... here parliamentary diplomacy is understood as an important tool of U.S. foreign policy, with the help of which their national interests are promoted. In particular, it is specified that “in the OSCE region, U.S. interests are advanced through the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.” In this case, no doubt, we are dealing with a “state-centric” definition of parliamentary diplomacy. According to such a vision, parliamentary diplomacy is another instrument of U.S. foreign policy, and its primary ...
This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship ...
... was the venue of the final seminar under the Helsinki+40 project held to discuss the
final version of the report
compiled on the basis of debates and analytical materials produced by think tanks during the project period.
The event was attended by OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver, GMF Senior Vice President Ivan Vejvoda, Director of Swedish Institute of International Affairs Mats Karlsson, RIAC member Professor Andrey Zagorsky of MGIMO-University, Director ...
Interview with Spencer Oliver, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General
August 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. The period remaining before this milestone offers enough time to fulfill the commitments undertaken and, looking towards the future and capitalizing ...
OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver, Deputy Secretary General Semyon Dzakhaev, and Communications Director Richard Solash visited the office of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in Moscow on Wednesday to finalize logistics for the ...
On May 8, 2014 Stockholm hosted a meeting of participants of
Helisnki+40 project
aimed to draw up a new agenda for the OSCE that is to mark its 40-year anniversary in 2015.
Sponsored by the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
, the project is carried out by the Russian International Affairs Council,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
and
German Marshall Fund of the United States
.
The Stockholm session was attended by RIAC Program ...
On April 10, 2014 representatives of RIAC, the
German Marshall Fund
and
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
met in Washington, DC to discuss the future of the
Helsinki+40 project
and preparation for the roundtables to take place in Washington, Moscow and Copenhagen.
The gathering was attended by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, RIAC ...
