Policy Brief #5, 2016
There are more issues that divide Russia and the EU than that unite them. Although both sides support the fundamentals ... ... in the absence of political convergence, and on what EU – Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) cooperation could look like. While the EU and Russia feel the need to cooperate... ... will reverse the current ‘divide-unite’ split in favour of more unity.
Russia and Europe: Somewhat Different, Somewhat the Same?
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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 ... ... 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 ...
... 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... ... “Flexible integration”
Recommendations
The current systemic crisis in relations between Russia and the West makes difficult forming longterm priorities with regard to Europe... ... Economic Union. In this context, it is important for Russia’s relations with the European Union to be predictable, as the European Union is one of Russia’s key trade...
A review of the report "Relations with Russia: Searching for a Way out of the Political Deadlock" ... ... to make the Kremlin duly honor the opinions of Paris and other European capitals. At the same time, the isolation of Russia cannot ... ... reasonably propose to initiate cooperation between the EU and EEU, underlining that the latter extensively employs the practices ... ... balanced and depoliticized dialogue with outside actors like the European Union.
Some of the ideas presented in the report appear ...
Differences between Russia and Europe have been discussed at length. The fact that these differences exist has taken root in political ideology and social stereotypes in the EU and Russia as well.
The only disagreement concerns the depth of the scission. On the one hand, some believe ...