... parliamentarians from the European Union
On November 16, 2019, in Liebenberg (Brandenburg, Germany), with the assistance of Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany), a closed seminar was held for members of the German Bundestag and other parliamentarians from the European Union. The seminar focused on EU political strategy regarding key external partners — Russia, China, and Turkey — in the context of recent elections to the European Parliament and leadership changes in the European External Action Service.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the participants of the seminar.
... editorial team recently sat down with
Ian Bond
, Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform. Bond is an expert in Russia and the former Soviet Union, European foreign policy, as well as Europe/Asia relations and US foreign policy. In this interview,... ... number of areas where we still have things we can and have to talk about.
Recently Bloomberg reported that the US is weighing China’s currency pact as a part of the partial trade deal. How does the EU regard that?
There is a paradox in the American ...
... different Eurasian projects, including the Chinese “Belt and Road” initiative.
I would state with no false modesty that Russia has a unique role of a key nexus in setting up such an inclusive connectivity. It is due to a major extent, of course, ... ... far as Russia-EU and, relevantly, EAEU-EU interaction is concerned, the following is clear. For 30 years our country and the European Union have remained key economic partners, but the recovery growth factor in mutual trade recorded over the past couple ...
... fairly likely scenario in the near future. Are there any real grounds for these discussions? And what might the consequences for Russia be?
Objective and Subjective Problems of Global Economy
Ivan Timofeev:
A New Anarchy? Scenarios for World Order Dynamics
The three main global economic powerhouses – the United States, the European Union and China – are all currently facing serious (albeit different) problems.
At first glance, it would appear that the U.S. economy ...
... questions are addressed to Washington.
What sounds alarming is that beyond the scope of the current security agenda, European experts generally don’t see Moscow making any significant contribution to the future of the MENA. They write a lot about China, about the European Union, about Africa, but not about Russia. Analyzing the long-term challenges of the development of the region, the authors mention Russia only twice — as one of the major food exporters to the region and as an important partner in the development of nuclear energy in the MENA. On other ...
... Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The forum is attended by experts, journalists, diplomats, public figures, and businessmen from Italy and foreign countries. The main topics of the discussion were pending issues in the “USA - European Union - Russia” triangle, the future of international conflicts, taking into account the ongoing global technological revolution, the factor of China in relations between the West and Russia.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, spoke at the forum. The forum ...
Dmitry Trenin on Russia's successes abroad and why resisting NATO expansion to the east was a fundamental mistake.
Vladimir Putin has been ... ... looked like a turn from a Greater Europe toward a Greater Eurasia, which many took for a pivot to the East, specifically to China.
In fact, this was a pivot by Russia toward itself, in search of a balancing point in a quickly changing global environment....
The recent visit to Italy by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has brought no breakthroughs, neither in bilateral ... ... On March 23, 2019, during Xi Jinping’s visit, Italy and the People's Republic of China signed a memorandum of cooperation within the One Belt One Road Initiative, despite... ... Mario Draghi - Chairman of the ECB, Federica Mogherini - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy), now only one Italian - a representative...
... innovation and negatively affects people’s sense of security.
2. Protecting content by top-down legislation
On May 1, 2019 Russian president Vladimir Putin
signed
the long-discussed ‘Law on Sovereign Internet’ aimed at protecting data and ensuring ... ... Sensitive Data: The Experience of Russia and the US
3. Juggling various interests
Following the Cybersecurity law of 2017, China introduced the non-binding national standard Personal Information Security Specification that is somewhat similar to GDPR....
... companies may fall under secondary sanctions.
Politically and militarily, the modern world has been multipolar for quite long. China, India, and Russia are strong centres of power in their own right and direct military aggression against them is simply impossible. But economically,... ... foreign businesses? What is the European share of companies hit by secondary sanctions? What measures are being taken by the European Union to protect its businesses and how effective are these measures? Is there any chance of the EU creating effective ...
