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 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.
... Moscow hosted the 4th “German-Russian International Affairs Dialogue” or GRID, a meeting of a Russian-German work group within the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Koerber Foundation (
Koerber Stiftung
, Germany).
The meeting gathered Russian and German business and expert communities, as well as government officials.
During the meeting the following issues were discussed: the future of the world order and the international relations after the elections ...
... scores the incident indicates that how far is to reach a peaceful deal and how well-built the above said terrorist networks have become honestly saying it is not a surprise at least for me as it has been for German military strategists, I was aware that Germany will face the music one day, long before all through my stay in Germany I had expressed my concerns with German authorities specially during a meeting with san official of the German defense ministry I addressed that German assets especially the ...
On November 17, a group of RIAC members and experts had a meeting with Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for the OSCE Chairmanship, German MFA Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Partnership countries Policy Coordinator member of Bundestag Committee on Foreign Affairs, visiting Russia.
Alexandr Aksenenok, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ...
On November 14, the Federal Academy for Security Policy and the German Atlantic Association, co-hosted an international conference «A New NATO for New Challenges?» in Berlin.
The participants of the conference — high-ranking politicians, military officials, diplomats, experts, and journalists from the Alliance member-states discussed the current and future security and stability challenges to the Alliance, desirable and necessary reforms of the basic NATO institutes and procedures...
On November 8 Andrey Kortunov, Director General, RIAC, had a meeting with Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch-Seerhausen, Ambassador of Germany to Russia.
During the meeting the speakers discussed the most pending current issues of the Russia-Germany relations; relations between Russia, EU, and NATO; and possible areas of work for European-Atlantic region security crisis solution.
Andrey ...
The document reflects the main results of the
162nd Bergedorf Round Table
(Bergedorfer Gesprächkreis), held in Moscow
by
the German Kurt Körber Foundation (Körber Stiftung) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) on July 10-12, 2016.
The Bergedorf Round Table was established in 1961 and has become a traditional discussion platform for leading politicians and experts who meet within its framework several times a year.
During the event, the participants discuss fundamental...
