Envisioning Opportunities for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in and with Central Asia

The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations’ Report Central Asia stands out as a comparatively “nontoxic” region where there are limited, but not insignificant, opportunities for U.S.-Russia collaboration both bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks: in the space industry, civil security, job-creation ...

RIAC and DGAP Hold Roundtable “Dialogue among Russia, the EU, China, and Central Asia on the Cohesion of Eurasia”

On December 4, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council together with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) held a round table “Dialogue among Russia, the EU, China, and Central Asia on the Cohesion of Eurasia”. On December 4, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council together with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) held a round table “Dialogue among Russia, the EU, China, and Central Asia on the Cohesion ...

Round Table "Russia-EU Relations and Policy in Central Asia"

... Action Service, and Boris Yaroshevich, Managing Director of the Central Asia Department of the European External Action Service, attended the event. The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: possibilities for cooperation between Russia and the EU in Central Asia, the EU-EAEU cooperation, the future EU strategy for Central Asia, and the concept of infrastructure connectivity. RIAC experts and members, as well as representatives of Russia’s MFA took part in the discussion. Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director ...

Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition

... Medvedev referred to you as an exception — the only author of novels based on the theme of Central Asia who is not biographically related to that region. Where does your interest in Central Asia stem from? I would not say that I am any exception. A Russian-speaking writer from Central Asia — now that would be quite a rarity. I belong to that last generation of Soviet people who had a rather strong interest in Central Asia, or rather in the East in general. I personally became interested in the region even before university,...

RIAC at Shanghai Forum 2018

... people. RIAC was represented at two sessions. Elena Kudryashova, Rector of the Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, took part in the discussion on Arctic development. Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, made a report at «China, Russia and Central Asian Countries: The Way towards Win-win Cooperation» session. Yury Kulintsev, RIAC expert, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences, chaired the session. As part of the discussion, the participants ...

RIAC Hosts a Meeting with International Crisis Group Representatives

... representatives of the International Crisis Group on security issues in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. On April 10, 2018, RIAC hosted a meeting with representatives of the International Crisis Group on security issues in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The following issues were discussed in the course of the event: the current state of relations between Russia and the EU, the role of international organizations in the management of crises in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions, and prospects for economic interaction between the states. International Crisis Group was represented by Magdalena Grono, Program ...

III International Conference “Managing Migrant Integration: The European and Russian Contexts” Comes to a Close

The conference was attended by over 100 leading Russian and foreign experts in migration, human capital and security, as well as members of the Russian executive authorities, international organizations, migrant communities, professional administrators and RIAC members. On September 21–22, 2017,...

Meeting up with Ambassador Peter Burian, Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asian Affairs

China and Central Asia: Growing Friendship at Russian Borders

... are typical. The application of these practices allows to employ Chinese productive capacities to a maximum extent, and the transfer of shares leads to a gradual increase of China’s economic presence in different economic areas in the countries of Central Asia. RIAC Report “Russian–Chinese Dialogue: The 2017 Model” The peculiarity of economic cooperation between Central Asia and China in the recent years is the correlation of the domestic economic development programs of these countries with Beijing’s strategy. This ...

European Union Interference in Central Asia: What Does It Mean for Russia and China?

... of China promoting its own standards developed by the National Development and Reform Commission in the document ‘Acton Plan for Harmonisation of Standards Along the Belt and Road (2015-2017)’ is interesting but should be closely coordinated with Russia and the Central Asian states themselves in the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Eurasian Economic Union is flexible enough to accommodate Chinese standards. The promotion of EU standards on the other hand is not relevant to the needs of ...