Opinions
Sergei Karaganov
“Of course good relations to Europe are important for Russia too, especially the economic links, personal contacts and social interaction.”
Sergey Karaganov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, 2003.

The experts at the EU-Russia Forum discuss current foreign security and energy policy matters as well as political, economic and cultural background issues. The individual events aim to allow an unbiased exchange of opinions and a deep understanding based on existing forms of cooperation and mutual interdependence.

The extensive challenges that the EU and Russia have to face provide for a wide range of subject matters, for example:

• Questions on new security structures
• Mediating between different interests in foreign policy
• Overcoming the consequences of climate change
• The challenges in education policy
• The energy partnership between the EU and Russia
• How to deal with emerging third countries like China
• International finance relations or
• Encouraging the modernisation of societies.

The EU-Russia Forum highlights the challenges and opportunities, supports the analysis of foreign policy situations, explores the scope for action and provides impetus for policy-making, business and the social dialogue. ]