... 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 is something qualitatively new.
Director of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Gromyko in his conversation with Rethinking Russia points to the neutrality of the STEM fields and how respective diplomatic agencies could work to improve academic cooperation in non-STEM humanitarian spheres too. Summarizing his recent ...
... of technology do you see as the most promising right now? What could impact our lives to the same degree that, say, computer science impacted our lives in the latter half of the 20th century?
You are one hundred per cent correct about technology. I am ... ... way, I’ve got a kind of scientific hobby – the cultural study of oil, the connection between oil and national identity in Russia.
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On December 15, 2017, Florence hosted negotiations between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Paolo Del Bianco, President of Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, focusing on a joint Russian-Italian project. Tatyana Bogdasarova, RIAC Program Coordinator, also took part in the negotiations.
On December 15, 2017, Florence hosted negotiations between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Paolo Del Bianco, President of
Romualdo ...
... of Social Sciences (
SASS
).
RIAC delegation at the event included Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs; Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Coordinator; and Yuri Kulintsev, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert. SASS was represented by Pan Dawei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies; Wu Xueming, Director of Office of International Cooperation; and Li Yihai, Think Tank Foundation, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The sides discussed ...
RIAC and VIF Report #34, 2017
In 2017, Russia and India celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Over the years, the two states have steadily developed mutually beneficial ties. Their cooperation has achieved the level of special and privileged strategic partnership. Regular ...
... There are examples of international companies stopping exports to Russia of scientific equipment crucial for conducting some types of research
[2]
.
On the other hand, there are some positive examples. In spite of the political situation, the “EU-Russia Year of Science 2014” was launched. The goal of the project was to promote and encourage technological cooperation between Russia and the EU.
The Year of Science marked a new stage of cooperation and coincided with the start of the new EU Framework Programme ...
... possible solutions to all the problems mentioned above, I would like to put forward a possible model of international cooperation in the social sciences and the humanities which, in our opinion, is more in line with the current development of the social sciences in Russia and which can be applied in various disciplines. This model should meet the following initial conditions, which can be defined as necessary and sufficient.
First, the model should ensure the transition from formal presentational cooperation formats ...
On January, 30,
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Director General, gave a public lecture "Russia in the New World Order: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies" at Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1). The lecture was attended by 300 people, including Sorbonne University professors and postgraduate students, Paris think-tanks representatives,...
... global progress in robotics and artificial intelligence, the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution was announced at Davos 2016. Innovation was also the focus of the 2016 Boao Forum for Asia. Seeking to keep pace with their peers internationally, Russia and China also prioritize science, education, technology and innovation.
The Strategy for Innovative Development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020, as well as China’s official document entitled “Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt ...
... Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian Federal Migration Service, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, and others.
The main proposals put forward by the participants were as follows:
To improve informational transparency of Russian science and education; to promote Russian science abroad; to create a single information resource reflecting real achievements of Russian science and university research as well as possibilities of involving representatives of the Russian diasporas in ...
