Interview with Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize
Turkey is among non-regional actors in the Arctic. Though the country hasn’t published an Arctic strategy as a separate official document, it still has the vision, interests and goals in the region, as well as a well-established Polar science and research program. Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize, Türkiye, highlights Turkey’s Arctic and Polar...
... (albeit indirectly) on a regular basis. In the course of such interaction, the rivals would learn to better understand each other’s interests and motivations, gradually building up mutual trust. The Arctic and the Antarctic, with its long experience of international cooperation in science, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection, are best suited for this purpose. Spreading the best practices of cooperation from these regions of the planet to the “roof” or “top of the world,” as ...
... governments to protect their national economies and supply chains. Meanwhile, the costs of so-called ‘vaccine nationalism’ are
estimated
at more than $1 trillion per year. By prioritising strategies to address the immediate concerns of public health, international cooperation on a range of issues – not least climate change – may be harder in the future.
The politicisation of the pandemic is, itself, a concerning and negative trend. It undermines both cross-border cooperation and the efficiency ...
On September 14, 2020, the Institute for Research of International Economic Relations of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation conducted an online discussion on the role of the SCO in regulating international cooperation in Greater Eurasia.
On September 14, 2020, the Institute for Research of International Economic Relations of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation conducted an online discussion on the role ...
The new conflict, or better said misunderstanding, is growing between Russia and the collective West. A logical zeitgeist forms – that the avenues for cooperation between the two parties grow smaller every day. Mutual distrust, media sensationalism and Western political figures brazenly shouting about Russian isolation/aggression etc. further adds to the rift, and further points Russia away to the East. In Russia itself, the way that is presented, is that closer cooperation with eastern countries...
The task of integrating Russian social sciences and humanities into the global discourse remains for the most part unsolved
It is unlikely that anyone would doubt the value of international cooperation in the development of the social sciences and the humanities. The formation of global scientific and education markets. The sharp increase in geographic mobility of scientists and experts. The rapid development of comparative ...
On February 25, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a
round table “Russia's International Cooperation in Science and Education.”
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Russian Foreign Ministry,
the
Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent ...
... exploration enthusiasts and scientists (including those at NASA) celebrate Yuri’s Night to mark this significant moment in human exploration. History may provide the context for how and why these events unfolded, but our current endeavors require international cooperation which help us see the first missions into space as part of a bigger picture.
The United States would go on to claim victory in space by being the first to step foot on the Moon, while the Soviet Union failed in four attempts ...
Report No. 17 / 2015
The report continues work held in line with the “Roadmap for International Cooperation in the Arctic” project organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
The report looks into the network of circumpolar territories including new industrial regions on the Arctic continental shelf, analyses key ...
The risks for Russia do exist, but they are connected not with Russia-China bilateral interaction, but rather with Russian economic development dynamics. If Russia doesn’t modernize and diversify its economy, increase its innovation potential, the ties with China will remain one-sided: Russia will export raw materials, energy resources, military equipment and, in return, receive consumer goods, car manufacturing products and so on. In order to avoid that and proceed to more complex cooperation...
