... fear of such weapons possibly falling into the hands of non-state insurgents should be sufficient to entice close cooperation between American and Russian intelligence agencies. The second existential threat is that of global warming and its effects on international security. It is no secret that the rise in global temperatures is already having a measurable negative impact on food production, desertification, sea-level rise, and other factors that contribute to the destabilization of the economies ...
On January 15, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted a meeting with Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer, Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies, IRSEM, French Ministry for Armed Forces, Celine Marange, IRSEM research fellow on Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia, and Eric Kunzelmann, French Military Attaché at French Embassy in Russia, Brigade General.
On January 15, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted a meeting with Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer, Director of the Institute...
... hopefully, to see how U.S.–Russia relations will develop moving forward. Everyone understands that any significant step taken by the two countries to meet each other halfway will lead to positive changes in the world and contribute to the strengthening of international security.
RIAC and CSIS Report “Policy Priorities in U.S.-Russia Relations”
To a great degree, U.S.–Russia relations have historically depended on the personal relations between the leaders of the two countries. Each new chapter in ...
From the populist president, one would rather expect a populist strategy. But when it comes to ensuring national security and foreign policy, he took a firm line
The National Security Strategy (hereinafter referred to as the NSS) is the most important political concept document in the Executive branch of the United States government. Since 1947, when there was adopted the
National Security Act
, which defines of the entire American national security system and approved the creation of the CIA...
Revisiting the Harmel’s legacy
Introduction
This article revisits the origins and significance of NATO’s 1967 Harmel report and debates its relevance in the current context of relations between the Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation. NATO-Russia relations are today marked by confrontation and the two sides seem unable to set their relationship on the path toward partnership. Nonetheless, the Harmel report’s 50th anniversary provides a major opportunity to reflect on relations between...
On November 30 – December 2, 2017, Rome hosted the third annual international conference, MED2017, on security and development issues in Mediterranean region.
On November 30 – December 2, 2017, Rome hosted the third annual international conference, MED2017, on security and development issues in Mediterranean region.
The conference organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) since 2015 has become...
A smart and effective system of governance is becoming a key factor of Russia’s security
The presidential election in March 2018 will place the future model of Russia’s foreign policy on the agenda. The election coincides with a mounting heap of problems and disagreements, and Russian foreign policy will need to adapt in order to overcome them. Over the next six years, Russia will have to deal with three concurrent trends: (1) systemic and increasing external pressure coming from the most developed...
It is time for us to quit constantly complaining about the treachery of the West, and stop dwelling on who cheated us and how in the 1990s
The new cold war between Russia and the West is characterized by the absence of a clear ideological confrontation. This constitutes its fundamental difference from the era of bipolarity, when the Soviet Union and the United States were irreconcilable ideological enemies. Both sides offered universal ideological doctrines to the world. Ideology served as an important...
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October 2017 in Moscow
. The mood was grim: participants were unanimous that the current state of bilateral relations is dire and in danger of spiraling down further. In Russia, that country’s representatives reported, the conventional wisdom...
Signs are that U.S.–Turkey relations will see further upheavals in the short and medium term
U.S.–Turkey relations are going through one of the most difficult periods in their history. On October 8, 2017 all the U.S. diplomatic missions
across Turkey
stopped issuing non-immigrant visas to Turkish citizens. Ankara responded in kind by suspending the issue of visas on U.S. territory. Washington’s actions are of course far more damaging, but Turkey refuses to “yield” to their colleagues oversees...
