... tool for achieving peace and solving the “Ukrainian issue”. Within the expert community, they
started exploring
the prospects for an early Putin-Zelensky meeting, trying to envisage appropriate mechanisms for multilateral security guarantees to Ukraine (as much as to Russia), agreeing on potential compromises on territorial issues and even about blueprints for the post-conflict reconstruction of Ukraine.
However, adherents of diplomatic solutions were immediately confronted by numerous implicit ...
... reaction to the fact that Russia’s behaviour may deprive a united Europe of a very important potential source of resources for development — Russia itself, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
Even if for Russia the events in Ukraine constitute a special military operation aimed at placing this territory in a state which does not pose a threat to its survival and development, then for the European Union it is, of course, about a full-scale struggle, and only the fear of Russian ...
... European security.
The meeting was devoted to existing models for providing multilateral security guarantees to neutral states, including historical precedents in Europe and Asia. The event was attended by experts from the United States, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Russia. Russian side was represented at the meeting by Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
... Director of Coordination Division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
During the conversation, the humanitarian aspects of Russia’s special operation on the territory of Ukraine were discussed, as well as the possible role of OCHA in solving humanitarian challenges in the conflict zone. The meeting was attended by the staff of OCHA office in Geneva, as well as the UN Information Center in Moscow.
A former adviser to the Kremlin explains how Russia views the *** in Ukraine, fears over Nato and China, and the fate of liberalism.
A former presidential adviser to both Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, Sergey Karaganov is honorary chair of the Moscow think tank the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy. He is associated ...
For the West, the battle for Ukraine has become the battle for Russia. The battle for Russia is only the first phase of the battle against China
For the West, Russia’s actions in Ukraine have revealed and confirmed the true face of Russia and its leadership. For much of the global ...
... European NATO member-states.
The organizers of the dialog on the Russian side included RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies and RAS Institute of Europe. The meeting focused on the possible parameters of an agreement on the settlement of Russia-Ukraine conflict: the non-aligned status of Ukraine, the peculiarities of the Ukrainian model of sovereignty, the mechanisms for providing Ukraine with multilateral security guarantees, and the future of the armed forces of Ukraine.
The discussion was ...
The event was attended by experts from the United States, Great Britain, Ukraine, and Russia.
On March 24, 2022, Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held a high-level international expert meeting on the challenges of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the future of European security.
The event was attended ...
... Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The discussion focused on the following issues: providing international humanitarian assistance to the needy residents of Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, the organization and uninterrupted functioning of humanitarian corridors, as well as modalities for reaching an agreement on a ceasefire and a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The meeting was attended ...
An exclusive interview for Centre for Strategic Studies – Trincomalee
An exclusive interview for
Centre for Strategic Studies – Trincomalee
Vladimir Putin has called an attack on Ukraine a military action, but the West says that it is an invasion of Ukraine. Is it an invasion or military action? Why this war?
I do not think that it matters a lot how they call it. In any case, this is by far the most intense military conflict in ...
