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Non-aligned model for Ukraine The Ukraine crisis has been the main event of the year on the international arena and looks likely to remain on the agenda in the long run. It not only exposed all the difficult points in the establishment and development of post-Soviet Ukrainian ...
... involve. The model of conflict resolution should comply with what the current Russian authorities believe the interests of the state are. This is one of the key criteria for the viability and success of a plan that is capable of bringing peace back to Ukraine. Background Information According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the President is responsible for governing the country’s foreign policy [1] . For Vladimir Putin, politics in the post-Soviet space has always had a special ...
... the deal, again according to Ms. Mogherini: "In the next five years we'll have to review our relations with Russia," and "at the moment Russia is not a partner (of the EU), but a strategic country and a neighbor, above all of Ukraine."5 This is, however, only a small part of the story and there are other angles to explore. Let us turn our attention to the trade partners of the EU now, and observe that while many European goods are not being exported to Russia anymore,...
On October 16, 2014, RIAC held an event devoted to the situational analysis "Russia and Ukraine: Corridor of Opportunities" opened by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and moderated by Sergey Markedonov, Associate Professor of Department of Regional Studies and Foreign Policy at the Russian State University for the Humanities. "Now ...
Despite numerous violations, the cease-fire in Ukraine's Donbass region is largely holding. For very different reasons, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have come to lead the parties of peace in their respective capitals. Economic issues clearly top the ...
... Whether or not those fears are rational is a subject of this article, which will explore the possible scenarios and developments, as well as the geopolitical and economic consequences, if the dispute were to involve the delicate gas sector. Gas crisis and Ukraine, not exactly a new issue For starters it should be recognized that the European countries had already been pondering the possibility of a gas crisis with Russia well before the sanctions were formally adopted, or being put under consideration....
The Baltic region may well become the next hot spot For many months, the conflict in Ukraine and related sanctions have remained the key issue discussed by politicians, diplomats and journalists. Alexei Fenenko , leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of International Security Problems, shares his views on the impact of the sanctions ...
The Ukraine crisis remains one of the most vexed issues on the international agenda. The interested parties are making efforts to resolve it, and important steps towards peace have already been taken. So far, however, this is not enough to halt the bloodshed....
... Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin to discuss the new wave of the sanctions war between Russia and the West, the recent NATO summit in Wales, common external threats for Russia and the West such as Islamic State, and the odds of success for the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement. Although Russia and Ukraine seem to have begun taking steps to resolve the Ukraine crisis on a diplomatic level, a new wave of sanctions imposed on Russia’s energy companies and major banks may become another serious ...
... Russia’s relations with the West could possibly sink to their current level. Yeltsin’s strategy for winning the power struggle was simple—dissolve the state that Gorbachev headed. This he accomplished by conspiring with the Presidents of Ukraine and Belarus, who met secretly at Belovezhskaya Pushcha on 8 December 1991, to dissolve the Soviet Union. I will leave aside the question of whether dismantling a country that was well on the way to democratic reform, genuine federalism, and partnership ...
| 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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