If we agree that diamonds, malachite and tantalite are a curse for D.R. Congo, then oil must be the penultimate stained Holy Grail of the entire world. It aids Middle Eastern dictators in their bids to be the last man on their thrones, causes thirsty states to indulge in most sinful actions, pushes profit-driven corporations to exploit an entire array of stakeholders and entices individuals towards corruption beyond all forms of humanity just so they attain a small nugget of this black gold. A successful...
... declaration that enabling the free movement of people and goods is a top priority, there might be some hope for that.
Step where?
RIAC President Mr Ivanov said in his closing remarks that Russia and the EU had taken a step towards each other at the conference. Maybe so; but we need not imagine any plans to be drawn up at an event like this. The main advancement made here was mutually admitting the inevitability of Russia-EU partnership.
Many agree that a common vision and mutual trust are preconditions ...
Mr Barroso talks about a partnership of choice, while Mr Medvedev calls for more pragmatism. Discussing their relations, European and Russian representatives were somewhat out of touch with each other at the international conference 'Russia and the EU: potential for partnership?', organised by RIAC and held in Moscow on March 21st
As if a code of conduct had been circulated amongst participants, throughout the three discussion panels of the conference ...
An
international conference on “Russia and European Union”
was held in Moscow on 21 March. The event was hosted by the RIAC with the support of the Russian Government, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Institute of World Economy and ...
... Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and the Institute of the World Economy and International Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on 21 March this year the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) is conducting an
international conference: “Russia and the European Union: partnership and its potential”
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Distinguished Russian and European policy-makers, academics, businessmen, public figures and experts will be discussing steps to be taken to implement the long-term ...
... making one ponder – what must be done to stop any changes, how to adapt to them if they occur and what if sceptics are right?
«Oil and Gas Dialogue: Russian Gas in the European Market» Joint International Forum held at IMEMO RAN conference hall on 7th December 2012; moderated by Ivanova N. I., RAN Academic and Associate Director of IMEMO RAN, and Eric Dam, General Director of Energy Delta Institute.
Optimism Remains Thin in the Air:
As the world continues to scuffle against ...
On February 11-12, a RIAC delegation took part in the first international conference "The Arabs and the World, a Future Perspective" held by the Council for Arab and International Relations in Kuwait City.
RIAC was represented by President Igor Ivanov, who addressed the audience with a speech titled "Russia ...
The 3rd International Conference coincided with a fairly damp economic climate and unstable political atmosphere across many energy exporting states, thus in all building up naturally not overly optimistic mood. However, in respect to the Russia situation it was far from bleak ...
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 Hosts Major Nuclear Weapons Conference Following US Elections International Leaders Discuss Global Security Framework for the 21st Century.
MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 8, 2012. In a groundbreaking conference designed to address the immediate implications of the US elections results senior ...
