... which became especially evident during the Yugoslav crisis.
In the meantime, the real discussion of pan-European values has proceeded and is still going on, not along the border between Russia and the rest of Europe but inside each individual country of Greater Europe. For instance, there is a discussion of the cultural and civilizational sources of Europeanism—it is worth recalling the fate of the European Constitution, which was dismissed because it was impossible to achieve consensus on inclusion ...
The Russian International Affairs Council held the latest meeting of the Working Group for the Building Greater Europe project on 2 October. The meeting discussed the prospects for the development of Greater Europe in view of current political conditions, the institutional framework of Greater Europe, opportunities for the OSCE in tackling the Ukraine crisis,...
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Speech at the 20th Annual International Conference of the
Baltic Forum
“The US, the EU and Russia – the New Reality”, 12 September 2015, Riga, Latvia.
1. People of my generation have for decades dreamt of a united and indivisible Greater Europe. Of course, there have always been sceptics who thought this an impossible dream. Yet the tone was set by romantics who believed in their star. The dream of a Greater Europe began to acquire tangible features in the mid-1970s with the signing ...
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Proceeding from a premise that the Russia-West contradictions have been amassing during the past years to bring a full-scale crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine turmoil, the discussants covered a broad range of issues including the feasibility of the Greater Europe project, new security challenges (ISIS and migration collapse in Europe), possible areas for Russia-Europe cooperation and appropriate mechanisms, international priorities and interests of Russia, European countries, the United States and ...
... for the 2015 projects on top issues of Russian-Italian cooperation.
Mr. Margelov and Dr. Timofeev briefed the attendees on RIAC’s proposals for advancing the bilateral dialogue,
Globalization 2.0 project
and educational program "
Building Greater Europe
". In October 2014, RIAC and ISPI met in Rome to hold a Vnesheconombank-sponsored roundtable “
Resumption of Russian-European Dialogue: from Damage Minimization to New Cooperation Format
” on Russia-EU political and economic ...
On February 10, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council held seminar "Higher Education for Greater Europe: Jean Monnet Program for Russian Universities" co-sponsored by
Erasmus Plus Russian National Office
and moderated by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
In his opening remarks, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov stressed that ...
... Eastern Europe. However, today our two countries find themselves in somewhat similar positions: in the foreseeable future their chances to become integral parts of the European ‘core’ are not very high.
Perspectives and challenges for building
Greater Europe.
Working Paper
Speaking of Russia, I have to observe that the current relations between Moscow and Brussels experience a deep and profound crisis – maybe, the most serious crisis we’ve seen during the whole history of this ...
The “Greater Europe – 2030” international working group met in London on 12 December. The session was organized by the
European Leadership Network
for multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the Russian International Affairs Council ...
Without values and ideological guidelines, any pragmatic activity carried out by a country resembles “rats in the garbage”
For over 20 years the idea of building a Greater Europe has been a significant landmark along the way to cooperation in the Euro-Atlantic region. However, building a Greater Europe faces at least three fundamental problems:
1. How best to resolve the “security dilemma” between Russia ...
... be gradually replaced with a more practical discussion of how, together with Moscow, to help Ukraine overcome the current crisis. Such work would be incompatible with a policy of sanctions and would accelerate their lifting or at least easing.
Join Greater Europe together with Ukraine?
www.skynews.com.au
Sergei Markedonov, Alexander Gushchin:
Russia and Ukraine: A Corridor of Opportunities
Obviously, the second scenario would require Russia to display much more diplomatic prowess, political flexibility ...
