... Romanian MP Lasca Mihai-Ioan – Party of Romanian People's Patriots, 21.03.2023 (video available).
[30] - US using Ukraine to weaken EU – ex-French president Sarkozy: "... if you bring Ukraine into Europe, you strengthen American Europe as the Eastern European countries are dominated by the US", Russia Today, 08.09.2023; The EU should fast-track negotiations for Ukraine's membership, C. Malmström, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 24.02.2023; Ukraine and Moldova – associated states in 3 Seas Initiative, C. Mihai, Euractiv 08....
... have been willing to tolerate prolonged stagnation and abandon the prospects of development and growth of prosperity. And it seems that the limit of this tolerance can only be determined by trial and error.
Second, this large-scale armed conflict in Eastern Europe has clearly illustrated that the internal checks and balances, upon which the interactions of world powers have relied on for the past seventy-five years (including conflicts), do not have the desired effect on the current Russian leadership. Neither the experts nor the authorities should be overly confident that no further world-shattering actions will be undertaken.
While the quality of Russia's military strategy and planning can be only evaluated later, its poor political ...
...
Turkey and Germany: Souring Relations between Strategic Allies
A Greater Eurasia which reaches out to Europe could take the form of an arch of cooperation across the North of the Eurasian continent, a ‘Northern Corridor’. The hostility of certain Eastern European states to Russia, and the Ukrainian crisis where a solution is not foreseeable in the future dampen the prospects of such deeper cooperation through this corridor. The move towards Greater Eurasia has more chances to succeed through the ‘Southern Corridor’ ...
... key reason why Donald Trump was invited to attend the 2017 Summit in Warsaw is because the United States could be a major partner to diversify the region’s energy sources. The US may find a vested interest in this project as a card played against Russia, for whom Eastern Europe represents a major energy market. In addition, the US is the main security partner of Eastern and Central Europe, through NATO. During President Trump’s visit to Poland, he jointly signed a memorandum with Poland's Defence Minister confirming ...
On December 7, 2016 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the
Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the DGAP
, the
SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University
and the
Robert Bosch Stiftung
held a seminar «Russia and the West - Building a new Modus Vivendi?».
The seminar agenda covered ...
... Marshall Fund of the United States
,
Eurasia Forum
, Amicus Europae –
Foundation of Aleksander Kwasniewski
, and
European Parliament
.
The participants discussed
report
“EU and the East. Four Scenarios for Relations between the EU, the Russian Federation and Common Neighbors” prepared by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Despite recent efforts to set forth a constructive dialogue between Moscow and Brussels, relations between Russia and East European countries are still strained....
... in the settlement of Novo Selo in Bulgaria this year for a total of $30 million, while reorganizing infrastructure in accordance with its own plans before conducting bilateral exercises with Bulgaria at the site.
RIAC and Valdai Club webinar
“
Russia and NATO: Enemies Once Again?
”
Despite the sometimes frightening activity of NATO and the U.S. in the Baltic nations as well as Central and Eastern Europe, the ultimate goal is not war, but to maintain tensions and mistrust, especially in relations between countries of the former Eastern bloc and Russia. At the same time, this tension contributes to the resolution of a number of problems ...
On June 30, 2015, RIAC hosted roundtable "The Visegrad Europe and Russia Today" used for presentation of report "
Russia and the Visegrad Group: the Ukrainian Challenge
" authored by a team headed by Lyubov Shishelina, Head of East European Studies at RAS Institute for European Studies.
The event was ...
Prospects for Stationing U.S. Heavy Weapons in Central and Eastern Europe
The “war of words” that is heating up between Russia and individual NATO countries in connection with plans to deploy significant military force in Europe is becoming increasingly strained.
At first glance, such militant rhetoric could be explained by the escalation of the conflict in South-East ...
... Rostas, Editor-in-Chief of
Zem a Vek magazine
, and
Radio Viva
Director Dusan Budzak, who were asked numerous questions on Slovak media operations with the focus on the Russia image and Ukraine crisis. The participants also discussed prospects for a Russia-friendly area in Central and Eastern Europe.
