Project: Russia and Euro-Atlantic Community
The project aims to expand the positive relations between Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community, defuse existing tensions and identify new areas of cooperation that meet the interests of all participating states.
Sub-projects:
«Helsinki +40» (completed)
«Russia and EU: Partnership Opportunities and Building of a Think Tank Network»
«Russia and France: a New Agenda »
«Russia-Italy Relations: Bilateral Cooperation and the Regional Context»
«Russia and Greece: Prospects and Opportunities for Bilateral Relations»
«German-Russian International Affairs Dialogue»
«Russia and the US: Problems in Bilateral Relations, Regional and Global Challenges»
Analytics (61)
We call on leaders at UNGA to take urgent steps to reduce the risks of nuclear confrontation
ShortThe German Chancellor unequivocally reaffirmed Germany’s candidacy for leader of Europe and, more importantly, outlined a course for Europe to achieve “strategic autonomy” from…
ShortAnalysing the RAND Corporation’s Report “Russia’s Hostile Measures in Europe”
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Interview (3)
NATO has returned to foster a position that is much distrustful, suspicious of Russia
ShortInterview with Christopher Harper, former Director General of the NATO International Military Staff
ShortInterview with Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
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The second episode of the Meeting Russia interview with Ivan Timofeev, program director of RIAC, about Ukraine, the EU’s sanctions against Russia and Russian think tanks.
ShortPaul Saunders, associate publisher of the National Interest, interviewed retired Russian general Evgeny Buzhinsky. Buzhinsky retired from the Russian Armed Forces in 2009 as a…
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Expert columns (2)
When NATO was created, future peace between Germany and its neighbors was yet far from secured
ShortIs it about Russia-Romania relations or about the poor status of current NATO-Russia relations?
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Project Manager
PhD in Political Science, RIAC Program Manager
The participants of the meeting discussed the possibilities of building trust in relations between Russia and the West, issues of arms control and nuclear safety, as well as interaction between representatives of civil society in Russia, the EU, and the USA.
On June 17–18, 2019, Helsinki hosted a meeting of the Crisis Management Dialogue Working Group of the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
On May 23–24, 2019, Riga Dialogue, an annual international high-level expert conference, was held in Riga.

Leonid Leonid Grigoryev, Adrian Pabst

Andrey Melville, Alexey Barabashev, Alexander Obolonsky, Riccardo Mario Cucciolla
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PhD in Political Science, RIAC Director of Programs, RIAC Member, Head of "Contemporary State" program at Valdai Discussion Club
Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union
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