The Russian International Affairs Council on 13 November 2012 held a conference entitled “Russia and the ‘Arab Spring’ countries: chances for ‘soft power’ and traditional instruments of cooperation”. The event was organized within the project “The Middle East: Political Dynamics and Russia’ Interests”.
The conference was attended by members of Russia’s Council of the Federation, the U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute of the Russian Academy...
A round table discussion was held between the Russian International Affairs Council and the U. S. Atlantic Council on 13 November in Washington, D.C. The participants were RIAC President Igor Ivanov, RIAC General Director Anrei Kortunov, General James Jones, General Brent Scowcroft, members of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, and leading researchers from the U.S. Atlantic Council.
The meeting focused on the current situation in Russian-American relations, the outlook for their...
RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov met with top officials of the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies. The meeting took place on 12 November in Washington, D.C., attended by CSIS President John Hamre, Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program Andrew Kuchins, and Director of the CSIS Europe Program Heather Conley.
The participants discussed prospects of cooperation between the two organizations with regard to Russian-American interaction in the Arctic and the Asia-Pacific...
An international conference, Nuclear Weapons and International security in the 21st Century, was held 8 November 2012 under the auspices of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The RIAC’s partners in organizing the conference were the MGIMO University, Moscow, and the Global Zero (World without Nuclear Weapons) project – an international movement for a nuclear-free world. The event was arranged on the MGIMO University premises and the coordinators were Global Zero Chair Richard...
RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov on 31 October addressed a meeting of the Russian Public Council for International Cooperation, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
The meeting discussed the prospects of development of Russia’s “soft power” in the new millennium. Andrei Kortunov dwelled on the issues involved in formation of a leverage of public-private partnership in achieving the objectives of Russia’s foreign policy. He also discussed the ways to identify Russia’s prospective partners...
An expert meeting to discuss “Russia’s interests in the Greater Middle East and the obstructing factors: changes in the situation following the Arab Spring”, was held at the RIAC on 29 October 2012.
The event was organized within the project “Middle East: Political Developments and Russia’s Interests”.
The session was opened by RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov. Director of the Oriental Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS Corresponding Member...
An expert conference, “
Russia’s Interests in Central Asia and Mapping out Measures to Promote them
”, was convened at the RIAC on 29 October 2012.
The conference was opened by RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov and Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS Corresponding Member Vitaliy Naumkin.
The moderators were Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Irina Zvyagelskaya and research fellow of the Institute Stanislav Pritchin...
RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov met with officials of Japan’s Foreign Ministry on 30 October.
The meeting was attended by Deputy General Director Takeshi Hikihara of Japan’s Foreign Ministry European Affairs Bureau, Minister-Counselor Tadaatsu Mohri, chief of the Political Affairs Department, Embassy of Japan to Russia, and Embassy Second Secretary Ippei Tada.
The meeting dealt with the current situation and the outlook in Russian-Japanese relations, security and development issues in North-East...
An expert meeting, “
Russian-Indian Relations: New Agenda in Humanitarian and Scientific and Technological Cooperation
” was held at the RIAC on 17 October.
The meeting was arranged within the framework of the project “Russia-India: Heading for a New Agenda in Bilateral Relations” headed by Army General, Ambassador Vyacheslav I. Troubnikov.
RIAC program director Ivan N. Timofeyev acted as the meeting moderator. The participants included experts from the Russian Strategic...
On 8 October, RIAC President Igor Ivanov and General Director Andrey Kortunov took part in a meeting with Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki of Iraq in Moscow.
The event was held in the Foreign Ministry’s Reception House as part of The International Affairs magazine Golden Collection cycle.
