International Dialogue

The prospects for visa freedom in EU-Russia relations

The amount of travel between Russia and the EU states is growing steadily and the cultural and economic ties are getting stronger, yet the visa regime has nevertheless remained in place. This report assesses the visa relations between Russia and the EU, and in so doing seeks to address two fundamental research questions which form the basis of the study: Why does the visa regime still exist between these two entities? and What are the obstacles preventing visa freedom?
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Moving out of the doldrums? Perspectives on Change in Russia-EU Relations

- Russia and the European Union are increasingly bound together - if not by common values, then by virtue of their interdependence and interwined interests. See pdf (29 pages, 1,5 KB)

Expanding the EU`s Institutional Capacities in the Arctic Region

- This Policy Briefing Paper aims to provide a concide background on the Arctic region offering a succinct analysis of the situation and a set of recommendations for the European Union. See pdf (14 pages, 354 Kb)
Jour-Fixe

Wednesday, 8 February 2012, , 19:00 – 21:00

Jour-Fixe: One year into the Arab Spring: Results, Developments and Outlooks

Mouin Rabbani is an independent Middle East researcher and analyst currently based in Amman, Jordan. He is a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies, Contributing Editor to Middle East Report, and Co-Editor of Jadaliyya.

Irina Zvyagelskaya holds a PhD in History and is Professor, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies and the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has been lecturing at the Moscow Institute of International Relations under the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation and at The Institute of African and Asian Studies (Moscow State University). Her fields of interest are conflicts, international relations and security issues (mainly in the Middle East and Central Asia). She is author of six books and over 200 articles and chapters.

Moderation: Sergey Lukashevsky, Director of the Sakharov Museum and Public Center

Venue: 

Conference room (2. floor) 

 

A 50-year catastrophe
An exhibition about the consequences of the 1957 nuclear accident at the MAYAK nuclear coplex.
RUSSLAND-BLOG ERENE Demokratie in Russland. Dossier in deutscher Sprache.
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