The “West or Russia” choice cuts off many additional opportunities for Eastern Partnership countries
Vyacheslav Sutyrin:
Russia and Belarus: ... ... relations with six eastern countries of the former socialist bloc. The collaboration program with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine was primarily intended as a means for introducing these countries to the European experience and approaches to developing ...
A series of Russian civil-military concepts can create great benefits for Europe, the Middle East ... ... Stockholm. The participation of Danes, Poles, and Germans is welcome, but not required.
Ukraine
Minsk agreements are fine, but one of the reasons they have not worked in practice... ... economic development in other countries like China and India, or even Brazil and Mexico.
Georgia
The situation in Georgia cannot be solved by force. Years ago, the US engineered...
... independence, from the first government up to the previous one, the country’s pro-Western orientation has been a constant, although there have been several very strong internal changes and also problems with democracy. But this has never affected Georgian foreign policy and its external orientation.
Events in Ukraine recently escalated and resulted in many deaths. In your opinion, how should haveits neighbours Russia and European Union reacted to the difficult and dangerous situation in Ukraine?
As I said earlier, when you have that type of situation, Russia and the EU should have discussed the problems at hand and avoided misunderstandings. Russia has been putting a ...
... Union’s ‘Eastern policy’ the current situation is reminiscent of what happened in September 2008. At that time, immediately after the August war in Georgia, the European Union decided not to become involved in a direct confrontation with Russia. Instead, the European Union decided to strengthen its relations with the six countries to the east, specifically Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
I think we are going to see a similar intensification of the European Union’s ‘Eastern policy’, including its relations with Ukraine. The new Ukrainian government is far more committed to close cooperation ...
