... strategy and political will Russia can achieve almost anything.
In order to fulfill one’s national interests, it is important to work really hard, and Russia is good at it.
It is most expedient to look at the state of relations between Russia and the Council of Europe, Russia and the European Union through the perspective of a politically strong Russia.
Sergey Utkin
Membership in international organizations should be considered in the broader context of foreign policy and international relations in general. No international organizations ...
... conventions developed by the Council of Europe can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
The Council of Europe’s activities are divided into three parts. The first entails providing technical assistance to member states in assimilating the values of the European Union and the Council of Europe. The second consists in monitoring compliance with their commitments under the Charter and the commitments stipulated in previously adopted multilateral conventions and documents. Only the third part pertains to interpreting new problems ...
... period in which any kind of ambition will become irrelevant. Efforts will now be focused on reducing expenditure and risks.
The European Union is taking up a defensive position. This is not isolationism but pragmatism, which signals a revision of the ideas ... ... privatized the state. That unlikely union was backed by Moscow, Brussels, and Washington.
Then the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which had insisted for the last five years that Russia could not return to the organization after losing ...
... delegation are under sanctions, their participation in PACE sessions enables them to get around the ban on them entering the European Union.
Andrey Kortunov:
Will Russia Return to Europe?
Ultimately, the two camps reflect the broader division over Russia’s ... ... between them and their skeptic rivals. The pragmatists will now face heightened political risk for a long time, both in the Council of Europe and in their own countries. Any actions or even statements by Russia that could directly or indirectly confirm ...
... the absence of Russia, CoE in many respects loses its “raison d’être”. Without Russia, it will not do anything that the European Union no longer does or does not do in the framework of assistance programs to third European countries that are subject ... ...
Europe and Russia: Four Scenarios for the New Cycle
Lesson or deception number 1: the fall of the role and significance of the Council of Europe in European architecture
In the early 1990s, Russia's entry into the CoE was for the ruling elite an absolute ...
On March 28, 2019, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London hosted an expert meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland.
On March 28, 2019, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London hosted an expert meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland.
The following issues were discussed during ...
On November 7–9, 2016, annual World Forum for Democracy took place in the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
Europe has lately survived a number of challenges like migration crisis, terrorist attacks, and economic slowdown. These challenges has made Europeans think about the future of democracy. What will future bring to Europe?...
