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EU-Russia Relations: Towards an Increasingly Geopolitical Paradigm

01/08/2017 Beyond Europe, Inside Europe, Russia

By Tania Marocchi [dropcap size=small]E U-Russia relations are shaped by their different approaches to international politics. Where the former follows a liberal path, the latter pursues a neorealist paradigm In 2014, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its…

Friends or Foes, Tensions or Ties – A US View on EU-Russian Relations

19/07/2017 Beyond Europe, Russia

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P ositions between the EU and the US diverge regarding democratic values and a business man approach when it comes to multi-lateral negotiations. The American policy on Russia and the new Franco-German sympathies will…

Russia’s Perspective on the Qatar-Gulf Rift

18/06/2017 Beyond Europe, Russia

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by Rahim Rahimov Regardless of the outcome of the Qatar–Gulf states rift, it represents a shot across Qatar’s bow. Therefore, Doha will seek to diversify its partnerships away from its traditional partners, who let Qatar…

Monday Talk with Michael Carpenter on NATO and the US under Trump

05/06/2017 Beyond Europe

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V ocal Europe: What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia? The answer is still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with an investigation.…

Despite Hurdles, Russia’s Eurasian Dream Lives On

27/05/2017 Beyond Europe, Russia

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by Dmitriy Frolovskiy Recent tensions between Russia and Belarus seemed to display the Kremlin’s shattering dreams for integration across the countries of the former Soviet Union. The Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), developed as a rival…

Ukraine’s quiet revolution

11/05/2017 Beyond Europe

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by Žiga Turk In the EU we have the luxury reflecting upon if we would rather have a one-speed or two-speed Europe, we complain that governments don’t do this and the EU does not do that.…

Demonstrations in Russia – Dissent and Discontent

30/03/2017 Russia

Richard Giragosian

F or much of Russian history, political change was largely accompanied by public protests and demonstrations. And with a meager record of free and fair elections, political dissent and public discontent has usually been…

Russia’s nuclear energy diplomacy in the Middle East: why the EU should take notice

22/02/2017 Russia

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by Marco Giuli Russia is not a new player in the energy sector of the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) region. However, its nuclear energy diplomacy in the region received a further impetus in the…

Enhancing the EU’s Engagement With Separatist Territories

18/02/2017 The Opinion

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by THOMAS DE WAAL Twenty-five years after the end of the Soviet Union, a number of separatist conflicts caused by the decline and fall of that state are still painfully unresolved. These conflicts created a series…

U.S.-Russian Relations and the Future Security of Europe

10/02/2017 Russia

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by ULRICH KÜHN The incoming Trump administration inherits a U.S.-Russian relationship marked by disagreement and confrontation in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the West’s use of economic sanctions,…

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