... September 12, 2015, Jurmala, Latvia, hosted the 20th International Conference of the Baltic Forum "The U.S, the EU and Russia — the New Reality" held annually to provide a platform for open expert-level dialogue.
The event was attended ... ... crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine turmoil, the discussants covered a broad range of issues including the feasibility of the Greater Europe project, new security challenges (ISIS and migration collapse in Europe), possible areas for Russia-Europe cooperation ...
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Yet, if one wants to understand the current state of affairs and the options open to Russian policy vis-à-vis Ukraine, the two events should be looked at together... ... Russians are ready to rally around their president in the face of pressure from the USA and its allies, why do we think that Ukrainians are incapable of doing the same... ... with a policy of sanctions and would accelerate their lifting or at least easing.
Join Greater Europe together with Ukraine?
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... July 2012 For an interesting, though outdated, comparison with Medvedev’s idea for a European Security Treaty and earlier ideas aiming to eliminate dividing lines in Europe, see F. Lukyanov: Rethinking Security in “Greater Europe”, Russia in Global Affairs, No. 3, July-September 2009 [x] It Is Time to Pursue a Cooperative Greater Europe, ELN-PISM-RIAC-USAK Task Force Position Paper, 2014 at /en/inner/?id_4=3055#top [xi] V. Putin: «A new integration project for Eurasia: The future in the making», Democracy and Security in Southeastern Europe (Democracy and Security in Southeastern Europe),...