"European Dialogue" Expert Group

30/03/2023

18/02/2022

The international online-seminar “Reproductive rights: from prohibition of own body disposal to the other way” was organised last week by “European dialogue” and gender fraction of “Yabloko” as a part of project “The time for women”.

The Swedish experience of women reproductive rights defence was described by the Swedish liberal women union representative Amanda Valentin. She admitted that society of her country supports the right for abortion free of fees and there is no tendency for this situation to be different. However, even in such circumstances, there are still challenge for the reproductive rights defence. Our video is about them

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2022/02/17/amanda-valentin-the-swedish-experience-of-women-reproductive-rights-defence

18.02.2022 The international online-seminar “Reproductive rights: from prohibition of own body disposal to the other way” was organised last week by “European dialogue” and gender fraction of “Yabloko” as a part of project “The time for women”. The Swedish experience of women reprodu...

11/02/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has revived discussions about the social contract. It is able to have a tangible impact on the political life of the state, largely due to the fact that citizens more or less equally understand this treaty, and therefore act in accordance with it. Why the Ukrainian society has not developed a clear vision of the social contract, describes a political psychologist, Ph.D. Svetlana Chunikhina

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2022/02/10/dogovor-kotorogo-net-2/

11.02.2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has revived discussions about the social contract. It is able to have a tangible impact on the political life of the state, largely due to the fact that citizens more or less equally understand this treaty, and therefore act in accordance with it. Why the Ukrainian s...

04/02/2022

The Ukrainian borders have been a constant source of tension in Europe over the past 8 years. The greatest danger to Ukrainian statehood is the borders with Russia, the Republic of Belarus and the unrecognized Transnistria, while the western neighbourhood remain the "border of peace." In the face of a common threat, even the territorial disputes between Ukraine and Romania faded into the background. Andrey Veselovskiy writes about this complex border of the second largest country in Europe

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2022/02/03/the-border-of-peace-and-the-border-of-war

04.02.2022 The Ukrainian borders have been a constant source of tension in Europe over the past 8 years. The greatest danger to Ukrainian statehood is the borders with Russia, the Republic of Belarus and the unrecognized Transnistria, while the western neighbourhood remain the "border of peace." In....

21/01/2022

How may the generation of millennials the socio-political outline of the West and global civilization as a whole? What will be this "demographic" transit in Europe and Russia? Will it deepen the socio-cultural gap between us, or contribute to its reduction?
Evgeniy Gontmakher and Alexandr Sogomonov summed up the results of our big project "Millenials. Who are they? Will they change the world?". They painted a portrait of a modern Russian born between 1981 and 1996. A very little time will pass, and this generation will take a leading position in politics, business, the social sphere, management, and creative industries

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2022/01/20/a-future-without-an-image

21.01.2022 How may the generation of millennials the socio-political outline of the West and global civilization as a whole? What will be this "demographic" transit in Europe and Russia? Will it deepen the socio-cultural gap between us, or contribute to its reduction? Evgeniy Gontmakher and Alexandr...

14/01/2022

Belarusian writer and Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich left Belarus more than a year ago. At that time it seemed to her that it was only for a few months. The reality turned out to be different. Now she lives in Berlin, where she is working on a new book about the events of 2020 in Belarus. That year, the writer says, made her fall in love with her own people. "You look at these faces, and you realize that this is the country you would like to live in," she wrote after one of the August marches

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2022/01/13/svetlana-alexievich-about-the-protests-in-belarus-freedom-is-a-long-way-off

14.01.2022 Belarusian writer and Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich left Belarus more than a year ago. At that time it seemed to her that it was only for a few months. The reality turned out to be different. Now she lives in Berlin, where she is working on a new book about the events of 2020 in Bela...

