On June 7, 2021, Aleksey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at RAS IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Bart Gorman, Deputy Head of the U.S. Mission to Russia.
On June 7, 2021, Aleksey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at RAS IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Bart Gorman, Deputy Head of the U.S. Mission to Russia.
The discussion...
... Force; former Commander, U.S. European Command, and 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, United States Kathryne Bomberger Director-General, International Commission on Missing Persons, United States
Ambassador Richard Burt
Chairman, Global Zero USA, United States
Evgeny Buzhinskiy
Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board; Vice-President of the Russian International Affairs Council; and Lt-General (Ret.), Russia
General (Ret.) Vincenzo Camporini
Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali,...
Surely, nobody is willing to see another Helsinki scenario in June 2021, this time in Geneva. Yet, do we have good reason to hope for a different outcome this time?
Any meeting between the leaders of Russia and the U.S. is inevitably an important international event. At some point in history, such summits decided the fate of the entire world, and the world held its collective breath as it followed Kremlin-White House talks on strategic arms or the two sides seeking agreements on urgent regional...
On June 2, 2021, the Bavarian Hanns Seidel Foundation held an international conference on strategic stability in the 21st century, dedicated to the problems of arms control and a qualitative arms race just before the summit meeting of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva
On June 2, 2021, the Bavarian Hanns Seidel Foundation held an international conference on strategic stability in the 21st century, dedicated to the problems of arms control and a qualitative arms race just before the summit meeting...
The workshop was attended by experts from think tanks and universities from Spain and other EU countries, representatives of Spanish departments
On June 1, 2021, the Elcano Royal Institute held an online workshop on relations between Russia and the United States during Joe Biden Presidency.
The following issues were discussed within the workshop: the general state of Russia-the U.S. relations, areas of concern, areas of possible interaction. Special attention was paid to the upcoming summit of...
... epitomizes a new form of democracy interpretation. This wide range of dimensions, so different yet so interrelated, makes it possible to look on democracy from completely different angles.
One of the conclusions made by the author, by comparing the USA and the EU (EU 28 and EU 15), is that the USA has a leading position in terms of economic freedom, while the EU is better-off in terms of income equality. However, it is not so clear what predictions could be made in terms of political freedom and ...
The factors driving the Indo-Pacific strategy forward are clearly stronger than the constraints
After the U.S. has put forward its Asia-Pacific strategy in 2017, many commentators believed that the concept was artificial and lacking in political foundation, concluding therefore that it would not take off. However, contrary to this prediction, the development of the Indo-Pacific strategy in recent years shows a trend of strengthening, and this trend is likely to continue in the near future. On the...
The Western countries’ reaction to the detention of an opposition leader in Minsk has revealed the high degree of readiness of the United States and its allies to create risky situations for the sake of momentary political benefits
The Lukashenko government is becoming one of the permanent opportunities for the United States and Europe to stage high-profile political campaigns without a real threat to the world, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev. But this is not a guarantee...
On May 20, 2021, East Office in partnership with the Nordic West Office hosted an online conference on "US-Russia Rivalry and the Nordic Companies."
On May 20, 2021, East Office (an association of large Finnish businesses operating in Russia) in partnership with the Nordic West Office (an international global affairs consultancy and think tank serving large Scandinavian businesses) hosted an online conference on "US-Russia Rivalry and the Nordic Companies."
The discussion was...
On May 19, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Daniel Russell, President and CEO of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC), held a briefing on current issues of Russia-the U.S. relations for a group of Sberbank international investors
On May 19, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Daniel Russell, President and CEO of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC), held a briefing on current issues of Russia-the U.S. relations for a group of Sberbank international investors....
