... – more central places in the emerging system of international relations of the XXI century. And they are not likely to agree to an inferior status that Brussels might want to offer them.
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Ivan Timofeev:
Cooperative Greater Europe at Risk: What Do
We Lose and What Could Be Done?
However, neither Russia, nor Turkey can turn away from Europe without an extremely high toll to pay for that move. Cooperation with the European Union is not necessarily a matter of national survival for our two nations. But without Europe neither the Russian, nor the Turkish modernization project is likely to succeed. Europe has many things that our other international partners cannot ...
The “Greater Europe – 2030” international working group met in London on 12 December. The session was organized by the
European Leadership Network
for multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the Russian International Affairs Council ...
... loses many of its prospects if the political differences between Russia and the European Union continue to gain momentum.
What Could Be Done?
The further deepening of the dividing lines is sure to inflict serious damage on all interested parties. The European Union, Russia and post-Soviet states are bound to suffer, as are other regional actors such as Turkey. Despite increasing political tension, we should revive the idea of building Greater Europe.
At the moment the idea of a Greater Europe may seem utopian for many. However, without values and ideological guidelines, any rational pragmatism and realism will hang suspended. Without such guidelines, any pragmatic activity carried ...
... active Russian opposition.
This objective reality does not depend on what various politicians in Kiev or Moscow might think and it will inevitably push all the parties to the conflict towards closer interaction within the Russia – Ukraine – European Union triangle. In the longer perspective, we are moving toward a Greater Europe, a common economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok, and the current Ukrainian crisis has merely slowed down this historical process but cannot stop it. Let us note parenthetically that creation of a common space consisting of both Ukraine ...
Working Paper #17, 2014
The Working Paper includes analytical papers on building the concept of Greater Europe.
The papers are prepared by RIAC and partner organizations in the framework of a research project “A Cooperative Greater Europe by 2030”.
The Working Paper analyzes the concept of Greater Europe, its structural principles, and mechanisms ...
... 2014, websites of the Russian International Affairs Council,
European Leadership Network
,
Polish Institute of International Affairs
and
International Strategic Research Organization in Ankara
placed the
statement of Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
on mechanisms for crisis settlement in Europe in the Ukraine context.
Authored by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, former UK Defence Secretary Des Browne, former Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, as well as by Ambassador Extraordinary ...
Task Force Position Paper
Task Force Position Paper
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1. Introduction
In a
previous paper
, this Task Force argued that if Europeans did not begin pursuing a new, Greater European cooperative project, then divisions between the EU and Russia over Ukraine and between NATO and Russia on other issues could create a new period of confrontation in Europe.
That fear has now, sadly, become a reality.
As a result, while ...
... independent — but they share values and interests with the United States. For much of the 1990s, that was true of all of Greater Europe. All European countries, including Russia, were either allies or at least partners of the United States; there ... ... message that the EU is looking to tie its partners down in the ‘Euro-Atlantic’ sphere of interest. As it happens, the European Union has the resources (in the External Action Service) to step up relations with partner countries on a bilateral basis; ...
... authoritarian regime with nepotistic state capitalism. The talk of shared values finds no fertile soil in Europe. The concept of Greater Europe, not originating from, but proclaimed by Putin and embraced[x] by a number of prominent think-tankers across Europe,... ... but only on the margins. It in fact suggests a community of interests. Russia badly needs cooperation, most of all with the European Union, for security and economic stability. The EU likewise; free trade and security cooperation with Russia could open ...
... Director Ian Kearns and USAK Vice President Selçuk Çolakoğlu offered their views on Ukraine events and agreed that a way out could be found only through effective dialogue involving all interested parties including Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the United States.
The roundtable was concluded by an open discussion on the future of Greater Europe as a long-term term model for the continent's economic, political and military-strategic development. Most active in the debate were RIAC experts, among them Head of European Integration Department at MGIMO-University Nikolay Kavehsnikov,...