31/12/2021

Given the ongoing Russia–Ukraine crisis RUSI Deputy Director-General Malcolm Chalmers and RIAC Director Andrei Kortunov discussed the possibilities of ensuring "strategic stability" in relations between Russia, Great Britain and NATO. Whether the NATO and Russia will be able to find a consensus, read the material of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/12/29/a-uk-russian-conversation-on-arms-control-strategic-stability-and-ukraine/

30.12.2021 Given the ongoing Russia–Ukraine crisis RUSI Deputy Director-General Malcolm Chalmers and RIAC Director Andrei Kortunov discussed the possibilities of ensuring "strategic stability" in relations between Russia, Great Britain and NATO. Whether the NATO and Russia will be able to find a c...

24/12/2021

😷A new strain of coronavirus spreads after two years of the pandemic outbreak. It has already claimed more than five million lives and it is now forcing people around the world to gain patience for a new chapter of this story. Mckinsey analyzed scenarios for the further development of the pandemic and identifies issues that affect its early overcoming. For more information when a pandemic may end, read the further article

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/12/23/when-will-the-covid-19-pandemic-end-2

24.12.2021 For more information when a pandeA new strain of coronavirus spreads after two years of the pandemic outbreak. It has already claimed more than five million lives and it is now forcing people around the world to gain patience for a new chapter of this story. Mckinsey analyzed scenarios fo...

17/12/2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently said that global warming may be a benefit for northern countries like Russia. However, it does not seem that he seriously believes in that. While Russian COP26 representatives declared their country to become carbon neutral by 2060, more and more citizens buy solar panels for their dachas where millions of Russians spend their summertime. What is behind that politics is discussed in the new article by The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/12/16/russia-changes-its-tune-on-climate-change

17.12.2021 It seems that Russian authorities begin to pay more attention to the renewable energy resources. While Russian COP26 representatives declared their country to become carbon neutral by 2060, more and more citizens buy solar panels for their dachas where millions of Russians spend their sum...

03/12/2021

What were the real reasons for the government crisis in Slovakia in the spring of 2021? How he was influenced by the negotiations to buy Sputnik V and other controversies that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Matovic. Student of the St. Petersburg State University Dmitry Popov analyzed this problem in his article, prepared to the Third International competition for young europeanists "Russia, Europe, World"

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/12/02/slovakia-s-2021-government-crisis-in-the-context-of-a-new-anti-elite-storm

30.11.2021 What were the real reasons for the government crisis in Slovakia in the spring of 2021? How he was influenced by the negotiations to buy Sputnik V and other controversies that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Matovic. Student of the St. Petersburg State University Dmitry Popov ana...

02/12/2021

How the modern era of information and communication technologies has opened up new opportunities for Muslim women to unite their efforts in the struggle for the practical realization of gender rights? Irina Serenko, senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of the Near and Middle East of Russian Academy of Sciences illustrates by the life and human rights activities of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Pakistani Muslim Pashtun woman Malala Yusufzai

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/12/01/malala-yuzufzai-from-pakistani-schoolgirl-blogger-to-global-politician

29.11.2021 How the modern era of information and communication technologies has opened up new opportunities for Muslim women to unite their efforts in the struggle for the practical realisation of gender rights? Irina Serenko, senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of the Near and Middle...

26/11/2021

Alena Igosheva, the student of MGIMO University, researched the features of political communication on the Internet during the election campaigns in 2017 and 2021 in Germany and analyzed how and in what form anti-elite sentiments manifested themselves during this period. Now the polarization of the party system is growing, more and more votes are being cast for non-systemic and populist parties, which indicates a gap between the citizens and the political establishment in the Germany. Against the background of a similar situation, the coronavirus pandemic only intensified and exacerbated existing trends

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/11/26/the-features-of-political-communication-on-the-internet-during-the-election-campaigns-in-germany/

23.11.2021 Alena Igosheva, the student of MGIMO University, researched the features of political communication on the Internet during the election campaigns in 2017 and 2021 in Germany and analyzed how and in what form anti-elite sentiments manifested themselves during this period. Now the polarizat...

