31 March 2000
I am re-sending this which I was asked to forward to the
list because, for reasons that I do not understand, the
original message was converted into nonsense when I
forwarded it the first time. This time you will have to
put up with uneven line lengths. Sorry.
Members of the list may be interested in the following
event:
Launch of 'Re-engaging Russia' by John Lloyd
Thursday 6th April, 5.30pm, European Parliament Office
2 Queen Anne's Gate, SW1
The Foreign Policy Centre is an independent think tank
which was =
launched by the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary
in 1998. =
Re-engaging Russia will be published on 20th March and
launched with =
Minister for Europe Keith Vaz at the European Parliament
Office, 2 Queen =
Anne's Gate, London SW1, on April 6th from 5:30 to
7:30pm. Numbers are =
limited so if you would like to attend the launch, please
call Ellie =
Wilcox at the Foreign Policy Centre on 0171 463 2272 or
email Ellie =
directly on [log in to unmask] - please don't click on the
reply icon at =
the top of this email.=20
Re-engaging Russia sets out a radical new approach for
the west as =
Russia enters a new political era with its Presidential
elections on =
March 26th. John Lloyd shows why Russia's stalled reform
process has =
failed to deliver, causing mutual hostility and led to
increasing calls =
for disengagement in both Russia and the west alike. He
argues that the =
way forward is not to disengage, but to engage
differently - with the =
west seeking to engage much more broadly beyond a small
elite, with =
reform being Russian-led and with the EU playing a much
less reactive =
role than in the past. Re-engaging Russia does not
underestimate the =
scale of the challenges but marks an important attempt to
redefine the =
way that western countries seek to promote their values
and engage with =
other societies.
Nigel Swain: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 (0)151 794 2422; Fax: +44 (0)151 794 2366
Centre for Central and Eastern European Studies,
University of Liverpool
9 Abercromby Square, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 7WZ, UK
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