On January 22, 2014 the Russian International Affairs Council held a roundtable “Prospects for Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Central Asia: Joint Assessment” aimed at discussing a draft project of a joint RIAC-George Washington University publication on this issue. The two countries may boast vast experience of consulting on international relations in many parts of the world, while Central Asia has been so far poorly covered.
Interests of Moscow and Washington in the region seem fairly asymmetrical but it does not mean there are no areas for cooperation. Among them one might name problems of development and security in view of the coalition forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, drug trafficking, radical Islamism, nonmilitary security and border protection, water resources, ecology and climate change, migration and human capital.
On January 22, 2014 the Russian International Affairs Council held a roundtable “Prospects for Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Central Asia: Joint Assessment” aimed at discussing a draft project of a joint RIAC-George Washington University publication on this issue.
The two countries may boast vast experience of consulting on international relations in many parts of the world, while Central Asia has been so far poorly covered.
Interests of Moscow and Washington in the region seem fairly asymmetrical but it does not mean there are no areas for cooperation. Among them one might name problems of development and security in view of the coalition forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, drug trafficking, radical Islamism, nonmilitary security and border protection, water resources, ecology and climate change, migration and human capital.
Moderated by Professor Irina Zvyagelskaya, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, the event was attended by Andrey Grozin, Research Fellow of Central Asia and Caucasus Section at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies; Andrey Kazantsev, Director of Analytical Center at MGIMO Institute for International Studies; Elena Kuzmina, Head of Sector for Economic Development of Post-Soviet Countries at RAS Institute of Economics; Adjar Kurtov, Editor-in-Chief of Problems of National Strategy journal; Dina Malysheva, Senior Research Fellow of Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University; and Stanislav Pritchin, Expert at Central Asia and Caucasus Section at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies.
RIAC was represented by Director General Andrey Kortunov, Program Director Ivan Timofeev, and Program Manager Elena Alexeenkova.
Roundtable “Prospects for Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Central Asia: Joint Assessment”
