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The ISIS Crisis and the faiblesse of global governance

An American and two Russians have landed safely in Kazakhstan after 5 ½ months in space… and to think there is no cooperation toward a more peaceful world between the United States and Russia. Meanwhile, private citizens of Qatar, and other friends of the United States, have been financing Hamas and ISIS. Now, as Washington prepares to launch a new campaign to destroy global terror networks an American website with ...

11.09.2014

Palestine-Israel Talks: Temporary Deadlock or Total Failure?

Russia and the United States in the Negotiation Process Once again Israelis and Palestinians are at the crossroads between negotiations and peace process crisis, between a lasting peace agreement and political stagnation. Establishment of the two states is still the ...

23.07.2014

RIAC and UNDP Cover Central Asia Problems

On June 20, 2014, RIAC and UNDP held a roundtable "Current Problems of Central Asia Development", with the UNDP represented by UN Resident Coordinators/UNDP Resident Representatives in Central Asia and Azerbaijan, their deputies, and officers of ...

24.06.2014

Who Sends Peacekeepers and How?

The Future of Peacekeeping The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is celebrated on 29 May [1] . The day has a dual purpose – to commemorate UN peacekeepers who have died in the name of peace and pay tribute to all men and women dedicating high levels of professionalism, dedication ...

02.06.2014

RIAC and UN Representatives Meet on Syria

On May 20, 2014 RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova held consultations on Syria with UN Director of Middle East and West Asia Antonella Caruso and political expert Shuhrat Suleymanov. The expert commentary was provided by Alexander Shumilin, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts at RAS Institute for US and Canadian ...

22.05.2014

Predicting critical events, an institutional challenge.

“Close your eyes and you’re not sure if it’s an Israeli or a Saudi speaking.” That’s what Daniel Levy, Middle East director at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told The New York Times in an article dated March 31st. The ECFR, which has called for a greater role for Al Qaeda in Algeria to “promote democracy,” is funded mainly by George Soros. The New York Times ...

22.05.2014

RIAC and UNDP Discuss Cooperation on Central Asia Development

On March 26, 2014 the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry for Economic Development held a roundtable " Trade and Human Development in Central Asian Countries: Russia's Forms and Tools for Expert-Level Assistance ...

28.03.2014

Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals and Russia’s Input in the Renewed Partnership Discussed in Moscow

On March 12, Moscow hosted international high-level expert workshop "Post-2015 Development Agenda: toward a Renewed Partnership for Development " sponsored by the World Bank, United Nations Development Program and Russia's G8 Sherpa Office and attended by top officials of international organizations, ministries and agencies, Russian and foreign experts, civil society leaders and businesspersons. The participants focused on ...

13.03.2014

Igor Ivanov Addresses International Conference "Wars in the 21st Century (2000-2014)"

On February 27, 2014 RIAC President Igor Ivanov addressed the international conference " Wars in the 21st Century (2000-2014) " organized by UNESCO and UN University in Paris. Dr. Ivanov focused on analyzing the causes, consequences and lessons from the American-led coalition's intervention in Iraq in 2003 and general issues of strengthening global and regional security in the current global ...

03.03.2014
 

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