... leading journals on international relations and the media partner of the event, and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Foreign and Defense Policy Council (SVOP) and Academic Director at the Valdai Discussion Club, you have a keen eye for trends in Russian and global politics, in expertise and in the academic community. Do you feel the presence of that very “pivot to the East” that is talked so much about? When, in your opinion, has this process started?
Yes, it’s quite there. It started around the same time as the idea of a “pivot to the East” was officially announced, i.e. in the early 2010s, and ...
... dovetailed to foreign policy and the economic policy of the country. Russia’s policy of assistance to other countries shocks by obsoleteness and ineffectiveness.
An absence of foreign economic policy strategy, or its complete absence, delayed Russia’s pivot to the East for more than a decade and caused the failure of its policy towards Ukraine where we had substantial economic possibilities to force or encourage it to cooperate. Nor there is a body responsible for developing and enforcing a foreign ...
On May 10, 2016 RIAC expert Anton Tsvetov delivered a lecture “Russian Pivot to the East: Born in Europe?”
The event took place at the venue of the Körber Foundation (Koerber Stiftung) in Hamburg.
In his lecture, Anton Tsvetov revealed the accomplishments and challenges of Russia’s eastern policy, as well ...
