There’s Still Time to Prevent Chaos in World Politics
President Putin’s speech at the recent Valdai Club meeting in Sochi evoked a strong, and somewhat contradictory, reaction from both Russian and foreign observers. It was an extremely frank speech that touched upon a wide range of issues. Everyone who listened to the speech and the subsequent Q&A session seemed to hear only what they wanted to hear.
Some observers concluded that the ...
... institutions, i.e. OSCE, European Union, Council of Europe, etc. through the prism of Ukraine crisis and overall deterioration of the Russia-West relationship.
Among other things, Dr. Ivanov and Dr. Kortunov presented RIAC's policy paper on the future of the OSCE ... ... of the U.S.A. and SIPRI, Sweden.
Dr. Ivanov also met Vice Chair-Designate of the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Ellen Tauscher to discuss cooperation of the two think tanks in 2015 and in the next years.
The Atlantic Council of the United States issued report "The United States, Russia and Europe: Trilateral Security Dialog in Absence of Strategic Partnership" prepared by Isabelle François, the Council's senior fellow.
The publication was preceded by two working meetings of experts in Brussels and Moscow with participation ...
... all spheres of life, the changing paradigm of strategic stability, which underpins international security architecture, requires particular attention. The traditional... ... technologies, strategic goals in war can be achieved by means other than nuclear arms. Many Russian and US international security experts agree that modern technologies are capable... ....gov/120131/clapper.pdf
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. Advance Questions for Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, USA. Nominee for Commander, United States Cyber Command
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. James Stavridis. The New...
This summer, Russian-American relations became focused on "reset-2". The idea emerged in late January 2013 when the Obama administration ... ... in Moscow because Russia had extended a temporary asylum to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The possibility of Obama's refusal to come to Russia altogether cannot be ruled out. "Reset-2" has yet to take place the way it was planned in winter ...
Cold War stereotypes prevent the building of a new system of international links
On August 9, Russian foreign and defense ministers met their U.S. counterparts in Washington the day after President Obama had cancelled his September visit to Russia. American hawks were triumphant, as were Moscow’s hawks and some like-minded figures in Europe ...
... bolstering the strength and vitality of NATO.
Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for
21st Century Defense
Moreover, a commitment to continued efforts toward building a closer relationship in areas of mutual interest was aimed at encouraging Russia to be a contributor across a broad range of issues. Similarly, on the NATO side, Allies have recently reviewed arms control and its defense posture through the Deterrence and Defense Posture Review (DDPR) agreed at the latest NATO Summit, in Chicago,...
Working Paper №VII, 2013
The research is conducted in the framework of joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Atlantic Council (AC) on perspective of “mutual assured stability” model in Russia-U.S. strategic relations. The research was presented on Russian-US seminar “
Russia-U.S. relations: new impetus to ...
... Atlantic region.
The leading American statesmen, members of the military, journalists and experts participated in it.
Igor Ivanov
, President of the RIAC, took part in the debate and gave his evaluation of the current state and perspectives of the US-Russian relations in the sphere of security, the outcomes of the “reset” policy as well as the possible domains of cooperation between Russia and the West aimed at reinforcing global and regional stability.
Andrei Kortunov
, RIAC Director ...