... to expand its legal, regulatory and technological base in Central Asia. Nor should they support EU initiatives aimed at diversifying infrastructure away from Russia. The majority of states in the region are now members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) which has its own legal and regulatory base. When investing in Central Asia, China should work within the EAEU framework and conform to its legal and technical standards. As one Russian expert put it, China can provide the economic content to fill ...
The school will be attended by representatives of the EAEU member states, as well as RIAC partners. The program includes lectures by EEC representatives and foreign experts, workshops, and exercises
We invite you to take part in our school for young experts ”The Eurasian Economic Union International ...
It is necessary to maintain the wide multilateral format of the CIS and to introduce new effective impulses towards cooperation
Yulia Nikitina:
The Post-Soviet Space in 2017
The development of cooperation within the CIS is an objective necessity for all member states of the Commonwealth. Notwithstanding the intensification of integration processes in the post-Soviet space, discussions on whether the CIS has exhausted its potential are still underway. RIAC experts share their insights into the...
... promise of alleviating the difficulties faced by many Moldovan migrants in Russia, negotiate the lifting of agricultural embargos, and least doable — pick up on Transnsitrian conflict. President Dodon was also present at the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) Bishkek gathering on April 14, as Chisinau plans to be the first among those seeking observer-state status in the organization — a major U-turn from the Eastern Partnership pursuits claimed before.
In Armenia this changing spirit of the times ...
... decide to what extent they could support the Chinese initiative. Meanwhilem there are other challenges that China will have to address.
Challenges
The fisrt major challenge is institutional in nature. Russia has established the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a multilateral grouping aimed at economic integration. It is comprised of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Although Russia and China joined an agreement for greater cooperation between EAEU and SREB in May 2015, the prospects ...
On February 28, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaking at Carnegie Europe, a Brussels-based think-tank dubbed Armenian people 'European' due their spiritual-cultural heritage and way of life, and stressed the importance of 'shared values' in the new EU-Armenia agreement
On February 28, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaking at Carnegie Europe, a Brussels-based think-tank dubbed Armenian people '
European
' due their spiritual-cultural heritage and way of life, and stressed the importance...
On March 28, the RIAC hosted a roundtable with Ian Bond, Director of the Foreign Policy Department of the London Center for European Reform.
On March 28, the RIAC hosted a roundtable with Ian Bond, Director of the Foreign Policy Department of the London Center for European Reform.
I. Bond presented the newly released report "
Russia and China: partners of choice and necessity?
" And two political overviews "
Contested space: Eastern Europe between Russia and the EU
" and "...
... situation, Russia’s foreign policy response is to step up efforts to consolidate and synchronize the existing formats of interaction to promote and strengthen its influence in the region.
First and foremost, Moscow still views the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as a club of close political allies which must provide a reliable base for the active foreign policy positions of Russia, even though they are aware of all the weaknesses and limitations of the current stage of Eurasian integration. The Russian ...
... experts exchanged opinions on a broad range of international relations issues and discussed prospects for further cooperation.
In addition, Russian delegation visited the CCTV-Russian TV Channel and gave detailed interviews and short comments on the EAEU–SREB co-development, construction of the bridge connecting Blagoveshchensk and Heihe, as well as Russia-China cooperation in sport.
On May 29–30, 2017, RIAC holds the Third International Conference “Russia and China: Taking on a ...
... Development Bank (EDB) and RIAC expert, said that due to collapse of the USSR and rupture of inter-industry and interregional links, former Soviet republics had experienced dramatic decrease of their GDP level. According to the speaker’s opinion, the EAEU countries do not completely use the resource of integration. In particular, Russian companies can export their goods more effectively to former Soviet republics. Yaroslav Lissovolik also said that the geographical position of most former Soviet countries ...
