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The Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) and the Russia/NIS Center of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) have organized a closed seminar and interviews about the "German, French, Polish and Russian Views on Russia’s Foreign Policy".
Speakers:
Thomas GOMART, Vice-President for Strategic Development, Ifri
Timofei BORDACHEV, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Andreï KORTUNOV, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow
Ernst-Jörg VON STUDNITZ, Honorary Chairman, German-Russian Forum, Berlin; former German Ambassador to Moscow
Eugeniusz SMOLAR, Foreign policy expert, Warsaw
Katja YAFIMAVA, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford
09:00 Opening remarks
09:30 – 11:00 Eastern partnership versus Eurasian union: Two rival projects?
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Energy: Still the main political issue between EU member states and Russia?
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German, French, Polish and Russian Views on Russia’s Foreign Policy
The Franco-German Study Committee (Cerfa) and the Russia/NIS Center of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) have organized a closed seminar and interviews about the "German, French, Polish and Russian Views on Russia’s Foreign Policy".
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