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A European Response to US Withdrawal from the INF Treaty

ELN Group Statement Ahead of the meeting of President Putin and President Trump in Paris on November 11th 2018, 79 European political, diplomatic and military leadership figures are appealing to both Russia and the US not to take unilateral action that would jeopardise the future of the INF without further efforts, such a move would likely trigger an arms race and ...

09.11.2018

INF Treaty: More than Just an Agreement

... aimed at demonstrating Russia’s readiness to offer a stern response to U.S. plans to deploy anti-missile components in Eastern Europe. This is indirectly confirmed by the fact that no more statements of the kind were issued as the relationship between the ... ... States, the first public statements indicating Washington’s intention to revise the INF Treaty were made in 2014, with accusations of breaching of the Treaty levelled against Russia. Following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, ...

16.07.2018

Russia, the USA & Europe: Is Instability Immutable?

How and when can the USA, Europe and Russia move forward from impasse and start to rebuild the more rational forms of relationship which would suit the interests of all? “…the American, Soviet, and British governments did indeed try to bring the monster [nuclear weapons] ...

30.10.2017

PIMCO Delegation Visits RIAC

On February 9, RIAC welcomed a delegation from PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Company). PIMCO is one of the key investment funds on the global stock market. The total value of assets under the company's management is over U.S. $1,8 billion. The delegation included Francesc Balcells, executive Vice-President, portfolio manager, London; Matthieu Loriferne, executive Vice-President, credit research analyst, London; Yacov Arnapolin, senior portfolio manager in developing markets, London; Alexander...

10.02.2017

Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group Meets in London

... London. The event is traditionally organized by Nuclear Threat Initiative with the participation of European Leadership Network. The Group unites former and sitting high-ranking officials, diplomats, government representatives and businessmen from the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Sweden and other European countries. The main goal of the organization is to elaborate proposals on new approaches to European and Atlantic security, formulated at the beginning of 2015 by Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Sam Nunn, former US senator and Desmond Browne, UK ...

18.01.2017

The (First) Russo-American Cyberwar: How Obama Lost & Putin Won, Ensuring a Trump Victory

... additional cyberattacks by Putin, additional military harassment in the Black and Baltic seas, and further aggression in Eastern Europe. Yes, incredulously, Obama imagined that turning a blind eye to Russian interference in domestic American elections ... ... to and through Election Day, it is now quite clear that Russia’s propaganda machine of hundreds of websites and many thousands of social media accounts—some unwittingly duped, others complicit or even an army of paid agents—posted many ...

17.12.2016

EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump Aides’ Deeper & Linked Roles in Putin Agenda Revealed; Russian Mafia Nexus With Trump & Aides Goes Back Years

... limit Russian influence in Ukraine. Unsurprisingly, some of the disputes between Ukraine and Russia involved fighting over gas deals. This all culminated in a January, 2006, shut-off of Russia’s gas flow into Ukraine and therefore into much of Europe as well, which got the vast majority of its gas from pipes passing through Ukrainian territory. Soon after the shutoff, a new arrangement was made: RUE would now be the exclusive and direct supplier of all natural gas coming from Central Asia ...

17.11.2016

Germany's European Leadership: Hegemony against One's Will?

... Moldova and the Transcaucasia countries. German political foundations and organization have their branches all over the post-Soviet space, with businesses following suit. Before the Russia-EU freeze in 2014, Russia had been swept by more than six thousand German firms , only proving that German diplomacy and businesses go hand in hand helping each other. Germany's European policy rejects any sort of hint of military confrontation, while the focus is on dynamic engagement of business for advancing German leadership in Europe, first of all in East Europe. As a matter of fact, the German economy is explicitly export-oriented ...

24.10.2016

Trump, Putin, Russia, DNC/Clinton Hack, & WikiLeaks: “There's Something Going on” with Election 2016 & It's Cyberwarfare & Maybe Worse: UPDATED 8/15

... a press conference that he is considering lifting sanctions on Russia and recognizing its annexation of Crimea. Trump also doesn’t think that there is enough evidence to blame Russia for the downing of MH17. Trump defended Putin against accusations that he was behind the murders of numerous Russian journalists critical of Putin. Most recently, Trump signaled less-than-enthusiastic, vague, and conditional support for NATO and has calling it “obsolete,” while the weakening of ...

16.08.2016
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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