European Union's Eastern Partnership and Eurasian Union: Collision or Collusion of Visions and Interests?
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In May 2015 will be held in Riga the forth summit of the Eastern Partnership, an initiative of the European Union launched in 2009 for six post-Soviet States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine). The current situation is clearly marked by the Ukrainian crisis and an unprecedented deterioration of EU-Russia relations. What retuning of the Eastern Partnership is needed in this new context? What relationship with Eurasian Union, the Russian-led regional alternative?
A closed seminar organized by the Russia/NIS Center, Ifri with the support of Embassy of Latvia in France, Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Latvian Presidency of the EU.
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