On January 31-February 2, 2014 the capital of Bavaria hosted the 50th Munich Security Conference that attracted hundreds of members of global political and economic elites to discuss cybersecurity, the Syrian conflict, the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as transatlantic relations.
The guest list included 20 heads of state and government, over 60 foreign and defense ministers, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, NATO Secretary General, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy...
On January 31, 2014 the Russian International Affairs Council held a working session "The Greater Caucasus: Security and Foreign Policy Problems " with participation of Alexander Skakov, leading research fellow and working group coordinator at the Center for Central Asian, Caucasus and Volga-Urals Regional Research at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies; Alexander Krylov, leading research fellow at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations; Andrey Areshev, research fellow...
In early July 2013, Vienna hosted an international conference on nuclear security that culminated in a
declaration
stating that IAEA countries “remain concerned about the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism and of other malicious acts or sabotage related to facilities and activities involving nuclear and other radioactive material”. Despite the substantial progress made in recent years in strengthening nuclear security worldwide, the document notes, more needs to be done in...
On January 24, 2014 RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and MGIMO-University Pro-Rector Artyom Malgin, a RIAC Member (Russian-Polish Group on Difficult Issues), took part in the Russian-Polish roundtable on transparency of military exercises, European security and advancement of relations between Russia and Poland. The participants also discussed the latest analytical papers on bilateral relations prepared through cooperation between independent expert groups of the two countries.
The event was...
Call for change
As members of the European Leadership Network (ELN), we have committed ourselves to working toward a world without nuclear weapons. Such a world will only come about as a result of a joint enterprise involving leaders and peoples from every continent. It will only be achievable if the practical steps required to reach this goal are seen as contributing to every country’s national security as well as to global security. And it will only come about if leaders in every country...
Will BRICS Make the World Safer?
In its infancy, BRICS was preoccupied with economic issues, but today the group is also eager to handle global political problems including maintaining global security without the use of force.
The BRICS countries support the preservation of the central role for the United Nations and its Security Council in safeguarding peace on the basis of the UN Charter and universally recognized norms of international law. Their peacemaking activities range from nonproliferation...
... breakthrough and substantially strengthen its relations with the United States. This would mean Russia gets to enhance its own security but also score real progress in numerous areas, such as:
Re-taking its position as global leader in strengthening international security;
De-fusing the debate about a raft of sensitive issues, including U.S. global missile defense;
Making the first step toward expanding the dialogue on nuclear arms reduction and engaging nuclear powers, including China in it;
Enhancing ...
On October 3, 2013 the
Atlantic Council of the United States
hosted in Washington a roundtable discussion “Syria: Prospects for Political Settlement”.
RIAC President Igor Ivanov, former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and former Obama administration Special Envoy Frederic C. Hof addressed the meeting. They discussed elimination of chemical weapons in Syria, preparation of an international conference on the Syrian settlement (Geneva-2), role of external and internal factors in...
... Organized by the
German Marshall Fund
and
EURISC Foundation
, the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University.
The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil society. Interdependence is growing between states and various fields of societal activities bound by the critical infrastructure that keeps developing and ...
The Atlantic Council of the United States issued report "The United States, Russia and Europe: Trilateral Security Dialog in Absence of Strategic Partnership" prepared by Isabelle François, the Council's senior fellow.
The publication was preceded by two working meetings of experts in Brussels and Moscow with participation of RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
Report "The United States, Russia, and Europe: Trilateral Security Dialogue...
