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On February 13, 2015 RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev made a speech at Uppsala University (Sweden) at the seminar "Russia's Soft Power and Public Diplomacy". Russian and European experts who participated in the event discussed major global tendencies of public diplomacy development and the Russian expercience in this sphere.
... 16 and removing 3 generals.[10] A third issue was figuring out how to prepare for the replacement of the F-18 Hornet fighters in 2020s, which could cost up to $7 billion.[11] These decisions became less firm, however, due to reports on its neighbor, Sweden. In the past year, Swedish military experts have lampooned Swedish defense capabilities, which placed questions on Swedish military capability.[12] Additionally, both NATO and Norway made statements denying any obligation to protect Sweden because ...
In light of the Ukrainian crisis, Sweden has started to consider providing a financial assistance package to Ukraine. While such a decision does not seem out of character for the beneficent country who has taken in almost 20 percent of the European Union’s asylum seekers last year[1],...
Although some pundits believe that no nation should consider joining NATO in light of Ukraine’s situation[1], the crisis nevertheless has fundamentally changed NATO’s relationship with Sweden. This change for Sweden comes due to a combination of already present concerns such as defense capabilities and reliability of alliances that have been given renewed attention. Hence, due to concern of over the security of the Baltic Sea, Sweden ...
The potential for cooperation with Russia Sweden does not have direct access to the Arctic Ocean. However, due to its geographical location, it shows significant activity in Arctic affairs. Sweden announced its first Arctic strategy in early 2011. This strategy is, on a number of aspects, in ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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