On September 24, RIAC presented its educational programs at the MGIMO Open Platform at
MGIMO Economic Club
.
RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov familiarized future economists with RIAC activities and outlined possible ways for bilateral cooperation. RIAC Education Coordinator Yekaterina Chimiris and Program Coordinator Vladimir Morozov dwelled on
educational projects
that include summer and winter schools,
Global Science
, as well as several competitive activities – Global Prospects...
On July 3, RIAC President Igor Ivanov met President of Russian Managers Association Dmitry Zelenin to discuss cooperation of the two organizations.
Speaking of RIAC as a unique foreign-affairs think tank recognized in the world, Dr. Ivanov said: "Ideas are never born spontaneously but need accumulation. Structures like RIAC are widely spread in the West, so Russia also needed one. And we are really interested in the practical expertise available with the RMA."
Dmitry Zelenin invited RIAC...
On June 6, RIAC President Igor Ivanov and RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov received RIAC Member Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee at the Federation Council and Special Envoy of Russian President on Cooperation with African States.
The participants discussed promising areas for bilateral cooperation including joint events on key issues of Russia's foreign policy and international relations, refinement of mechanisms for employment of foreign experience for socio-economic...
On June 3, RIAC Program Manager Natalia Yevtikhevich and Program Coordinator Nikolay Markotkin visited the North Caucasian Federal University in Stavropol to present projects of Russian International Affairs Council and discuss opportunities for cooperation with local experts.
The event was attended by governors of the University’s Humanitarian Institute, graduate students and officials of the University’s International Cooperation Department. RIAC representatives also offered their analytical papers...
A joint press-conference of the RIAC and the Federal Migration Service of Russia titled “International migration processes: tendencies, challenges, perspectives” during which the parties signed a cooperation agreement took place on May 17, 2013.
Konstantin Romodanovsky
, head of the FMS, pointed out that the reader “Migration in Russia. 2000-2012” and the reference book “
Migration field of Russia
” will be of vital aid to the FMS specialists that are facing new...
On May 16, RIAC President Igor Ivanov met Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger, National Security Advisor under President Clinton (1997-2001) to discuss the current status and outlook for Russian-American relations, situation around Syria, and common problems of international security.
RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, RAND Center for Russia and Eurasia Andrew Weiss and Senior Advisor of Albright Stonebridge Group Yevgeny Zvedre also participated.
On May 13, Vienna hosted the Austrian Government-sponsored coordination meeting of European independent foundations and think tanks engaged in applied problems of global politics and international security, including Russian International Affairs Council represented by its Director General Andrey Kortunov, Austrian Bruno Kreisky Forum, Bulgarian Centre for Liberal Strategies, European Council on Foreign Relations, as well as Turkish Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies and Center for Strategic...
To advance its Asian angle, the Russian International Affairs Council is launching cooperation with the
4th Media
, a Chinese independent English-language portal focused on reflection of various foreign opinions on key international issues.
The cooperation scope provides for the RIAC materials to be posted on the 4th Media portal, while RIAC is going to start the
4th Media blog
at its website and include its papers in its
Digest of International Publications
.
The sides also plan to further develop...
On May 1, international conference “The Future of Western-Russian Intellectual Cooperation: A New Deal for Meaningful and Sustainable Partnerships” was held in Washington, DC.
Organized by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the forum was attended by government officials, representatives of major global charities and U.S. universities, leaders of Western and Russian NGOs, journalists and experts. The Conference was addressed by RIAC Director...
On April 24, a RIAC delegation visited the headquarters of Russia Beyond The Headlines, a Rossiyskaya Gazeta international project that provides a Russian supplement to 27 newspapers in 16 languages in 21 countries with total circulation of over 10 million.
RIAC presented its publications, after which the parties discussed key areas of cooperation and agreed to advance the partnership on a step-by-step basis, the initial stage being establishment of an information partnership.
RIAC was represented...
