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On March 11, 2015, RAS Institute of Europe (IE) hosted presentation of the working paper “ The Current State of Russia-United Kingdom Relations ” issued by RIAC under its project “ A New Agenda for Russia-United Kingdom Relations ”. The event was opened by the IE Director Alexei Gromyko, a RIAC member, who expressed his gratitude to RIAC for the publication ...
Military aircraft in the Middle East conflicts December 18, 2011 was a momentous day for the U.S. Air Force: it flew the last combat sorties as part of Operation New Dawn , the final phase of the second Iraq War that began in 2003. For the first time since the start of the Desert Storm operation in 1991, U.S. war planes stopped combat operations over Iraq [1] . However, Iraq did not enjoy a peaceful sky for long. On August 8, 2014 two U.S. Navy carrier-based jet fighters struck Islamic State...
... the high-profile murder of Alexander Litvinenko, who had had been granted British citizenship after emigrating to the UK from Russia, and the claim that Russia’s secret services were behind the murder, that saw relations between Russia and the United Kingdom hit rock bottom in November 2006. The UK’s economic weakness amid the broader, global, economic crisis and the country’s limited, but significant, dependence on Russian energy supplies helped give a renewed impetus to bilateral ...
Working Paper 19, 2014 The Working Paper is prepared in the framework of the RIAC research project “A New Agenda for Russia-United Kingdom Relations”. The Working Paper analyzes the main trends in British domestic and foreign policy, current Russia-UK relations. Russian–British relations have always shown great potential. The areas of common interest pointed out in this ...
On April 22, 2014 Russian International Affairs Council hosted a presentation of a collective monograph “ Britain’s Dilemmas: In Search of Ways for Development ” published jointly by RIAC and RAS Institute for European Studies. Coinciding with the Russia-UK Year of Culture, the publication offers a fresh integrated analysis of Britain's domestic and foreign policies carried out by top Russian scholars. The event was opened by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, followed by welcome remarks...
... Search of Ways for Development, the pioneer joint work on Russia-UK relations carried out by RIAC and RAS Institute for European Studies . The book is co-authored by leading Russian experts on history, domestic and foreign affairs and economy of the United Kingdom, with Institute Deputy Director and RIAC Member Alexei Gromyko being its editor-in-chief. The foreword was written by RIAC President and RAS Corresponding Member Igor Ivanov. The monograph reflects the complexity of Britain’s internal ...
On January 27, 2014 RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Chairman of State Duma Committee on Education and Science, Dean of Faculty of Public Administration at Moscow State University Vyacheslav Nikonov, and Rosatom Deputy Director Ambassador Nikolay Spassky (both RIAC members) visited the residence of UK Ambassador to Moscow Timothy Barrow to meet Foreign Office Political Director Simon Grass who came to Moscow for preparations of the G8 summit scheduled for June 2014 in Moscow. Moderated by...
Despite the degree of uniqueness stemming from its particular specifics, each case of nuclear weapons proliferation also exemplifies one or more of the five main determinants of a state’s decision to acquire nuclear weapons that have been identified in the relevant literature: security, domestic politics, norms, technology and economics. While recognising the complexity of multi-causality, I would argue that a careful analysis of existing cases leads to sufficient explanations about the general...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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