation spheres. During one week, the School attendees were lectured by EEC officials, received teamwork training and took part in a city quest on Eurasian ...
The opening of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) summer school, “ Eurasian Economic Integration: priorities, perspectives, instruments ”, took place on 13 July 2015. RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov ...
On June 24th, 2015, representatives of the RIAC and the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC) discussed opportunities for cooperation. The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) received a delegation from the NDRC’s Academy of Macroeconomic Research, led by Vice President of the Academy Ma Xiaohe. The meeting was opened by RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov, who told ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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