Speakers
Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
Non-Resident fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS
Senior Fellow, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS
Research Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security
Researcher at the Research Centre of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
Director General of the Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Moderator
Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS
The relationship between the EU and Russia is characterized by a considerable degree of interdependence. In the 1990s and 2000s, the EU’s approach to Russia was based on the expectation that economic ties and interaction in different fields would to contribute to regional stability and security and possibly even democratization of Russia. However, looking at the relationship today, one has to admit that the expected positive effects of interdependence have not materialized. Since 2014, the conflict over Ukraine and rise of geopolitical tensions have pushed Europeans to reassess their approach and put more emphasis on reducing the vulnerabilities created by mutual ties. Russia for its part has been keen to reduce its dependence on Europe, for instance in the financial sector or with regard to food imports.
The volume is edited byDr Kristi Raik, director of Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EFPI) at the ICDS, and András Rácz, non-resident fellow of EFPI, and includes chapters authored by internationally renowned experts such as James Sherr, Kadri Liik, Igor Gretskiy, Stefan Meister, Anke Schmidt-Felzmann, Heli Simola, Rein Tammsaar and others.
The book is published by ICDS and is available for downloading and reading here. The project has been supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
