Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that Turkey is heading to restore relations with Damascus. "We will expand our circle of friends. We have already begun to do so. We normalized our relations with Israel and Russia, and now, I am sure, we will do the same with Syria. We need it to be done", - said Yildirim, speaking on Turkish television. READ MORE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2017  |  External Relations
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by George Vlad Niculescu, Head of Research, the European Geopolitical Forum

How could the EU best deal with a revisionist Russia who challenged the post-Cold War European security order, most notably in Ukraine and in Georgia? We should probably start from considering EU’s current strategic options in its Eastern Neighbourhood.  The key question here is what should be the EU’s objective in this contested region? Is it to find a compromise solution with Moscow on how to fix the broken security order? Or is it to defend its shared values in the Eastern Neighbourhood, and to eventually annihilate the Russian power and influence? READ MORE

• EGF Editor  |  Published on EGF: 06.03.2017  |  External Relations
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Issue # 43
12/12/2016
The document which blocked visa-free travel for Ukrainians has been sent to the European Parliament for approval.
READ MORE in INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 12.12.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 42
12/05/2016
Earlier, Russia warned it would shoot down Ukrainian missiles and destroy launch facilities.
READ MORE in MILITARY AND DEFENCE.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 40
11/22/2016
The prosecutor described the situation in Crimea as an "international armed conflict".
READ MORE in CRIMEAN ISSUE.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 22.11.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 39
11/15/2016
Kyiv accused Moscow of capturing more hostages to blackmail Ukraine.
READ MORE in CRIMEAN ISSUE.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 38
11/08/2016
The Netherlands wants to make sure that the association agreement will not give Ukraine the right to apply for EU membership .
READ MORE in INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 37
10/31/2016
Ukraine insists Donbas rebel leaders should be dismissed.
READ MORE in ARMED CONFLICT IN EASTERN UKRAINE.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 31.10.2016  |  External Relations
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Issue # 36
10/24/2016
No documents were signed during the meeting.
READ MORE in ARMED CONFLICT IN EASTERN UKRAINE.

• Gorshenin Weekly  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2016  |  External Relations
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On 10-12 November 2016, our Head of Research, George Niculescu, will attend a workshop of the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes, to be held in Reichenau (Austria), on: “Building an Energy Policy Management Institution for the South Caucasus”. He will moderate a panel, and will give a briefing on "A Model for Regional Cooperation on Early Recovery and Consequence Management in the Aftermath of Disasters".

• EGF Editor  |   |  Markets
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