In the course of the event the experts and government agency representatives from Germany, the EU, and Russia discussed the opportunities for cooperation in countering terrorism, in particular, the issues of correlation between terrorism and migration, Islamic extremism, radicalization processes in the Middle East, in Central Asia, foreign fighters phenomenon....
The European Union (EU) has been active is Central Asia since the breakup of the Soviet Union twenty-five years ago. Despite its geographical ... ... interests and thinking. The region occupies an important place in EU strategic thinking because of its location between China and Russia, and because of its position in the East-West energy trade and developing transport corridors. The following paragraphs ...
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
On June 26 RIAC took part in a closed meeting in Berlin that focused on the role of Russia in the Middle East. The event was organized by
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
, Al-Tawila, and
Candid Foundation
.
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
The opening speeches were made by Dr. Michael ...
... best means to advance the social, economic and political development of eastern Ukraine and Crimea?
What should be done about refugee crisis from eastern Ukraine to Russia and from Syria and other countries to the European Union countries? How should Russia and the European Union respond?
Impact of rise of China
China is the elephant in the room, or as Mao might say, the monkey watching two tigers fight. Is Beijing benefiting from U.S.-European-Russian rivalries?
How does Moscow see the rise of China as a political-economic ...
European and Russian experts, as well as the representatives of German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were discussing EU-Russia cooperation issues in terms of Ukrainian crisis, in the Middle East, and in the Balkans, the prospects for Russia-the U.S. relations development,...
... crisis.
Featuring Russian and European experts, the report presents their analysis on fundamental aspects of deteriorating EU-Russia relations, including economic impact, political relations and people-to-people contact. For each of these areas the Russian experts present and assess developments inside their own country, while Western authors describe the situation at the EU level and in selected European Union countries.
The report was edited by RIAC Director of Programs Ivan Timofeev, ELN Research Director Lukasz Kulesa and ELN Research Fellow Joseph Dobbs.
The piece includes articles by Russian experts: Natalia Evtikhevich, Pavel Kanevsky, ...
Geo-strategic changes in the Balkans force Russia to consider the region’s new position in Russian foreign policy
Reasons for Montenegro’s Accession to NATO
Two main motivations are present in the actions of NATO on the western part of the Balkan Peninsula—one strategic and one tactical....
... Ambassador Armando Barucco, Director of Department of Political Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, and Roberto Orlando, first Advisor of Italian Embassy in Moscow, visited RIAC.
Italian diplomats discussed the current state of affairs between Russia and the EU, Russia-NATO relations and the pressing issues of Russia-Italy bilateral relations.
RIAC guests were informed about the results of the Council's and its Italian partners joint projects as well RIAC's further plans regarding Italian direction....
The seminar was held within the framework of the EU-Russia experts' network aimed at strengthening the basis for a longer-term engagement between the Russian Federation and the EU
On April 20–21, 2017, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the
EU Delegation to the Russian ...
The establishment of the Strategic Partnership between Russia and the EU back in 1994 was perceived as a huge step in their bilateral relationship. In the early 2000s it even seemed to move forward: in 2003 four EU-Russia ‘common spaces’ were formulated at a summit in Saint Petersburg as Moscow and Brussels ...