... Volunteer Corps.
On June 30 – July 2, 2019, St. Petersburg hosted a regular annual symposium of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps.
Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Program Director, attended the symposium. The discussion focused on the issues of global economy, political relations between the great powers, and global socio-economic trends.
Russia should not necessarily wait for the Europeans to join its rebuilding efforts
As the United States eyes
new sanctions
... ... predictable player. While ultimately under Assad Jr. Syria embarked on the capitalist path, the progress toward the reformed economy was uneven. Many things were also backsliding under the influence from outside, of which the US invasion of Iraq became ...
We have to re-evaluate the picture of the world that has appeared in the last five years, which implies that Russia’s interactions with Europe are associated with substantive restrictions, writes Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian ... ... policy is very serious, though.
On the other hand, the United States risks “overstraining” and plunging the entire global economy into recession due to the escalation of the trade conflict with China, which seriously affects the world GDP’s growth ...
On April 4, 2019, Randi Levinas, Executive Vice President for the U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On April 4, 2019, Randi Levinas, Executive Vice President for the U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The following issues ...
... University
How do Indian experts see the role of BRICS in world politics and what do they think about current relations between Russia and India?
Dattesh Parulekar
, Assistant Professor, Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University ... ... is problematic when it comes to legal harmonization. When it comes to harmonization around political idioms, along political economy, along economic inversions, it is much easier. Rather than going into too much of the negative aspects of BRICS, focus ...
... Reform
Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Management Board, Institute of Contemporary Development, RIAC Member
Putin has dominated Russia since 1999. He now faces many problems, including how to transfer power, if at all. The West should prepare for change ... ... and other problems that #Russia now faces, and what will he do when his term of office ends?
The performance of the Russian economy in recent years has been mixed. Inflation has fallen, foreign reserves have risen and the ruble’s exchange rate is relatively ...
... intensification of trade and economic cooperation as one of the goals of their negotiations. Japan’s diplomacy implies by default that solving the so-called “territorial issue” will create new conditions for commercial relations between the two countries. Russia is prepared for speeding up such relations regardless of the discussion on the Kuril Islands. However, there are many pitfalls on the road to a new quality of economic relations. The problem of the sanctions against Russia is one of the most urgent....
5 reasons Americans will fail to induce Russia’s policy change
The US Treasury Department submitted a list of Russian “oligarchs” to Congress. This was done under ... ... oligarchs, state companies and other organizations that have an association with the state and play an important part in the Russian economy. Their inclusion on the list depends on their proximity to the Russian president and other representatives of the “ruling ...
A Report of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and the Russian International Affairs Council
A Report of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and the Russian International Affairs Council
In an atmosphere of geopolitical tension and mutual distrust, not only must the United ...
... That is the common thread running through the papers that this august group of experts have put together on the future of U.S.-Russia relations. In an atmosphere of geopolitical tension and mutual distrust, not only must the United States and Russia work ... ... dramatically due to sanctions, risks and uncertainty associated with geopolitical tensions, and the shrinking of Russia’s economy. While economic considerations have not prevented Russia from pursuing its geopolitical agenda, Russia continues to see ...