On November 30, 2018, RIAC delegation visiting Paris had a meeting with the Alexey Meshkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, RIAC Member, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France.
On November 30, 2018, RIAC delegation visiting Paris had a meeting with the Alexey Meshkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, RIAC Member, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France.
In the course of the meeting ...
On November 30, 2018, Paris hosted a seminar organized by Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Institut Montaigne (France), focusing on the opportunities for Russia-France cooperation in the Middle East.
On November 30, 2018, Paris hosted a seminar organized by Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Institut Montaigne (France), focusing on the opportunities ...
The practice of US regulators punishing specific companies for violating sanctions is of great interest
In 2018, the US Department of the Treasury announced a settlement of claims against four companies totaling $60.8 million. The number of companies and the amount of the fines are small compared with previous years. In
2017
, 16 cases were settled for a total amount of $119.5 million, while, for example, in 2014, there were 22 cases worth $1.205 billion. Moreover, each case can include claims...
On November 19, 2018, I.S. Turgenev Library in Moscow hosted the presentation of the sixth annual report «Russia-2018» prepared by Observo, French-Russian Analytical Center.
On November 19, 2018, I.S. Turgenev Library in Moscow hosted the presentation of the sixth annual report «
Russia-2018
» prepared by Observo, French-Russian Analytical Center.
Some authors of the report took part in the presentation, including
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Director General, and
Ruslan Pukhov
, Director of the Centre...
...
The INF Treaty is falling apart at the seams, creating threats to all the arms control regimes in their current form. The crisis could either bury the very principle of arms control or create an environment for a new strategic stability architecture.
France and the United Kingdom are obviously concerned about the possibility of becoming targets for Russia’s restored non-strategic missiles. In the worst-case scenario, if the INF Treaty is cancelled altogether, the current cooperation on the SCALP/Storm ...
... Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to Russia.
The following issues were touched upon in the course of the meeting: various aspects of Syrian Settlement, results of the quadripartite Russia-Turkey-France-Germany summit meeting in Istanbul, options for Syrian political transit, possible areas of cooperation between Russia and France in Syria and in the Middle East.
The meeting also focused on the military-political consequences of the likely withdrawal ...
On September 23–25, 2018, in Paris, international political consultancy The Shaikh Group is holding a high-level Track II meeting on security issues in the Middle East region.
On September 23–25, 2018, in Paris, international political consultancy The Shaikh Group is holding a high-level Track II meeting on security issues in the Middle East region.
The meeting is attended by former high-ranking diplomats and leading international experts from the United States, China, India, and a number of European...
... the decisions adopted at the meeting confirming the explicit adherence to the “multi-speed Europe” idea. “We are talking some countries moving faster than others, without excluding others, but in such a manner as not to be blocked by others,” France’s former president Francois Hollande
explained
.
The European Union is on the threshold of establishing a sort of elite club of integration leaders that are ready to abandon their previous liberalism in decision-making. And there are many decisions ...
On May 15, 2018, in Paris, Institut Montaigne, French analytical center of social, economic, and political studies, hosted an expert round table on the issues of the current dynamics and the future in the relations between Russia and the West.
On May 15, 2018, in Paris,
Institut Montaigne
, French analytical center of social, economic, and political studies, hosted an expert round table on the issues of the current dynamics and the future in the relations between Russia and the West.
Strobe...
... difficulties in the US-Russian relationship. Yet, staying out of the game cannot be an option for a German foreign policy that aims at taking on more responsibility. How a responsible international Russia policy might look like is demonstrated right now by France’s president: a clear stance towards Russia in Syria and in questions of domestic meddling while at the same time continuing dialogue and without sacrificing own interests.
Andrey Kortunov:
How to Survive in a Trench Warfare
The starting point ...
