... due to disagreements over the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine. How did the meeting go in light of such fundamental political differences? Aside from the crisis in Ukraine, what else was discussed?
Dmitry Danilov
, PhD, Head of the Department of European Security at the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert, shares his commentary.
The context of the meeting between Vladimir Putin and John Kerry is a complicated one, since US-Russia relations have recently deteriorated ...
...
Alexey Fenenko
, Leading Researcher at the RAS Institute of International Security Problems, gave an interview sharing his views on the dangers of modern military conflicts and their similarities to the wars of 17th–18th centuries used by the European royal households to divide the continent.
What commonalities can we find between the conflicts in Iraq, former Yugoslavia, Georgia, Afghanistan, and Chechnya?
Let's start with the basics, military studies. Back in the 1820s, German military theorist ...
Russia's European neighbors are increasing their defense budgets, which is quite logical because Ukraine is on fire and many are wary of Moscow. A new arms race in Eastern and Northern Europe is looming, although limited in scale.
This April, the Stockholm International ...
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Google to ascertain whether or not the company’s operating system, applications, and services have breached EU anti-trust rules. The Commission is seeking to figure out if Google has engaged ...
... Kortunov, MGIMO Pro-Rector Artyom Malgin and Professor Irina Busygina of MGIMO Chair of Comparative Political Science, a RIAC expert, visited Warsaw to take part in international roundtable on relations between Russia and countries of Central and Eastern Europe held by Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM).
The event was attended by over 40 foreign relations pundits, diplomats and officials from Belarus, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic and Finland.
RIAC representatives also met PISM ...
On April 13, the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club has held a conference in Berlin, entitled
Europe and Eurasia: moving toward a new energy security
model
. More than 150 experts discussed the radical changes unfolding in world politics and global energy markets in the 21
st
century.
The conference was opened by Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of ...
The 2015 Riga Security Seminar devoted to the problems of preserving and strengthening security in Europe in the context of the Ukrainian crisis took place on April 9–10. The seminar was organized by the
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
and the
European Leadership Network
, with the support of the
Friederich Ebert Stiftung
and the ...
Interview with Andrey Kortunov
Having been created more than a generation ago by the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) now faces one of the greatest tests of its relevancy and effectiveness since it was created as it searches for a resolution to the Ukrainian crisis. All this as the OSCE prepares to commemorate its 40
th
anniversary in 2015.
To discuss the ...
This report offers three different perspectives from
various experts in the United States (Atlantic Council), Russia (Russian International Affairs Council), and Europe (European Leadership Network)
This report is the result of a series of brainstorming sessions that took place between the summer of 2013 and the winter of 2014-2015, and between American, Russian, and European experts. The teams were led by Ellen ...
An international seminar entitled “
Security and risks in Europe: driving forces and policy
”, organised by the
Finnish Institute of International Affairs
and the
Visegrad Fund
, took place in Helsinki on 23 March, 2015.
Researchers and analysts from Russian and European research centres took part in ...
