On October 20, 2016 the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) held an international seminar “The Silk Road Economic Belt: In Search of EU’s and China’s Common Interests in the Field of Security.”
On October 20, 2016 the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) held an international seminar “The Silk Road Economic Belt: In Search of EU’s and China’s Common Interests in the Field of Security.”
This workshop is the fourth in a series of international events, aimed at analyzing various security challenges in Central and South Asia that can threaten carrying out major infrastructure, transport and logistics projects in Eurasia. On the other hand, the project involves identifying opportunities to minimize the risks and threats to security through implementing large-scale development projects.
The workshop was attended by experts from Germany, Sweden, China, and Russia, including RIAC experts Timofei Bordachev, Vasily Kashin, Victor Larin, Alexander Lukin, Ivan Safranchuk, Dmitry Suslov, and RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov.
