... International Development of France (le Centre d’analyse, de prévision et de stratégie du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international) hosted an international conference “
The Art of Diplomacy in the 21st Century
.”
The conference was attended by French and foreign experts, acting and former diplomats, journalists and public figures, academics, graduate and undergraduate students of Sciences Po University.
RIAC Director General ...
In the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet that violated its airspace and Russia’s resulting casualties, tensions are certainly on the rise. Despite the fact that these tensions should not be overblown, important questions about Putin’s aims need to be addressed. Yet in the end, the saddest thing is how avoidable this incident was and how easy it would be to improve this situation dramatically.
By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981), originally...
On November 11, 2015, RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov was at international conference "
Soft Power and Culture Diplomacy in the 21st Century
" held by Russian University of Peoples' Friendship with participation of prominent experts and officials engaged in public diplomacy and development of international ties.
The speakers' list included members of the ...
On October 30-31, 2015, RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich and RIAC Expert Yuri Kvashnin, Head of EU Studies at IMEMO, took part in the European Forum of Young Diplomats held in Moscow under the auspices of Rossotrudnichestvo and Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Opened by Russian Deputy Foreign Ministry Alexei Meshkov, a RIAC member, Diplomatic Academy Rector Eugeny Bazhanov and Rossotrudnichestvo Deputy Director Alexander Radkov, the event attracted young diplomats from...
On October 28, 2015, the 9th Convention of Russian International Studies Association gave floor to RIAC's Special Section "Public Diplomacy of Russia: Track Two" moderated by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
Stressing in deliberations that RIAC is an active Track 2 actor focused on protection of its unique communication methods and at the same time open to practices of ...
... information warfare and the perception of conflicts. The economic plenary session will discuss economic interdependence as a way to contain conflicts or to aggravate them. Another panel will be devoted to the possibility of a new “golden age” of diplomacy similar to the one it experienced in the 19th century. And there will be a special session on the Middle East.
It appears that the theme for this meeting, war and peace, was chosen a long time ago. Have the recent events such as Russia’s ...
By intervening squarely on the side of Shiite Bashar Assad against his own mainly Sunni people and the entire Sunni Middle East, Russia may once again be the center of attention from the global Sunni jihadist movement. But, unlike the 1980s in Afghanistan, these mujahadeen are much more experienced, much more sophisticated, much more capable, have a larger radicalized population from which to draw, and are able to strike anywhere, including Russia itself.
By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook...
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy: The Syrian Civil War
Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been done by his administration regarding the Syrian Civil War
By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) August 3rd, 2015
Reuters
Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse here
Those who argue that the Obama Administration’s overall Middle East strategy is a total failure have no sense of strategy themselves and dangerously substitute tactical-here-and-nows...
A few days ago, the world was witnessing history in the making, as the P5+1 and Iran managed to reach an historical agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme. And while world leaders are now expressing their concerns about the document’s shortcomings, albeit in a restrained way, the political will and efforts of the parties, not to mention the result of these many years of negotiations, should not be underestimated.
Anton Khlopkov
, Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies,...
... through the photos posted on social media by Russian troops allegedly deployed in the area. I have nothing but praise to express for the work of Mr. Higgins, but I wouldn't risk a nuclear escalation on a selfie.
Therefore, if it is true that in diplomacy truth is certainly an elastic concept, when it comes to justify military action the West has a proven track record of stretching that truth beyond its breaking point, and the defense of human rights has historically been a favorite among all ...
