... lies in ruins. In Russia, the focus has shifted from a European to a Eurasian perspective, which in itself has represented a major shift in the country’s foreign policy thinking. Russia’s foreign policy identity is shifting away from a focus on Europe and, more broadly, the West. Hopes for building a sustainable security architecture are now pinned on Eurasia. However, the crisis of the concept of European security and its architectural projects is unlikely to mean the end of the problem of security in Europe as such. By ...
Europe is now returning to its position as the main source of danger for all of humanity. But it does not mean that we in Russia should fence ourselves off from our Western neighbours and not pay them any attention
Europe has always been a source of concern for the rest of the world, from the time when the Greek pirates unleashed their aggression on the ancient civilisation of the Nile Valley to the latest attempts by Europeans to interfere in African affairs or ...
... China or India to recognize the insignificance of a partner with whom, so far, the most emotional episodes of our history are associated.
Third, in their opposition to the US desire to maintain a privileged position in the world, Russia and China see Europe as a weak link in the Western world, which can play into their hands. For Russia, we are talking about a gradual change of elites in European countries, which will make them saner in terms of moving towards a more just world order. From a Chinese perspective, Europe's economic ...
Working Paper #66, 2022
Working Paper #66, 2022
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict will lead to long-term global socio-economic and political consequences in the foreseeable future. Russian and foreign experts are currently exploring a wide range of scenarios for such transformation—from relatively positive to extremely negative. The author formulated three potentially possible options for the current world order transformation, assessing the probability and consequences of the practical implementation...
... much to intensify tensions between Russia and the EU, particularly the Baltic States. While the Baltic States are institutionally dependent on the EU and NATO, the nature of relations in this specific case are more complex than the relations between Western Europe and Russia. The irony is that Moscow, technically, is capable of establishing good ties with Portugal, Greece, Italy, Germany, and any other Western European country, but it wouldn't solve the problems or change the nature of Russian relations ...
... growing number of terrorist attacks in the EU and Russia, and the influence of the radical Islamist ideology and its broad appeal, from representatives of the demographic youth boom in the Middle East to quite prosperous descendants of Islamic migrants in Western Europe.
Igor Ivanov:
Russia — Europe: the Need for a Common Vision
NATO was not prepared for the new challenges. The member countries are tasked with increasing their defence spending and purchasing new weapons and equipment. The Ukraine crisis triggered ...
... (“Orthodox,” “Catholic,” “Islamic,” “Buddhist,” etc.) is meaningless, as it would take us back to the irrational Middle Ages. And the sooner humanity accepts this and sets about the universal process of Reformation along the lines of the Western European model, the better.
Protestantism became the ideological basis for the formation of national European governments.
Second, a compromise position is possible, one in which Western European Protestantism is recognized as the only alternative, but ...
... Position Paper Released
A group of prominent Members and Supporters of the Pan-European
Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
,
including former foreign and defence ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland,... ... Finland
has joined forces to appeal to the leadership of the countries in the Euro-Atlantic area to
halt the downward spiral in West-Russia relations and manage its risks better through developing a more stable and sustainable security relationship
.
Noting ...
...
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
) held a seminar “European Security: Challenges at the Societal Level.”
The participants of the seminar discussed the draft report prepared by the OSCE Network and addressed the following issues: the future of the European order; Russian and Western interests in the military-political and economic spheres; challenges and threats to security, as well as tools to ensure the latter; compliance with the principles and norms of international law.
The seminar was attended by the authors of the ...
... trade and investment. It turned out that economic interdependence does not guarantee sound political relations and, conversely, a crisis may well disrupt good business. And since any substantial alignment of geopolitical and ideological views with the West is nowhere in our sight, transferring stakes to other regions and diversifying Russia’s international portfolio seems rather pragmatic.
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
Igor Ivanov:
Russia and Europe: New Rules
of the Game
East Asia is the first choice for such a hedging policy, when you consider Russia's grand state-building strategy. It involves bringing about qualitatively new economic development for the country's Siberia and the Far East ...
