... on the ideas that I agree with, and more on the parts of the narrative that are likely to be perceived differently in Moscow. In my view, these differences in opinion are exactly the parts of the narrative that should remain at the centre of future EU-Russia discussions, at least at the expert level.
The “Western” system;
In her article Kadri Liik refers to the lack of interest Russia expressed in joining the “Western OSCE-based system” (or the “OSCE-based order”) ...
After Russia’s annexation of Crimea, many policymakers in Europe concluded that it had been a mistake to let Russia get away with the 2008 Georgian war. “We were not clear enough on Georgia, that’s why they moved to Ukraine,” was the gloomy conclusion. In all likelihood, similar conversations ...
On February 26-27, 2016 St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford, hosted an International Conference of the
University Consortium
“Lost Twenty-Five Years? Russia, the United States and the European Union: Parameters of Confrontation and Cooperation.”
The Conference was attended by experts from several European countries, the United States and Russia, including Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and RIAC member Vladimir ...
Let me start by quoting the EU Trade and Investment Strategy approved by the EU Council on 27 November 2015: “The EU’s strategic interest remains to achieve closer economic ties with Russia. The prospects for this will, however, be determined primarily by the course ...
On February 19, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council hosted an expert meeting “Cooperation between the EU and the EEU: Realities and Opportunities.” The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the expediency of and prospects for international research on the subject.
The issues discussed by experts at the meeting were as follows:
1. Perception of the ...
... kind of a reactive foreign policy which is trying to respond to challenges to the Russian national security and development priorities, Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council said in an exclusive interview with Eurasia Diary.
“I think, it is more reactive rather than proactive and more tactical than strategic,” he added.
The expert believes that first of all, Russia needs to reinvent its economic development model, because the current model is inherited....
The final failure of the trilateral Russian-Ukrainian-EU trade negotiations was a bad Christmas present to all the parties involved. The negotiations had lasted for a year and a half; there had been more than twenty rounds of meetings, including six at the ministerial level. The sides had addressed many ...
Russia’s trade with the European Union dropped by about 30% in the first nine months of 2015 due to the European sanctions and falling oil prices, Russia’s Permanent Representative at the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said on Tuesday, commenting on the decision of the ...
... plan, which not only failed to be implemented, but also led to the unlawful independence of Kosovo. This, in turn, provoked the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
The peace prizes awarded to Barack Obama in 2009, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010 and the European Union in 2012 were an attempt to influence the policies pursued by the main world players. While recognizing the role of major states, the Nobel Committee sought to encourage them to do something to repair the crumbling world architecture. Obama’s ...
This was written as the Paris attacks unfolded. I have preserved the unfolding nature of the original piece to connect the reader in a deeper sense to what I was feeling as I wrote this.
As this historic terrorist attack unfolds, France, Europe, the West, and the Middle East need to really think about what they've been doing and what they are about to do before doing it. This is a time to be smart, but it is also a time to marginalize unhelpful, myopic voices, be they those of ...
