... new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after ... ... growing danger that we will lose the only legitimate mechanism of managing the crisis in and around Ukraine.
2. Come up with a new energy plan for Europe.
Recently the European energy agenda almost completely degenerated to battles about the fate of North ...
A Report of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and the Russian International Affairs Council
A Report of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and ... ... future. The analyses that follow examine prospects for Russia-U.S. cooperation in several crucial regions and fields: economics, energy, the Arctic, Euro-Atlantic security, the Middle East, strategic stability, cybersecurity, and countering terrorism and ...
... Barack Obama’s focus on climate change, effectively removing one area where the United States and Russia have cooperated extensively in the past. Not least, U.S. sanctions have specifically targeted Russia’s oil and gas sectors, critical to the Russian economy; as a result, energy cooperation was one of the first victims of an overall decline in relations. Ongoing geopolitical tensions are likely to prohibit strategic, high-level engagement on energy, but cooperation remains possible—and crucial to both countries and the ...
Interview with Arnaud Dubien
Interview
France and Russia boast a truly long history of economic relations. Paris is one of Moscow’s ten largest trade partners, with turnover ... ... foreign trade was on the decline, but not with France.
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Arnaud Dubien
France is the third largest investor in Russian economy. Which sectors are most attractive for French capital and which lag behind?
For starters, I should make it clear that ...
... submarine that will be modified to operate with nuclear propulsion by French technology. As a result, while everyone talks about energy security the action in the South Atlantic and Antarctica is making the region a big hangout for nuclear submarine activity and that means military spending that drive the defense driven economy. This helps facilitate the expanded Russian naval presence that Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks. The scenario also provides more opportunities for the new ...