Functioning

1
State-society relations Proper balance
Civil society
Political society
Functioning state
Rule of law
Economic society
2
State-society relations Russian case
Civil society
Political society
Hypertrophied state
Rule of law
Economic society
3
A Challenge for the EU

• Working at the margins
• Building up the capacity of non-state sponsored
  civil society without antagonizing the state
• Decentralized, networking attitudes (Soros
  model?)
• Being aware of the growing distrust of the civil
  society (Soldiers Mothers) and of Western
  assistance
• Dual-track approach
• work with the non-state civil society
• educational work with the state explaining why
  the state needs an independent civil society to
  implement reform (fighting poverty, fighting
  terrorism, fighting corruption, military reform)