... Russian-Chinese relations have gained potential. This is not a military alliance. However, Russia and China have acquired a significant reserve of confidence. Growing US pressure is pushing the two powers closer together.
Under these conditions, the European Union is becoming important for America. Almost all EU countries are US military allies in NATO. However, the North Atlantic Alliance is not even remotely focused on containing China. It was indirectly involved in the fight against international ...
... Artsakh and neighbouring Armenia have introduced martial law and total mobilization, while Azerbaijan introduced martial law and a curfew, with partial mobilization being declared on September 28. International entities such as the United Nations, the European Union, as well as countries including but not limited to the United States of America, Russia and Germany have strongly condemned the ongoing clash and called on both sides to deescalate tensions and immediately resume negotiations.
Michael Lambert:
...
... response to Syrian support for terrorism, activities in Lebanon, and other
Syrian government activities, and a second phase that started in 2011 and has continued to the
present, that U.S. policymakers stated was a response to the Syrian civil war. The European Union
began to impose sanctions starting in 2011 as Syria’s civil war broke out, and the EU has escalated
sanctions in several stages since 2011. The United Nations has imposed a limited number of
sanctions related to Syria, generally targeted ...
... is projected to be completed. It will be too late, and a “kill-switch” can, therefore, only be found in the actions of the present, which are currently en route to the Senate.
An ideal scenario would entail a tripartite summit involving Russia, USA, and Europe to find a solution to the issue — a push towards an entente. Given the current complexity of affairs, however, it would require a strong willingness from all parties involved, a willingness that has been absent from the American side....
... At the same time international security cooperation has been steadily eroding, as demonstrated by the paralysis of multilateral security arrangements, disputes within NATO and the collapse of arms control treaties, like INF and Open Skies. Both the European Union and the Russian Federation have to adjust to this new reality.
Does it open up new avenues for co-operation or will the deadlock of recent years deepen into further confrontation?
The Clingendael Institute is pleased to organise a webinar ...
... the problems facing societies and provokes a response from states, which become the objects of it. As a result, the “safeguards of order” and its “violators” simply change their places, and the discussion is reduced to an exchange of mutual accusations. The goals of inter-parliamentary platforms are undermined. The assemblies find themselves in crisis, dialogue does not lead to concrete results. This is a negative scenario. But if we explore a positive one, assuming that as a result of the ...
... relations have been in free fall since China was labeled as “strategic rival” of the EU
Russia’s relations with the European Union hit their lowest in 2014, as a direct result of the political gridlock in Ukraine. Russia's subsequent involvement ... ... political might to ignore American demands.
Bianca Canevari:
Towards Strategic Autonomy: the Role of the EU in the Growing China-USA Rivalry
President Xi pushes a cooperative agenda with the EU,
highlighting
that China is a partner, not a rival. But it is ...
... power” (
Awlad alsulta
), falling out of favour. Last year, he was rumoured to have been placed under house arrest for his refusal to donate the bulk of his 5-billion-dollar fortune to advance the Syrian President’s personal efforts to involve the private ... ... is debating adjusting its approaches to the Syrian reconstruction effort. The German expert
Muriel Asseburg
notes that the European Union’s consolidated standing is eroded by differences between the United Kingdom, Germany and France on the one hand,...
... consequences relative to the size of the British economy. It is also important not to ignore London’s role as a participant in the international “sanctions coalitions”. Most likely, Britain will support US sanctions more enthusiastically than the European Union.
First published in the
Valdai Discussion Club
.
... to handle future crises, while, simultaneously, reducing its over-dependence from other world players such as China and the USA. In this context, of particular importance is
RescEU
, the European crisis management body, which will be reinforced through ... ... footprints will be profoundly reduced. Of particular importance, in this context, key markets, which should be kept within the European Union (
Borell
);
Free trade safeguard
. Given today’s globalized world order (in contrast to the bipolar USSR/US situation),...
