On September 6, RIAC management met with representatives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Slovakia in Russia.
The parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation such as education and science, the prospects for relations between Russia and the Visegrad Group countries.
The participants also discussed the broader issues of cooperation between Russia and European Union institutions and issues of Euro-Atlantic security.
Attending the meeting were:
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President...
On Monday, August 27, 2012 RIAC held an expert meeting dedicate to Russia’s policy in the Arctic Region.
The meeting touched upon a number of issues relating to the international cooperation in the Arctic Region: Russia’s interests in the Arctic Region, trends and prospects of Russia’s partnership with its neighbouring states in the Arctic Region.
RIAC was represented by Program Director I. Timofeev.
The meeting was conducted by A. Zagorsky, Head of Department IMEMO RAS.
August 1, 2012 an expert meeting was held under the migration project direction of the Council.
The expert meeting was attended by prominent experts – authors of articles and heads of thematic clusters readers "
Migration in Russia: the first decade of the XXI century. 2000-2012
", which RIAC is planning to publish at the end of 2012 - The President of Center for the Study of Forced Migration in the CIS J. Zayonchkovskay, Deputy Head of the State program to assist the voluntary resettlement...
July 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Russia's accession to the WTO.
It is a decisive step towards the integration of Russia into the global economy. As a result of unprecedented complex and marathon negotiations it became possible to provide the optimal conditions for accession of our country to the World Trade Organization.
However, we have to realize that if strategically the accession to the WTO provides doubtless advantages for Russia, the process of adaptation to the organization’s...
July 19, a club meeting of RIAC with the U.S. Ambassador in Russia, Michael McFaul was held.
July 19, a club meeting of RIAC with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul was held.
Club meeting of RIAC, July 19, Moscow
July 18, in the Russian International Affairs Council there was an expert meeting on
problems of bilateral relations between Russia and India
. The meeting was attended by Army General, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, V.Trubnikov; chief research officer of The Institute of World Economy and International Relations, A.Volodin; professor of Oriental Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, S.Lunev; the President of RIAC, I.Ivanov; General Director, A.Kortunov...
On Wednesday, July 18, was held a meeting of a member of the House of Commons, David Miliband, the British Ambassador in Russia, Tim Barrow, the Political Counselor of the British Embassy in Moscow, Fergus Auld with the President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Igor Ivanov, General Director of RIAC, Andrei Kortunov and the Head of the Center for British Studies, Alexei Gromyko.
In course of the discussion, the parties touched upon a number of sensitive issues: the current state of international...
On July 7-8th, World Peace Forum was held in Beijing, organized by one of the leading Chinese universities, The Tsinghua University, in cooperation with the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
The Forum was addressed by Vice President of the Chinese Peoples Republic, Mr. Xi Jinping, who outlined the basic principles of foreign policy strategy for the country at the present stage. Much attention in the speech of the Chinese leader was given to the increasing role of "public diplomacy"...
President of Russian International Affairs Council Igor S. Ivanov pronounced a speech at the Workshop of the Initiative for the Development of a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security Community (IDEAS), celebrated in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia on July 3rd 2012.
I would like to start my brief presentation with several theses which I’m sure will resonate with you.
• In the XXI century the Euro-Atlantic relationship should include a large part...
General Meeting of members of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was held on June 26, 2012 in the Cultural Center of the General Administration for Service to the Diplomatic Corps under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The President of the Russian International Affairs Council
I.S. Ivanov
spoke with a report on the RIAC work results in 2011-2012. He noted that formation of the RIAC organizational structure was virtually completed. Along with individual members...
