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Event | 13 April 2015

Containment or Reengagement? The Future of Relations Between Russia and the West

Russia-West Relations Euro-Atlantic Security

On 10 April, the European Leadership Network (ELN), in cooperation with the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, hosted a public discussion “Containment or Reengagement? The Future of Relations Between Russia and the West”. The event featured Prof. Dr. Janos Martonyi (former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary), Dr. Ian Kearns (Co-Founder and Director, European Leadership Network), Dr. Margarita Šešelgytė (Associate professor, Studies Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania), Dr. Igor Yurgens (President, All Russia Insurance Association) and Mr. Karsten Voigt (Board member of the German Council on Foreign Relations and of the Atlantik-Brücke). The discussion was moderated by Mr. Kārlis Bukovskis (Deputy Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs).

The full event can be viewed below:

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