Major historical events that happened 30 years ago in 1989 to a large extent determined the way Europe looks today. It was the year when Mikhail Gorbachev started his political reform. Our new project will help to understand how that turned out and what lessons should be learnt for the future
Another seminar from "XXI century liberal agenda" series of events took place. The seminar was organized by the European Dialogue Expert Group with support from Friedrich Naumann Foundation Russia. As usual it was a meeting between Russian and European experts who this time discussed crisis of liberal values in the context of international relations. Here are six key points of this two-hour discussion for your attention
End of the year is a good time to reflect on the year’s results. Just like everyone else we are looking back at our achievements in 2018. People who enable the dialogue represent both key result and achievement of our public forum. In 2018 a lot of new people came to the European Dialogue and we are delighted to tell you more about them
On November 23 a roundtable discussion “Go, Russia. But where to? To Europe or out of it?” took place in St. Petersburg. Prominent Moscow and St. Petersburg experts in international relations, social philosophy, history, political science and geography took part in it. Here are key conclusions written down by Nickolay Petrov, member of the European Dialogue Expert Group over the course of the debate
On November 23 St. the European University of St.Petersburg is hosting a roundtable discussion within the framework of The European Russia series of talks, organised by the European Dialogue Expert Group with support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation Russia
The First Paris Peace Forum organised following Emmanuel Macron’s initiative is over. Eugene Gontmakher, economist, represented the European Dialogue Expert Group at this event and participating in discussion “Regaining diplomatic trust. The role of civic society” highlighted results of the Group’s work
We are delighted to present key takeaways from the international scientific and practical conference, which was held by the Higher School of Economics with support from the The European Dialogue Expert Group and Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Russia
The European Dialogue Expert Group and the Delegation of the European Union have launched in Russia a contest among young experts for the best research or opinion-based paper about relations between Russia and Europe. Please refer to our website for more detailed the rules of the contest. Today we announce the jury, which will pick winners in both nominations
All post-Soviet countries, including Russia, undergo a religious revival, which is often accompanied by stronger conservatism. In this case it is important to define whether there are any liberal scenarios which imply interaction among individuals, society, church, and religion?
The European Dialogue Expert Group with support from the Delegation of the European Union to Russia met with representatives of European political and economic institutions, think tanks and universities. Eugene Gontmakher, one of the Group’s delegates shares with us his ideas and observations about the trip and discussions
