Think tanks will fall prey to the global political upheaval, plunging public trust, anti-elite sentiment and post-truth politics. The alternative is going beyond traditional roles
In November 2018, the
International Affairs
journal published an article ...
... crisis of trust, U.S.–Russia political differences, information wars, disruptive technologies, and the power of stereotypes.
In fact, the author of the report Kateryna Smagliy creates a sort of a “blacklist”, which comprises not only Russia’s think tanks, universities and consultancy agencies (like the Russian International Affairs Council, Carnegie Moscow Center, Valdai Discussion Club or Moscow State Institute of International Relations), but also the Western ones. Among them are Kissinger ...
The Realities of the Technological Revolution in the Post-Truth Era
Late 2017 was particularly rich in meetings, discussions and conferences, including such momentous occasions as the conference
celebrating
the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences, the 10th Eurasian Economic
Forum
in Verona, the annual London
Conference
at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the 4th BRICS Legal
Forum
(held in Moscow) and the 7th Annual International
Conference...
On August 24-26, 2016, the Australian National University was the venue for international conference "
Putin's Russia in the Wake of the Cold War
" with participation of foreign policy experts from key Australian think tanks and universities, journalists and diplomats, the first major academic event on Russia during the past several years.
RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov made a report "Russia in the World: in Search of a New Role" and later met ...
... Russia Peter Tesch to discuss the current relations between the two countries, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as global security matters. Special attention was given to expanding cooperation between Russian and Australian independent think tanks and universities.
On October 28, 2015, the 9th Convention of Russian International Studies Association gave floor to RIAC's Special Section "Public Diplomacy of Russia: Track Two" moderated by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
Stressing in deliberations that RIAC is an active Track 2 actor focused on protection of its unique communication methods and at the same time open to practices of its colleagues, in deliberations, Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov and Head Disarmament...