On June 12, 2017 Berlin hosted regular Egon Bahr Symposium focusing on «The Future of European Peace and Germany's Responsibility»
On June 12, 2017 Berlin hosted regular Egon Bahr Symposium focusing on «The Future of European Peace and Germany's Responsibility».
This annual event gathered German politicians, parliament members, diplomats, and experts....
... enough manpower, and enough resources to check properly what we publish. So, I do not think that we can be taken hostage by fake news producers as Facebook can be.
But underlying to the fake news problem is the discussion about trust in the media. In Germany, for instance, large part of the population feels that they can’t trust the media anymore. There is a new word in English “
lügenpresse
,” that means “media which lie”. And even in the U.S. and especially among Trump’s supporters ...
The discussion was focused on potential risks connected with Russia being accused of involvement in Germany's political process as well as possible shifts in Russia-Germany relations should the ruling coalition in Berlin change.
On June 6, Moscow hosted a round table "The Influence of 2017 Parliamentary Elections in Germany on the Future of Russia-Germany ...
On May 21¬–23, Saint Petersburg hosted the 165th Bergedorf Round Table organized by the renown German Körber Foundation and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
On May 21–23, Saint Petersburg hosted the 165th Bergedorf Round Table organized by the renown German
Körber Foundation
and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The event traditionally gathered the high-ranking politicians, diplomats and leading experts on various aspects of international relations from the EU, Russia...
... on more responsibility in foreign and security policy. For Ukraine this implies that conflict resolution efforts in Eastern Ukraine are at risk of turning into a “leaderless process,” even more so in light of the upcoming elections in France and Germany.
Existing mechanisms and platforms for managing European security could be used to reduce the risk of accidental confrontations, including the NATO-Russia Council’s Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), the OSCE’s Vienna Document, and bilateral ...
On February 19-23, Schloss Elmau (Bavaria) and Berlin hosted 14th annual Congress–Bundestag Forum, organized by
Robert Bosch Stiftung
and The
German Marshall Fund of the United States
.
The Forum that has been meeting regularly since 2014, is aimed at stimulating dialogue between members of parliaments of the two countries regarding international relations, security issues and globalization.
On February 20, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke about prospects of relations within...
On February 13–14, 2017, a round table “Rethinking Asia: Silk Road Economic Belt — the search for common security interests between the EU and China” was held in Tutzing (Germany). The aim of the event was to discuss the report prepared jointly by the
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
(Germany) and the
SIPRI
(Sweden) — “
The Silk Road Economic Belt: Considering security implications and EU-China cooperation projects
...
On December 20, a roundtable "Russia's Development in 2017" was held at the Ambassador's of Germany to Russia residence.
The event was attended by the heads of German Embassy's in Moscow key departments (political, economic, media and the head of Military Attaché's Office) as well as group of German Ministry for Foreign Affairs' representatives ...
On December 14 in Berlin Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and German Council on Foreign Relations (
DGAP
) held a seminar dedicated to opportunities for Russia-EU energy cooperation.
The seminar was opened by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General and Stefan Meister, head of the Program on Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia at DGAP. The seminar was attended by RIAC experts: Vladimir Likhachev, Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at Energy Research Institute of Russian Academy...
On December 13-14, ECFR (European Council of Foreign Relations) Foreign Policy Strategy Group met in Berlin within the framework of European Council's long-term project "
Rethinking Europe
".
The meeting was organized by
Mercator Stiftung,
gathering about 30 experts, EU policymakers, diplomats and journalists from Europe and the US. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, gave a speech.