On October 15, 2018, Bodrum (Turkey) hosted an expert meeting on relations between Turkey and the European Union and the changing priorities of Turkish foreign policy. The round table gathered about 40 representatives from leading analytical centers of Turkey, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, the USA, as well ...
... determining the quality of international interaction in the northernmost region of the world. Despite ongoing constructive contacts within the Arctic Council, many of its members and observers maintain sanctions pressure on Russia.
In 2014, the US and the European Union (EU) introduced restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, which are actively associated with a notion of sanctions in the foreign doctrine [
1
].
Ivan Panichkin:
Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Development: Current Situation ...
On October 9, 2018, Margus Laidre, Estonian Ambassador to Russia, and Silver Kungas, Third Secretary of the Embassy, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On October 9, 2018, Margus Laidre, Estonian Ambassador to Russia, and Silver Kungas, Third Secretary of the Embassy, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
Estonian diplomats discussed the current state of relations between Russia and the West, current issues of European security, the possibility for taking measures to reduce...
... RIAC President Igor Ivanov had a meeting with Carsten Sondergaard, Ambassador of Denmark in the Russian Federation.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: various aspects of relations between Russia and NATO, Russia and the European Union, the prospects for Russian-American control of strategic armaments, the future of the INF Treaty and New START, and the situation in the Baltic region. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, also took part in the meeting.
Why Russia’s tilt towards Asia will continue
The ongoing crisis in relations between Russia and the EU is usually linked to dramatic events in and around Ukraine in 2013–2014. Indeed, it is impossible to imagine that the EU–Russia relationship can get back on track or “business as usual” until the Ukrainian conflict is resolved. Unfortunately, a resolution of this conflict is not likely to happen in the immediate future – many argue that we will have to live with this bleeding wound in the center...
On September 23–25, 2018, in Paris, international political consultancy The Shaikh Group is holding a high-level Track II meeting on security issues in the Middle East region.
On September 23–25, 2018, in Paris, international political consultancy The Shaikh Group is holding a high-level Track II meeting on security issues in the Middle East region.
The meeting is attended by former high-ranking diplomats and leading international experts from the United States, China, India, and a number of European...
... communication between the states, has it become more active or less active after the infamous migration crisis of 2015?
Sergei Sokolov:
EU Migrant Crisis: A Blast From The Past
We certainly have discussions on migration at the international levels, in the European Union, also in the United Nations now we have contacts on migration and refuges that came out in 2018 which are...the end product of the crisis 2015, or linked to it. We see a lot more discussion, we see some cooperation, but it tends to be on ...
Thomas Mayr-Harting, Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia in the European External Action Service, and Boris Yaroshevich, Managing Director of the Central Asia Department of the European External Action Service, attended the event.
On September 14, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council organized a round table on “Russia-EU Relations and Policy in Central Asia”. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia in the European External Action Service, and Boris Yaroshevich...
... hosted an open discussion and a presentation of "
Riga Dialogue Afterthoughts 2018
" publication. The event was organized by Latvian Institute of International Affairs.
The presented collection includes the opinions of experts from Russia, the European Union, and the United States on the possibility and prospects for the development of cooperation between Russia and Western countries.
Nuclear Threat Initiative (
NTI
), European Leadership Network (
ELN
), and Latvian Institute of International ...
... and contradictions, but they all come to naught because of a solid edifice of bilateral relations that has been consistently constructed in recent years and which possesses clearly defined strategic benchmarks.
As far as Russia’s relations with the European Union are concerned, attempts to force political manipulators to cease and desist have thus far been unsuccessful. In the early 2000s, Russia and Europe built their relations with the common goal of achieving strategic partnership. Over the course ...