On August 21–22, Finland hosted 5th Annual «Helsinki Summer Session», an annual international expert meeting held by Finish Institute of International Affairs as part of the implementation of the Finnish Government Plan for Analysis, Assessment, and Research activities for 2018.
On August 21–22, Finland hosted 5th Annual «Helsinki Summer Session», an annual international expert meeting held by Finish Institute of International Affairs as part of the implementation of the Finnish Government Plan for Analysis, Assessment, and Research activities for 2018.
The topic of the current meeting was identified as "Changing Great Power Politics and its Implications for Finland». The meeting was attended by experts from Finland, the United States, Great Britain, and France. The following issues were discussed: the evolution of foreign and defense strategies of the United States and Russia, possibilities and limitations for the interaction of the great powers in various regions of the world, the future of international organizations and multilateral diplomacy.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Viktoriya Zhuravleva, Head of Center for North American Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), made reports at the meeting.
