... a review of external affairs — both in theory and in practice. The upcoming elections are likely to bring a similar rethink. Russia faces a number of forks in the road, which could determine the direction of its foreign policy.
Relations with the West are a priority. The United States and the European Union this year will increase pressure on Russia via sanctions, military deterrence and information warfare. Russia will respond in kind, though the balance of power is significantly skewed in the West’s favor.
Broadly speaking, the aim of Western countries is to change Russia’s approach to Ukraine....
... Council (RIAC), thinks that greater cooperation between Russia and Western powers is possible in Syria and that the Russian people,... ... anti-terrorist coalition doesn’t exist. Western economic sanctions have been counter-productive since they failed to change ... ... (ISIS). The popular perception however, in Europe as well as in the USA, looked more positive. Does it mean there’s room for ... ... like the one that they had during the Second World War.
3) The European Union (EU) has enforced economic sanctions against Russia ...
... collapse of the Soviet Union, relations between Russia and the West have been oscillating between warm and varying degrees of ... ... Russia if not as an adversary than at least as a major rival of the European Union and the United States.
Any Russian action on the ... ... global policy issues, including the events in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia. For all the importance of the gas contract ... ... new cold spells in its relations with the West, and mutual accusations. But we should not be too concerned about that. An independent ...
