THE TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE ON

 

On June 10-12, 2007, the tripartite conference on The Strategic and Policy Lines in the Post-Soviet Space was held at the German Foreign Policy Council in Berlin.

It was claimed during the discussions, that Russia, being most interested in the cooperation with the USA, still is reserved in this interest by the continuing NATO expansion to the east, despite the promises to the contrary given both by the USA and the West. Concluding the debates, the conference participants confidently stated, that the USA, EU and Russia, by making the necessary efforts, would find ways and forms to cooperate. It is for the future to show, whether that will be selective or strategic partnership, depending on the parties' willingness to form the common platform for the joint actions.

 

 

THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE ITALIAN EURASIA. REVIEW OF GEOPOLITICAL STUDIES MAGAZINE, TIBERIO GRACIANI, VISITED THE VA BULLETIN

 

On June 21-24, 2007, the Editor-in-Chief of the Italian Eurasia. Rivista di studi geopolitici (Eurasia. Review of Geopolitical Studies) magazine, Tiberio Graciani, visited Moscow by the invitation of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis, editors of the Vestnik Analitiki bulletin and the Bureau of Socio-Economic Information.

The meeting was a part of the ISOA and Vestnik Analitiki editors international contact program. The invitation was aimed at establishing and developing the contacts with an authoritative Italian publication, exchanging opinions on the topical problems of the modern political life, arranging professional cooperation between the two publications. While in Moscow, T. Graciani met the top-managers of the ISOA and BSEI, the VA bulletin editors, the Russian experts on foreign and home policies; had discussions on broad range of international and domestic policy issues. 

It was agreed to further the contacts between the ISOA, BSEI, Vestnik Analitiki bulletin and the Italian Eurasia magazine, including the publication exchange, increase in contributors to the both publications, holding meetings and discussions.