25/11/2021

Anna Novikova, senior lecturer at the Russian State University for the Humanities, told about the history of the transformation of women politicians in the US Republican Party and how this will affect the upcoming elections in 2022 in terms of women's participation in American politics

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/11/24/the-new-generation-of-american-conservative-women-politicians-in-the-united-states-and-their-image-in-modern-media

25.11.2021 Anna Novikova, senior lecturer at the Russian State University for the Humanities, told about the history of the transformation of women politicians in the US Republican Party and how this will affect the upcoming elections in 2022 in terms of women's participation in American politics

19/11/2021

In the article "The crisis of contacts and COVID-19: the case of German-speaking countries" master's student at the Higher School of Economics Konstantin Gavrilov researches the emergence of an anti-elite storm through the prism of party positions. He also predicts the impact of the pandemic on the upcoming fall elections in Germany

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/11/19/the-crisis-of-contacts-and-covid-19-the-case-of-german-speaking-countries

16.11.2021 In the article "The crisis of contacts and COVID-19: the case of German-speaking countries" master's student at the Higher School of Economics Konstantin Gavrilov researches the emergence of an anti-elite storm through the prism of party positions. He also predicts the impact of the pande...

18/11/2021

The specificity of women's participation in politics, political life and political action is that the degree of radicalism among women is much lower than among men. A woman is more attuned to arranging a life environment for loved ones. This is the opinion of the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia Emilia Slabunova. In her article "Women's Election Campaign. A Success Story" she tells what tasks women should solve in the current Russian conditions of socio-economic stagnation

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/11/17/women-s-election-campaign-a-success-story

18.11.2021 The specificity of women's participation in politics, political life and political action is that the degree of radicalism among women is much lower than among men. A woman is more attuned to arranging a life environment for loved ones. This is the opinion of the deputy of the Legislative...

12/11/2021

In Brussels today, Russia is perceived as a country that bears joint responsibility for any excesses of the Belarusian authorities, said Andrei Kortunov, director of the Russian Council for International Affairs. This does not mean that all sanctions against Minsk will apply to Moscow, but this approach to Russia will remain in the West in the near future.

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/11/11/andrey-kortunov-eu-and-russia-in-the-context-of-belarusian-agenda

"European Dialogue" continues to publish papers of the Belarusian-Russian expert dialogue online conference, which took place September, 17.

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The Belarusian-Russian expert dialogue is a platform for the exchange of views and experiences between experts from Belarus and Russia

http://www.eedialog.org/ru/tag/belorussko-rossijskij-jekspertnyj-dialog

12.11.2021 In Brussels today, Russia is perceived as a country that bears joint responsibility for any excesses of the Belarusian authorities, said Andrei Kortunov, director of the Russian Council for International Affairs. This does not mean that all sanctions against Minsk will apply to Moscow, bu...

29/10/2021

Discussions about national revival and geopolitical orientation continue in Moldova. Viorel Cibotaru, executive director of the European Institute for Research in Moldova, tells how the memory of the Soviet era and the desire for European integration forms this discourse

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/10/28/viorel-cibotaru-nostalgia-for-the-ussr-and-the-european-vector-in-moldova

"European Dialogue" publishes papers of the participants of the online conference "Are 30 years enough to leave the Soviet legacy?", which took place on 28 September

27.10.2021 Discussions about national revival and geopolitical orientation continue in Moldova. Viorel Cibotaru, executive director of the European Institute for Research in Moldova, tells how the memory of the Soviet era and the desire for European integration forms this discourse https://youtu.be/...

28/10/2021

🧕👩‍🦰👱‍♀️There is no country in the world where gender equality has been achieved. Thus, one of the components of the gender gap is the economic participation of men and women. Deputy director of the Centre for social and labour rights Yulia Ostrovskaya talks about discrimination against women in the labour market in Russia and how the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced their career opportunities.

"European Dialogue" publishes papers of the Third international online seminar "Time for Women" about gender equality and the advancement of women in the world and Russia, organized with the Gender fraction of the Russian democratic party "Yabloko"

http://www.eedialog.org/en/2021/10/27/julija-ostrovskaja-diskriminacija-zhenshhin-na-rynke-truda-v-rossii

25.10.2021 There is no country in the world where gender equality has been achieved. Thus, one of the components of the gender gap is the economic participation of men and women. Deputy director of the Centre for social and labour rights Yulia Ostrovskaya talks about discrimination against women in....