... 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...
Last July the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published a truly landmark article
[1]
on a burning political issue - Germany's leadership in Europe. Insisting that Germany has become the continental hegemon, the authors Josef Janning and Almut Möller describe the situation as follows.
First, Germany's leadership is essential for resolving military conflicts along ...
... held a seminar “Renewing Mechanisms for Russia-EU Cooperation.” Karsten Voigt, Member of the Board of the German Council on Foreign Relations, shared with RIAC Website editor Maria Smekalova his opinion on the US elections affecting the Germany-US elections and the reasons behind TTIP ratification failure.
You have a lot of experience in US-Germany relations. Are the US-Germany relations likely to change after the US presidential elections?
Whoever governs the United States, it is our ...
The Berlin state election – the fifth and final election of the calendar year in Germany – was held on September 18. In terms of party-political processes, the results are particularly intriguing, especially given the upcoming elections to the lower house of the German parliament (the Bundestag) to be held later this month.
...
... on Foreign Relations (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik,
DGAP
) and the US
Brookings Institute
, became the latest in a series of events, held within the framework of a long-term US-European project on assessing the role of Germany in the future system of European security.
The event was attended by about forty experts, diplomats, government officials, representatives of international organizations and journalists from European countries and the United States. RIAC Director ...
