Section: Chatham House (UK)
Media Environment in Russia
25JunInvitation OnlyResearch EventMedia Environment in Russia25 Jun 2015 – 10:15 to 11:45Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Russia’s Domestic PoliticsParticipantsAlexei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief, Ekho MoskvyDownload ResultsOverviewAlexei Venediktov will discuss the difficulties faced by media outlets in Russia and...
The death of Europe? Continental fates after Ukraine
The unravelling of the post-Cold War security order in Europe was both cause and consequence of the crisis in Ukraine. The crisis was a symptom of the three-fold failure to achieve the aspirations to create a ‘Europe whole and free’ enunciated by the Charter of Paris in 1990, the drift in the European Union’s behaviour from normative...
The false promise of continental concert: Russia, the West and the necessary balance of power
The war in Ukraine is revelatory of a malaise in Europe’s security order created by Russia’s resistance to western institutions on the one hand and the western desire to maintain these institutions while partnering with Russia on the other. Absent a sense of priorities, western policy risks contributing to the erosion of...
The Budapest Memorandum and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine
Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States extended security assurances to Ukraine in December 1994 in an agreement that became known as the Budapest Memorandum. This agreement was part of a package of arrangements whereby Ukraine transferred the Soviet-made nuclear weapons on its territory to Russia and acceded to the Treaty on the...
Heading west? Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic path
Events in Ukraine in 2014 are likely to transform the presence and role of western institutions such as NATO in the post-Soviet area. The crisis has starkly revealed the limits of their influence within Russia’s ‘zone of privileged interest’, as well as the lack of internal unity within these organizations vis-à-vis relations with...
Trouble on Europe’s Periphery
27MayMembersTrouble on Europe’s Periphery27 May 2015 – 18:00 to 19:00Chatham House, London ParticipantsDr Tracey German, Lecturer, Department of Defence Studies, King’s College LondonSten Rynning, Professor of International Relations, University of Southern DenmarkBill Park, Senior Lecturer, Department of Defence Studies,...
Putin’s Communications Difficulties Reflect Serious Policy Problem
23 March 2015 John LoughAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Vladimir Putin’s messages to his domestic and foreign audiences are escalating tensions with Western countries and forcing him to up the stakes for fear of appearing weak at home. Vladimir Putin attends a rally in Moscow on 18 March, marking the one-year anniversary of...
The Political Landscape in Russia One Year After Crimea
11MarInvitation OnlyResearch EventThe Political Landscape in Russia One Year After Crimea11 Mar 2015 – 12:00 to 13:30Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Russia’s Domestic PoliticsParticipantsIlya Ponomarev, Member of the State Duma, RussiaDownload ResultsOverviewThis event will offer an insight into the political...
Ukraine: Situation Report and Needs Assessment
06MarInvitation OnlyResearch EventUkraine: Situation Report and Needs Assessment6 Mar 2015 – 10:30 to 12:00Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine: East or WestParticipantsNatalia Halibarenko, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, UkraineDownload ResultsOverviewThis event will focus on key issues in Ukraine’s...
EU-Russia Relations and the Ukraine Crisis
Invitation OnlyResearch EventEU-Russia Relations and the Ukraine Crisis12 Feb 2015 – 14:00 to 15:30Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, New Faces from Russia, Promise and Realism in Relations With RussiaParticipantsSergey Utkin, Head, Department of Strategic Assessment, Centre for Situation Analysis, Russian Academy of...
