Les études ifri

Russie. Nei. Visions 2008

In this year's collection from Ifri's Russia/NIS Center, four themes are explored : the EU-Russia relationship ; the strategies of Russia's national champions ; Russian foreign policy ; and energy and security dimensions of Russian bilateral relations.

Contributors : O. Antonenko, N. Arbatova, L.-M. Clouet, A. Dubien, D. Finon, J. Godzimirski, T. Gomart, J. Guillet, C. Locatelli, G. Minassian, C.-A. Paillard.

Edited by Thomas Gomart, Director of the Russia/NIS Center, Ifri, Lecturer at Saint-Cyr ; and Tatiana Kastueva-Jean, Research Fellow at Russia/NIS Center, Ifri.

« Any publication on Russia to be released in 2008 is doomed to be a risky business : the ongoing transition from Putin to Medvedev can easily make even the most solid assumptions, hypotheses and conclusions obsolete or irrelevant. But the Ifri compilation is likely to have a long shelf life-the authors dwell on issues and problems that will not fade away with the new President getting to the Kremlin. The volume is a fair and clear reflection of the major challenges that the post-Putin country faces today ; it gives plenty of food for thought to anyone interested in the current state and the future of Russian foreign policy in general and its relations with the EU in particular. »

Andrey Kortunov, President of the New Eurasia Foundation and the ISE-Center (Information. Scholarship. Education), Moscow

« This year's compendium, like its predecessors, provides a rich examination of key issues that are driving the political, economic and security dynamics across Russia and Eurasia. In these highly lucid pages readers will find a wealth of insights from leading international experts about current trends within Russia and about the shape of Russia's increasingly complex relationships with its neighbors and the West. »

Mark Medish, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington