On September 12, 2015, Jurmala, Latvia, hosted the 20th International Conference of the Baltic Forum "The U.S, the EU and Russia — the New Reality" held annually to provide a platform for open expert-level dialogue.
The event was attended by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Manager Natalia Yevtikhevich; Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development and Chairman of Advisory board of the Baltic Forum Igor Yurgens; Army General (Ret.) Vyacheslav Trubnikov, IMEMO Board Member and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; IMEMO Director Alexander Dynkin (all RIAC Members); as well as other Russian, European, American and Chinese experts, and former and current officials and diplomats.
On September 12, 2015, Jurmala, Latvia, hosted the 20th International Conference of the Baltic Forum "The U.S, the EU and Russia — the New Reality" held annually to provide a platform for open expert-level dialogue.
The event was attended by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Manager Natalia Yevtikhevich; Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development and Chairman of Advisory board of the Baltic Forum Igor Yurgens; Army General (Ret.) Vyacheslav Trubnikov, IMEMO Board Member and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; IMEMO Director Alexander Dynkin (all RIAC Members); former Foreign Minister of Poland Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz; former Foreign Minister of Italy Franco Frattini; Russian Ambassador to Latvia Alexander Veshnyakov; President of the Baltic Forum Jānis Urbanovičs; Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs Andris Sprūds; Director of Chinese Institute for Strategic Studies Wu Chunsi; Research Professor at School of Economic Corvinus University Institute of Socioligy Hungarian Academy of Sciences Tamas Pal; as well as other Russian, European, American and Chinese experts, and former and current officials and diplomats.
Proceeding from a premise that the Russia-West contradictions have been amassing during the past years to bring a full-scale crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine turmoil, the discussants covered a broad range of issues including the feasibility of the Greater Europe project, new security challenges (ISIS and migration collapse in Europe), possible areas for Russia-Europe cooperation and appropriate mechanisms, international priorities and interests of Russia, European countries, the United States and China.
