EU and Russia in the common neighbourhood: competition or cooperation?
08 October 2009 | by radmin
Speakers:
- Michael Emerson, Senior Fellow, CEPS
- Andrew Wilson, Senior Fellow, ECFR
Discussants:
- Nikolay Kobrinets, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU
- Vasyl Filipchuk, Deputy Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU
Venue:
CEPS Conference Room
Venue address:
1, Place du Congrès - 1000 Brussels
Secretary:
Anne-Marie Boudou
Responsible:
Anne-Marie Boudou 
In cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Michael Emerson for CEPS and Andrew Wilson for ECFR will present their recent reports "Synergies versus Spheres of Influence in the Pan-European Space" and "The Limits of Enlargement-Lite: EU versus Russian Power in the Troubled Neighbourhood", followed by an open discussion on whether the EU and Russia are doomed to compete in the Eastern Neighbourhood or can learn to cooperate, focusing on topical issues such as the upcoming elections in Ukraine, the prospects for the new government in Moldova.