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The war in Ukraine is a geopolitical conflict of global dimension, as Putin is determined to change the global balance of power and transform Russia into a world power. It is a proxy confrontation, essentially between Russia and the USA. Increasingly, the global fault lines are becoming apparent along the axis of Russia, China, Iran […]

In November, the seminar titled “The EU and the Eurasian Economic Union: Competition, Conflict and International Business” took place at UAS BFI Vienna. Given the war in Ukraine, the seminar put a strong focus on the war itself, its root causes, the impact on enterprises in particular and on relations between the EU and the

In the framework of EUCON project Dr. Albert Hayrapetyan from Armenian State University of Economics delivered a guest lecture in the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Thelecture fall within the topic of the seminar entitled ‘’The EU and the Eurasian Economic Union: Competition, Conflict and International Business” taught by Dr. Hannes Meissner. Dr.Hayrapetyan firstly

In November, the seminar titled “The EU and the Eurasian Economic Union: Competition, Conflict and International Business” took place at UAS BFI Vienna. Given the war in Ukraine, the seminar put a strong focus on the war itself, its root causes, the impact on enterprises in particular and on relations between the EU and the

September 9, 2022 The EUCON Budapest Eurasia Summer School incorporated this half-day conference into its program, offering its participants the opportunity to hear from a group of Central European researchers funded by the US Government to investigate risk perceptions of relations with China in the region. While Chinese presence is relatively low level in most

Our Eurasia Summer School in Budapest, September 5-9, examined the push and pull factors driving conflict and competition in some areas, convergence and cooperation in others across the vast expanse of Eurasia. Julian Plottka and Florence Reiter noted the surprise, but short-lived, common position of EU member states in reaction to the Russian war against

The podcast series “EUCON – The Eurasian Podcast” is now available on Spotify. It starts with an episode on the Belt and Road Initiative. Our first guest is David Morris, the Vice President of the United Nations Sustainable Business Network for Asia Pacific. In 2014, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) was established under the leadership

Within the EUCON framework and as part of the seminar “EU External Relations in Practice. The casestudies Eastern Neighbourhood, Russia and Central Asia” (Jean Monnet Chair for European PoliticsPassau), a field trip to Brussels (Belgium) took place from 20 to 23 June 2022 under the supervision ofFlorence Ertel (formerly Reiter) and Julian Plottka. Fourteen students

Against the background of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the question arises as to the prospects for the future development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Our EUCON project member Johannes Leitner from UAS BFI Vienna provides answers to this question in the magazine “OstContact – Das Außenwirtschaftsmagazin”, Vol. 2/2022. The contribution is available here.

Kazakhstan usually maintains good relations with Russia. But the former Soviet republic does not support Russia’s attack on Ukraine, instead even courting the EU with possible gas and oil deals. What is the government of the world’s largest landlocked country planning? The EUCON project coordinator Hannes Meissner provides answers in a Podcast with Kevin Schulte