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From November 2013 onwards the Best blogger of the month is chosen according to the publication rating on the Russian International Affairs Council website. In November the best bloggers are: Leila Machavariani with the post " Russia-Georgia. Mutual hopes " Eric Ehrmann with the publication devoted to sports diplomacy " FIFA, Iran, and the Future of Sports Diplomacy ".
In November 2013 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) published a working paper entitled “Assisting Development in Central Asia: Strategic Horizons of Russian Engagement” that provides information about the potential steps Russia should take in order to respond to the crisis-prone development of the countries in the region. The work that has been done by the RIAC experts is highly appreciated not only in the academic circles: CSTO Secretary General expressed his keen interest in the analytical...
On November 13, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russia’s Foreign Ministry Alexander Tokovinin and its Deputy Director Vladimir Sokolenko. The top officials were informed about RIAC’s current projects and 2014 plans, after which the participants discussed prospects for expanded cooperation between the RIAC and Foreign Policy Planning Department on analysis of the current Russian foreign policy priorities and the development of overall...
On October 24, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs journal Fyodor Lukyanov, a RIAC member and Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and Alexey Miller, Professor at Russian State University for the Humanities and leading research fellow at RAS Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Information met Polish Ambassador to Moscow Wojciech Zajączkowski. The participants discussed Russia-EU relations in the context of the forthcoming...
On October 25, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Member Dmitry Trenin held a meeting with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine, which was also attended by the officials of the European Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry of Japan and Japanese embassy to Moscow. The participants discussed various aspects of Russia's foreign policy, Russian-Japanese relations, and overall situation in Northeast Asia and Asia Pacific. The Japanese side was also informed about current and...
The 13th Conference “Russia and the World” was opened in Helsinki on October 23. It was organized by the Aleksanteri Institute , a major Finnish foreign affairs think tank, in cooperation with the Russian International Affairs Council, its strategic partner. The forum is especially important for RIAC as its members of staff and experts are given the opportunity to present the results of several of RIAC projects at all plenary sessions of the Conference. Shortly before the conference...
On October 17, a group of RIAC members and experts visited the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly to discuss the situation in Syria in the context of changes in the Greater Middle East. Opened by Dr. Igor Ivanov and Igor Morozov , member of the Council’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, the meeting was addressed by Vitaly Naumkin , RAS Corresponding Member and Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, and Pyotr Stegny , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia...
On October 15, RIAC held a Club Meeting to discuss international fallouts of the Syria crisis. Opened by Chairman of RIAC Board of Trustees Eugeny Primakov and RIAC President Igor Ivanov, the session featured expert analysis presented by Director of RAS Institute for African Studies Academician Alexei Vassilyev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Army General Vyacheslav Trubnikov, Army General Valentin Korabelnikov.
On October 15, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met New Zealand Ambassador to Russia Hamish Cooper and Deputy Head of Mission Jennifer Wilton to discuss bilateral cooperation in the context of the 70-year anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and New Zealand to take place in April 2014. The parts focused on prospects for expanding cooperation in education and research, contacts between independent think tanks of the two countries, and various aspects of the situation...
On October 14, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC member Alexander Panov, former Russia’s deputy foreign minister, met South Korean Ambassador to Moscow Wi Sung-lac to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula, President Putin’s forthcoming visit to Seoul, and opportunities for expansion of bilateral cooperation, including those for NGOs and independent think tanks. Ambassador Wi Sung-lac was also briefed on implementation of RIAC’s analytical project “Russia-Republic of Korea: Toward...
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