... systems, including reconnaissance-strike UAVs, space-based systems, long-range artilleries, and the aviation with high-precision weapons, can drastically reduce the number of traditional weapons systems needed to solve most tasks on the battlefield.
Europe: At Whose Expense?
Alexander Yermakov:
Is France’s Nuclear Shield Big Enough to Cover All of Europe?
Military budgets of European countries are very difficult to compare, primarily because expenditures of Germany, the top 5 world economy, for ...
The value and significance of multilateralism are becoming increasingly apparent against the backdrop of the fight against the coronavirus epidemic
Europe has quickly turned into the “centre of contamination” of the coronavirus epidemic. The number of confirmed cases in Italy, Spain, Germany, France and other European countries is well into the tens of thousands, and it only continues to grow....
On March 26, 2020, RIAC held an online meeting with the European Leadership Network (ELN)
On March 26, 2020, RIAC held an online meeting with the European Leadership Network (
ELN
). The discussion focused on the development of cooperation between RIAC and ELN on the platform of YGLN (Younger Generation ...
... the impact of new technologies on world politics, the future of global energy, the risks of global trade wars, etc.. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made presentations at two sessions of the Doha Forum: at the session “A Stronger Role for Europe in the International Arena: What Would It Take?” (organized jointly by Aspen Institutes of Italy and Romania) and at the session “Rules of Engagement for Non-Military Conflict” (organized by the RAND Corporation, USA). Elena Suponina, RIAC ...
This is an expression of desperation and disappointment in current immigration policy, a protest and a censure vote
In 2015, Europe faced a dramatic spike in the influx of refugees and illegal immigrants, the biggest since WWII. Migrating to the world’s most developed regions in search of a better life has always been an understandable and natural phenomenon. It cannot be ...
On October 15¬–16, 2019, a meeting of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia Strategy Group (Russia) was held in Paris.
On October 15–16, 2019, a meeting of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia Strategy Group (Russia) was held in Paris.
The Group was attended by over ...
... organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German political foundation, and GLOBSEC, a Slovak think tank.
On August 29–30, 2019, OSCE Secretariat in Vienna hosted a meeting of an international expert group on the formation of a new security system in Europe.
The meeting was organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German political foundation, and GLOBSEC, a Slovak think tank. The meeting was attended by experts on European security issues from Europe and the USA, as well as employees of the OSCE ...
... statehood, it has changed not only its name but also its identity many times, while retaining key features. That process is likely to continue in the future.
The early Russian state—ancient Rus, or Kievan Rus, after its capital city—was an Eastern European country of multiple Slavic tribes ruled by an extended family of Viking princes. It became the easternmost bulwark of the European Christian world after adopting Christianity in 988 from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. This “first” ...
... intensify tensions between Russia and the EU, particularly the Baltic States. While the Baltic States are institutionally dependent on the EU and NATO, the nature of relations in this specific case are more complex than the relations between Western Europe and Russia. The irony is that Moscow, technically, is capable of establishing good ties with Portugal, Greece, Italy, Germany, and any other Western European country, but it wouldn't solve the problems or change the nature of Russian relations ...
On July 4–5, 2019, in the Hague, Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation and Clingendael Netherlands Institute for International Relations held a seminar on “How Can the EU And Russia Improve European Security”.
On July 4–5, 2019, in the Hague, Russian International Affairs ...
