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Should the West be concerned about the Eurasian Economic Union? Is it a disguised attempt to resurrect the Soviet Union? Does Vladimir Putin want to restore the Soviet Union? Nobody can irrefutably prove that he does not. However, nobody can prove either that ...
On September 14, 2016 the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (Riga) held a public debate “ The West and Russia: Bridges or Walls? ” which was attended by experts, politicians and media representatives. RIAC Program Manager Ekaterina Chimiris represented at the event the Russian expert community. In her speech she noted that, notwithstanding ...
... that if they do believe that this challenge is compelling enough to put aside some tactical disagreements, they may come up with a formula that will serve both Moscow and Ankara. Both Erdogan and Putin are disappointed with their relations with the West, for different reasons. What unites Russia and Turkey? First of all, both Erdogan and Putin are disappointed with their relations with the West, for different reasons. Although Russia and Turkey have different vís-a-vís stories with ...
... and the Canadian Forces College . The event was also attended by representatives from Canada, the United States, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey and Israel. Day one of the conference was devoted to the Ukraine and Syria crises, the Russia-West and Russia-Turkey conundrums, and Nagorny Karabakh. On day two the participants covered a wide range of issues related with international cooperation in the Arctic. International conference “Ukraine, Syria and the Arctic – From Challenges ...
... economy was the weak link. Foreign policy has compensated for that weakness so far. But this resource is now close to exhaustion. The country has regained its military potential at a qualitatively new level and at still tolerable costs. The expansion of Western alliances to the territories Russia considers vital to its security has been stemmed, although it had to pay a dear price for that. The West is developing the long-awaited awareness that Russia’s interests have to be taken into account. ...
The tragedy for Russia and the collective West is that they continue to fight the wars of the past against one another, while underestimating the ideological strength of radical Islam Since 2013 when the crisis in Ukraine broke out, the notion of information warfare has been widely used in ...
On May 25- 27, 2016 Berlin hosted a Dahrendorf Symposium ( Dahrendorf Forum ), which traditionally fosters open debate on European and world politics. The Dahrendorf Forum is a joint initiative by the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science and Stiftung Mercator. The project cycle of 2016 has been titled “ Europe and the World – Global Insecurity & Power Shifts .” The Symposium was attended by over four hundred politicians, experts...
On May17, 2016 the Latvian Institute of International Affairs organized an annual Riga Dialogue. The event was supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), European Leadership Network (ELN), the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and German Marshal Fund’s Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation. The title of this year’s expert round table was “Riga Dialogue 2016: Building Bridges for Euro-Atlantic Security.” The Russian International Affairs...
... will face an unenviable future, and neither Russia, nor the United States, nor anyone else will be able to help them. The maxim, known to every Soviet TV viewer that one cannot make people happy against their will, is the lesson to be learned by the Western world from the colonialism of the past and interventionism of recent years. If the request for change in the Arab countries maintains its relevancy (it is already being witnessed in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and, in a way, Morocco), the extra-regional ...
Russia’s relations with the West painfully severed by the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has been bolstering the Eastern dimension of its foreign policy. It is building a closer partnership with China and demonstrating deeper interest in Asian affairs overall. This has spurred genuine concern ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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