Foreign viewpoints
After the reelection of Vladimir Putin for another term as president of the Russian Federation in March of this year, Russia is entering a new cycle of foreign and domestic policy. Russia's foreign policy at the moment is particularly fraught; the conflict in Syria, the continued uncertain status of the Donbass region of Ukraine, accusations of cyberwarfare and interference in US elections, and the Skripal poisoning incident in the UK have ...
... -year career as an Australian diplomat 1968–98, most of which was spent during the Cold War years, and also analyses his subsequent experience as an independent author free to express his own opinions, independently of the direction of Australian foreign policy. He will discuss the current irresponsible and sharp tendencies to Russophobia in many Western capitals, and how these can be overcome by a return to a clear vision of international relations, based on firm and reliable communications, ...
... constitutes its fundamental difference from the era of bipolarity, when the Soviet Union and the United States were irreconcilable ideological enemies. Both sides offered universal ideological doctrines to the world. Ideology served as an important source of foreign policy legitimacy and formed the basis for consolidating allies and spreading influence.
Igor Ivanov:
In Search of a Common Home
Today, the situation has changed. The West continues to rely on the liberal political theory. The ideological component ...
On November 17, 2017, Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, made a speech at MGIMO-University on the importance of public diplomacy tools within Russia’s foreign policy implementation and the role of analytical centers in foreign policy decision making. The lecture was organized within the Public Diplomacy course for the students of the International Relations schools.
On November 17, 2017, Timur Makhmutov,...
RIAC and CSR Report
5 years ago, in 2012,
Postulates on Russia's Foreign Policy (2012-2018)
marked the beginning of RIAC’s project work. This report has become RIAC’s trademark for several years, its amendments
being used
in the updated
Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
.
The world is now ...
The past year was a difficult one for Russian foreign policy. 2016 was marked both by diplomatic victories and new challenges that remain unresolved. While in certain areas, such as the Asia-Pacific region, Russia made major positive advances, the situation in other parts of the world, especially ...
New Year Story
RIAC continues the series of original pieces on the future of Russia's foreign policy. In his second article Vladimir Kanareykin reflects on the unfortunate
interview with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2037
, ponders on cyborg's rights, women's influence on international relations and miraculous changes in European ...
International relations and Russia's foreign policy 20 years from now
Each December leading think-tanks and serious media outlets publish reports predicting short-term political and economic trends' development. RIAC's forecast is going to be published a little bit later.
Still, now RIAC ...
... Industry of the Russian Federation and Russian Science Foundation. Yury Ushakov, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, RIAC member, is the Chairman of the organizing committee this year.
Russian and foreign politicians, community leaders, foreign policy experts and journalists, as well as a large group of Russian International Affairs Council members will take part in the event. The Primakov Readings will bring together different speakers, foreign public officials and retired officials,...
A crisis of liberalism does not equal a crisis of the liberal world order
Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
Stephen Colbert
Any discussion of Russian foreign policy that has even a modicum of meaning inevitably begins with a question about the conditions and trends in the world as a whole. Our understanding of this world, our perception of the causal relations between events therein determine the way ...
