Project: Vectors of Development of Eastern European Countries: Challenges for Russia
Aims of the project:
- Aimed at the study of the region that includes Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Baltic countries, and Transcaucasia.
- Analysis of the internal political status quo in the countries of the region in question, their external political activity, their relations with Russia and other international actors.
- Territorial disputes in the region, Russia’s policy towards the Eastern European countries, participation of the countries of the region in question in international organizations and alliances as well as analysis of the EU and US interests in the region are considered priority areas for the experts.
Publications:
- Policy brief “Belarus – Echo of the Ukrainian Crisis”
- Working paper in English “Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space”
- Joint working paper “Ukrainian Crisis after the Minsk Process”
- Joint RIAC-ICCN publication on Russia-Georgia Relations
Partners:
Scientific Consultants
Nickolay Silaev
PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University
Sergey Markedonov
Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine
Nikolay Mezhevich
Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University
Aleksandr Gushchin
PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Has a Meeting with Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation, Head of Delegation
June 11, 2018
The meeting focused on the preliminary results and plans for the further development of RIAC and the Delegation joint initiative to form the EU-Russia expert network aimed at strengthening long-term cooperation between Russia and the EU.
