... both set a target of US$10 billion in annual trade within five years, up from the current US$4 billion with Vietnam and US$2 billion with Thailand.
In Sochi, Mr Putin proposed a free trade agreement (FTA) between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an economic forum of five former Soviet republics, including Russia, as well as greater economic cooperation among ASEAN, the EEU and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (which includes both Russia and China). ASEAN agreed to examine the proposal....
South Caucasus has the potential of becoming a stumbling block for both the EU and the EEU in terms of energy cooperation. For now the region remains on the bottom of priority list for both Europe and EEU countries, but in the future when the latter finalize their common energy policy, the South Caucasus may face intense competition from ...
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 Way Forward
,” attended by many leading experts from Russia and the EU countries. The reasons for the profound crisis in Russian-European relations were analyzed. Participants tried to find an explanation as to why the previously created mechanisms for interaction...
... Far Eastern Studies (IFES) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The experts discussed the current state of affairs and development prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), issues involving the linking of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) as well as the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the economic situation in the region.
Meeting with a delegation of experts from China
... create optimal conditions to avoid integration conflicts.
Over the course of two sessions, the politicians and businessmen discussed China’s initiative for the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and opportunities for cooperation with the EU and EEU. It was noted on multiple occasions that politicizing economics is not conducive to the economic development of the EU, its eastern neighbours or the EEU. Experts estimate that the overall losses from sanctions for all countries are closing in on ...
... the CIS Foreign Ministers Council shows the significance of this body in terms of taking integration to the level of the more advanced integration structures such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Thus, the issues of optimizing the bodies of the Commonwealth become all the more relevant: in order to make its institutions more efficient, it is necessary to minimize the duplication of functions within integration structures. Thus, the decision ...
Policy Brief #2
The EU has suffered a series of crises over the past few years, leading many experts to continually predict the downfall of Europe. The Eurozone crisis uncovered a number of economic issues that need to be dealt with in order to improve the overall competitiveness of the EU economy.
In recent years, the number of academic studies and political opinions on the desired future of the EU has grown significantly. Despite the diversity of these opinions, they can conditionally be divided...
Eurasianism is a sea comprised of many rivers that flow into it.
And no sea can subsist without its flows
Chingiz Aitmatov. (1928-2008), renowned Soviet and Kyrgyz writer
The EEU is a one-year old economic integration project built on the idea of increasing the economic development of the region through free movement of goods, services, human resources and capital primarily in northern Eurasia. It is clear that an external ...
... the Five Principles of Russia-EU Relations, adopted in Brussels and met in Moscow with a critical eye. However, apart from these and other no less important aspects, the vital issue of the availability of positive drivers in the relations between the EEU and the EU is certainly worth exploring. In the wake of the seminar, RIAC asked some of the participants to share their insights on the prospects for relations between the two integration blocs. These experts included: Jaroslav Lisovolik, Chief Economist ...
In a thought-provoking paper, “How to talk with Russia?”, Kadri Liik singles out three types of Russian analysts: “Many experts undoubtedly serve as spokespersons for the regime, many others have retained a desire to actually understand events, and some are balancing between the two”. I do not know what category I fit into and whether I can be qualified as an analyst at all. Nevertheless, I would like to look at the paper through Russian eyes and to share some of my immediate...
