We will not see an early US-Russian summit in 2021
1. Narratives
Russian leadership tried hard to avoid any statements that would indicate its preference for Donald Trump. Still, it is clear that the election of Joe Biden does not quite fit into the official Russian narrative on the contemporary international system. Biden’s predecessor in the White House with his explicit nationalistic, unilateralist, and transactional approach to foreign policy, was regarded in Moscow as a graphic manifestation...
... prepared within the framework of the
project "Russia and EU: Partnership Opportunities and Building of a
Think Tank Network" (EUREN)
On December 10, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, held a workshop on relations between Russia and the EU at present and in the future. It was the fifteenth meeting prepared within the framework of the project "Russia and EU: Partnership Opportunities and Building of a Think ...
The conference was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Interfax Group, Russian and foreign companies, as well as leading Russian experts on sanctions policy
On December 11, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with
Interfax Group
, with the support of
X-Compliance
, held an annual conference on sanctions risks for Russian and international business: 2020 results and 2021 perspectives. The conference was attended by the...
Vladimir Morozov, RIAC Program Manager, and Yulia Timofeeva, RIAC Program Assistant, spoke at the event
On December 9, 2020, RIAC took part in a conference on the sanctions factor in relations between Russia and the European Union, organized by the University of Strasbourg.
Vladimir Morozov, RIAC Program Manager, and Yulia Timofeeva, RIAC Program Assistant, spoke at the event. The presentation outlined the general state of relations between Russia and the EU, as ...
On November 26, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, held a discussion of the report “Alternative Futures of EU-Russia Relations in 2030”, prepared within the framework of the project “Russia and EU: Partnership Opportunities and Building of a Think Tank Network”.
On ...
... Transnistria since 1992.
This situation is paradoxical because a rapprochement between Moscow and Chisinau could confer many strategic advantages on the Kremlin. In this respect, better Russian-Moldovan relations would thus hinder any possible advance of the European Union and NATO in Molodva, and could also force Ukraine to reconsider its diplomatic approach vis-à-vis the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Moreover, the strengthening of military cooperation between Moscow and Chisinau would increase pressure ...
... November 18, 2020
On November 18, 2020, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation Géza Andreas von Geyr was giving an open lecture at HSE University.
What is the place and role of the European Union in the modern world? How is the European integration project developing, and what role does Germany play in it? How are relations between the EU and Russia today?
The event was organized jointly by HSE University and the Embassy of the ...
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign policy and the future of Russia-France relations.
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign...
... in the Trilateral Contact Group on the implementation of the peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
In the course of the meeting, the sides discussed issues of possible interaction between Russia and the European Union in the shared neighborhood in the context of the current political situation in Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. Martin Sajdik was informed about RIAC work plans on the European vector of research for 2021.
... Miscalculation
Areg Galstyan:
Making America Normal Again?
When Moscow put a spontaneous, chaotic, irrational and unilateral end to the Cold War, the socialist bloc and the Soviet Union both collapsed. Yet, this development “played a mean trick” on the European Union too, even though the Union’s contribution to the end of the Cold War consisted mostly of encouraging the Baltic states and Eastern and South-Eastern Europe to make as clean a break with the USSR as possible.
The EU’s foreign policy ...
