... recover from the initial shock of the uppercut delivered by the British people, and European leaders got used to the peculiar political style of the White House’s newest resident. In 2017, populists were stopped first in the Netherlands and then in France. The German political system also fended off the onslaught of the right, which helped it keep the main “Berlin–Paris” political axis intact. While the migration crisis was not fully resolved in 2017, it did fade into the background somewhat ...
It is obvious that today it is simply impossible to talk about fruitful cooperation between Italy and France for the cause of building a new “United Europe”
On January 20, 2019, leader of Italy’s Five Star Movement and Deputy Prime Minister of the coalition cabinet Luigi Di Maio
said
that France is “one of those countries that by printing ...
... “Multilateral Format” Scenarios
1. Regardless of the resolution of the post-Yugoslav heritage problems, formation of a permanent "Balkan Council" is a top priority. It would include representatives of Russia, the US, Great Britain, Turkey, France, Italy, Slovenia and Germany as international observers, with mediation on the part of the EU and the UN, and also envoys of all the Western Balkan countries. The logical way to give life to this format is to reframe and accelerate the work of ...
On November 30, 2018, RIAC delegation visiting Paris had a meeting with the Alexey Meshkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, RIAC Member, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France.
On November 30, 2018, RIAC delegation visiting Paris had a meeting with the Alexey Meshkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, RIAC Member, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France.
In the course of the meeting ...
On November 30, 2018, Paris hosted a seminar organized by Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Institut Montaigne (France), focusing on the opportunities for Russia-France cooperation in the Middle East.
On November 30, 2018, Paris hosted a seminar organized by Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Institut Montaigne (France), focusing on the opportunities ...
The practice of US regulators punishing specific companies for violating sanctions is of great interest
In 2018, the US Department of the Treasury announced a settlement of claims against four companies totaling $60.8 million. The number of companies and the amount of the fines are small compared with previous years. In
2017
, 16 cases were settled for a total amount of $119.5 million, while, for example, in 2014, there were 22 cases worth $1.205 billion. Moreover, each case can include claims...
On November 19, 2018, I.S. Turgenev Library in Moscow hosted the presentation of the sixth annual report «Russia-2018» prepared by Observo, French-Russian Analytical Center.
On November 19, 2018, I.S. Turgenev Library in Moscow hosted the presentation of the sixth annual report «
Russia-2018
» prepared by Observo, French-Russian Analytical Center.
Some authors of the report took part in the presentation, including
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Director General, and
Ruslan Pukhov
, Director of the Centre...
...
The INF Treaty is falling apart at the seams, creating threats to all the arms control regimes in their current form. The crisis could either bury the very principle of arms control or create an environment for a new strategic stability architecture.
France and the United Kingdom are obviously concerned about the possibility of becoming targets for Russia’s restored non-strategic missiles. In the worst-case scenario, if the INF Treaty is cancelled altogether, the current cooperation on the SCALP/Storm ...
... Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to Russia.
The following issues were touched upon in the course of the meeting: various aspects of Syrian Settlement, results of the quadripartite Russia-Turkey-France-Germany summit meeting in Istanbul, options for Syrian political transit, possible areas of cooperation between Russia and France in Syria and in the Middle East.
The meeting also focused on the military-political consequences of the likely withdrawal ...
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...
