The EU and Russia: Rivals, Opponents, Partners?
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheThe Ukrainian crisis has shown that a peaceful Europe can only be built on a mutually beneficial cooperation between the EU and Russia, whether in the areas of energy, commerce, or relations with other regional actors. How can EU-Russia relations be developed into a win-win situation for both parties?
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H.E. Vladimir CHIZHOV
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Brussels
| 1976 | Embassy in Athens, Greece |
| 1981 | 5th European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1985 | Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 1992 | Counsellor, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Head of UK/Ireland Division, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1993 | Deputy Director, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1995 | Deputy Head, Russian delegation to the OSCE, Vienna, Austria |
| 1996 | Deputy High Representative for Bosnia Peace Implementation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1997 | Director, 3rd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1997-2000 | Russian Special Representative for Cyprus |
| 1999 | Director, European Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2000-2002 | Russian Special Representative for the Balkans |
| 2002 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2005 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Communities, Brussels |
| since 2010 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Brussels |
| Conducted analytical research work on European security, OSCE, Russia-EU and Russia-NATO relations, Mediterranean, Balkans, problems of Cyprus and Northern Ireland, UN peace-keeping operations. |
Ivan KRASTEV
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
| Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna. He is a founding board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Board of Trustees of The International Crisis Group and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In 2018-2019 Ivan is appointed as the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress. His latest books in English are 'After Europe' (UPenn Press, May 2017) 'Democracy Disrupted. The Global Politics on Protest' (UPenn Press, May 2014); 'In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders?' (TED Books, 2013). He is a co-author with Stephen Holmes of a forthcoming book 'The Light that Failed' (with Penguin) on perils of the politics of imitation. |
Edgars RINKEVICS
Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riga
| Master in Political Science, University of Latvia, Riga | |
| Master in National Resource Strategy, U.S. National Defence University, Washington D.C. | |
| 1993-1994 | Journalist, Latvijas Radio, Riga |
| 1995-2008 | Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia, Riga: |
| 1995-1996 Senior Desk Officer, Policy Department | |
| 1996 Director, Policy Department | |
| 1996-1997 Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy Matters | |
| 1997 Acting Secretary of State | |
| 1997-2008 Secretary of State | |
| 2002-2003 | Deputy Head, Latvian Delegation for accession negotiations with NATO |
| 2005-2007 | Office Manager, Office for organising the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government |
| 2008-2011 | Head of the Chancery, Chancery of the President of Latvia, Riga |
| since 2011 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Riga |
Dr. Alexandra FÖDERL-SCHMID
Correspondent, Israel and Palestine Territories, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tel Aviv
| Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, born in 1971, has been with the Süddeutsche Zeitung since September 2017 and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Before that, she was editor-in-chief for ten years and later co-editor of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard and the news portal derStandard.at. She has studied journalism, political science and history and earned her doctorate on the dual broadcasting system in Germany. Furthermore, she was 2005 Reuters/APA-Geiringer-Fellow in Oxford. She was awarded with the Austrian Kurt-Vorhofer-Prize for politcal journalism, the Constitutional Award and the Ari-Rath-Prize. In addition, she was instrumental in the reestablishment of the Press Council in Austria. |
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