On September 22–23, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a joint online meeting on the prospects for the development of Russia-the U.S. relations.
The expert discussion focused on the future of the arms control regime; key issues in U.S.-China relations and their impact on the development of Russia-the U.S. relations; relations between Russia and the United States in the Arctic; prospects for resolving the Middle East crisis; political changes in Russia and the United States and their impact on bilateral relations.
On September 22–23, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a joint online meeting on the prospects for the development of Russia-the U.S. relations.
The expert discussion focused on the future of the arms control regime; key issues in U.S.-China relations and their impact on the development of Russia-the U.S. relations; relations between Russia and the United States in the Arctic; prospects for resolving the Middle East crisis; political changes in Russia and the United States and their impact on bilateral relations.
The discussion was attended by experts on Russia-the U.S. relations and international security from both countries, as well as experts on each of the issues discussed.
The U.S. side was represented by Frank A. Rose (Brookings Institution), Anya Loukianova Fink (CNA), Christopher K. Johnson (CSIS), Hannah Thoburn (U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee), Jeffrey Mankoff (CSIS), Heather A. Conley (CSIS), David Bolton (Wilson Center), Rachel Ellehuus (CSIS), Anna Borshchevskaya (Washington Institute), Jon B. Alterman (CSIS).
Russian participants included: Sergey Rogov, Academic Director of RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN), RIAC Member; Dmitry Stefanovich, Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS; Oleg Shakirov, Senior Expert at the Center for Advanced Governance, Consultant, PIR Center; Vasily Kashin, Head of the CCEIS Section of International Military-Political and Military-Economic Problems at the Higher School of Economics, RIAC Member; Andrey Zagorsky, RIAC Member, Director of IMEMO RAS Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution; Andrey Todorov, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert; Maxim Suchkov, RIAC Expert, Senior Fellow, at MGIMO MFA, non-resident scholar at the Washington-based Middle East Institute. RIAC speakers included: Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs; Natalya Vyakhireva, RIAC Program Manager; and Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Manager.
