On November 7–8, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted the second seminar of the third cycle of the Russian-British bilateral project on security issues. The project has been implemented since the end of 2016 in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI).
On November 7–8, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted the second seminar of the third cycle of the Russian-British bilateral project on security issues. The project has...
In Paris, 100 years after the guns across Europe fell silent, leaders can begin taking important steps to ensure a new and devastating war will not happen today
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, one of the world’s most horrific conflicts. One of the best accounts of how this tragedy began, by the historian Christopher Clark, details how a group of well-meaning European leaders—“The Sleepwalkers”—led their nations into a war with 40 million military and...
... Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations Directorate, RIAC Member; Mark Entin, Professor at MGIMO-University; and Andreiy Zagorski, Head of the Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution of the Centre for International Security at IMEMO RAS, RIAC Member; provided comments on the report.
RIAC members and experts took part in the discussion. European side was represented by representatives of OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions: Juhana ...
On November 8, 2018, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to Russia.
On November 8, 2018, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to Russia.
The following issues were touched upon in the course of the meeting: various aspects of Syrian Settlement, results of the quadripartite Russia-Turkey-France-Germany summit meeting in Istanbul, options for Syrian political transit, possible areas of...
On October 30 – November 1, 2018, Minsk hosted Munich Security Conference Core Group Meeting.
The meeting gathered about 100 high level politicians, diplomats, and state officials, including Armen Sarkissian, President of the Republic of Armenia, Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and Pavel Filip, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova. In addition, among others, the foreign ministers of Macedonia, Poland, and Slovakia, representatives of EU, NATO, OSCE, and other international...
... Nuclear Forces Treaty (the INF Treaty) signed by the USSR and the United States in 1987. Once again, contrived pretexts are being put forward that fail to convince anyone and yet again show that Washington continues to openly disregard the interests of international security, including the security of its closest allies in Europe, Asia and throughout the world.
It is perfectly clear that the withdrawal of the United States from the INF Treaty will only accelerate the deployment of that type of missile ...
Perhaps the term “arms control” itself should be revised
Could the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty have been saved? No doubt. American and Russian experts have long discussed allegations of treaty violations in great detail, and there is no shortage of proposals on resolving compliance concerns and giving the treaty a new lease on life. Washington and Moscow are not likely to face any unprecedented security threats that would require the immediate deployment of intermediate-range...
This report is based on the results of discussions held by the EU–Russia Expert Network in 2017 and 2018.
Four years after the fallout over Ukraine, rivalry and sanctions have become the ‘new normal’ between Russia and the EU. Both sides have become used to a state of affairs where relations are mired in inertia, and are currently both unable and unwilling to change the status quo.
This report is based on the results of discussions held by the EU–Russia Expert Network in 2017 and 2018. It states...
... doctrine that one of the objectives of military-political cooperation is “to develop the negotiation process for the purpose of creating regional security systems with Russia as a participant.” [
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] Both Turkey and Russia cooperate within a number of international security organizations, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as member countries, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), of which Russia is a member and Turkey a dialogue partner.
The need ...
... military power in
the near future.
So nothing is clear-cut with Russia, and this fact should be studied separately,
since the best works on the subject (for instance, “
The
Impact of Technological Factors on the Parameters of Threats to National and
International Security, Military Conflicts, and Strategic Stability
”) barely touch on these matters.
Where is AI Nationalization
Taking Us?
However different the agendas of the leaders
and outsiders of the AI race are, they presuppose the same steps ...
