Untitled. Political Relations. The role of the Delegation includes that of reflecting political events, developments and trends within Russia which may have a bearing on the strategic partnership between the EU and the Russian Federation; while at the same time advising on how best to support that partnership at political level. The Delegation thus monitors political life throughout Russia; the practice of democracy and human rights in this country; Russian policies and their implementation in the area of justice, liberty and security; as well as the range of Russian foreign (and defence) policy. The EU itself is changing in ways that may lead the Russia Federation to adjust its own vision of the European continent: the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty and the building up of EU defence and security capacities in particular.
EU and Russia: an Eastern Partnership Muddling on? Moscow’s attitude towards the EU fluctuates. There are deep-seated doubts that the EU is attempting to undermine Russia’s geopolitical positions in its traditional sphere of interest. Alexander Sergunin examines Russian concerns. EU-Russian relations have developed quite dynamically over the last fifteen years. Despite some ups and downs there has been obvious progress in various spheres of bilateral cooperation – energy, transportation, information technologies, telecommunications, environment protection, visa facilitation regime, education, research and culture.
Although Russia has embraced a growing number of cooperative projects with the EU, there have also been some limitations restricting both Russia’s engagement and the success of different projects. In the 1990s Moscow was absolutely positive about EU regional and sub-regional initiatives and encouraged Russian border regions to participate in various trans- and cross-border collaborative projects. EU-RussiaCentre.org. Rep07-Russia-A_difficult_partner_for_the_EU.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Russia’s EU policy: multiple messages, absent strategy. On the eve of the EU-Russia Summit in Nizhny Novgorod, all eyes are fixed on new political dimensions to the bilateral relationship.
Yet the picture being formed is incoherent and indistinct, representative more of political conjecture and systemic instability than it is of conscious policy positions, says Andrei Makarychev. On June 9-10, Russian and EU politicians will gather in Nizhny Novgorod for their regular bilateral summit. As always, numerous technical issues — from visa facilitation talks to Russia’s WTO accession — will be discussed, but the real interest will be the political side of relations, which have in recent days become more significant than at any time in recent years.
A key moment was the G8 summit in Deauville, when the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not only shared the Western policy towards Libya, but also publicly confirmed that by violently oppressing his own people Gaddafi had de-legitimized himself. And here comes the second problem for Medvedev. Weiterführende Informationen. Russland: Ohne Wodka-Seligkeit | Politik.
Russland geht seinen eigenen Weg. Europa kann das respektieren, weiter anbiedern muss es sich nicht. Speichern Drucken Twitter Facebook Google + Back in the USSR? Außenpolitiker in Berlin und Brüssel sorgen sich, dieser Zwist und der Raketenstreit zwischen Russland und Amerika könnte das nachsowjetische Friedenssystem in Europa gefährden. Anzeige Die Lehre von der gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit ist Europas Erfolgsmodell. Russlands System. Russlands Grundsätze. Russlands Außenpolitik. Wie umgehen mit diesem Russland? Die EU sollte weder Russland auf die eigene Weltsicht festnageln noch sich selbst in Abhängigkeit bringen. Senken wir also die überhöhten Erwartungen an das Verhältnis der EU zu Russland, umso eher werden sich die Beziehungen verbessern.
Security. Visa. Andrey Makarychev. Russia Leaves the West. The End of the Affair As President Vladimir Putin prepares to host the summit of the G-8 (the group of eight highly industrialized nations) in St. Petersburg in July, it is hardly a secret that relations between Russia and the West have begun to fray. After more than a decade of talk about Russia's "integration" into the West and a "strategic partnership" between Moscow and Washington, U.S. and European officials are now publicly voicing their concern over Russia's domestic political situation and its relations with the former Soviet republics. In a May 4 speech in Lithuania, for example, U.S. Even as these critics express their dismay, they continue to assume that if they speak loudly and insistently, Russia will heed them and change its ways.
The United States and Europe can protest this change in Russia's foreign policy all they want, but it will not make any difference. A Half-open Door The West deserves some of the blame for the shift in Russian foreign policy. Paradigm Lost.