Security

The alliance between Pakistan and the U.S. has never been an easy one, but the tacit support of the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan through the military establishment in Pakistan has raised fundamental question on how to calibrate Western and American policies towards the country. Bruce Riedel from the Brookings Institution discussed the current situation in the country at the German Council on Foreign Relations.

Russia’s proposal for a “Eurasian Union” has given a new dynamic to the competition between Russia and the EU to integrate the post-Soviet space. Moscow is trying to use the EU’s political and economic crisis to expand its influence. Which prospects for integration are realistic in the post-Soviet region? Are there common interests between Russia, the EU, and their shared neighbors? Where do differences emerge? These questions were discussed at an international expert conference held at the DGAP

Durch den russischen Vorschlag einer „Eurasischen Union“ erhält die Integrationskonkurrenz zwischen Russland und der EU im postsowjetischen Raum neue Dynamik. Moskau versucht die politische und ökonomische Krise der EU zu nutzen, um seinen Einfluss auszubauen. Welche Integrationsperspektiven bieten sich der Region? Wie groß sind die Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Russland, der EU und den Nachbarn? Wo lauern Konflikte? Mit diesen Fragen befasste sich eine internationale Expertenkonferenz in der DGAP.