... AMAN-21 is the 7th such exercise and washeld on 11–16 February 2021 at Karachi, Pakistan. The 8
th
exercise will be held in 2023.
As many as 46 countries and 115 observers participated in the Aman-19 naval exercises and around 11 navies, including Russia, China, U.S., U.K., Australia, Turkey, Italy, and Malaysia, participated with their warships. The event was attended by many dignitaries, ambassadors, defense attaches, and senior military/civil officialsfrom the world over.
Vladimir Morozov, ...
We need a strategic dialogue, which is not currently being conducted, at least I do not know that it is being conducted
Pressures in relations between Russia and the West have recently become so strained that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of the possibility of a complete break in ties.
In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Andrey Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council, a ...
... border with the
de facto
state. Abkhazia, in effect, functions completely independent of Tbilisi’s control. This division was further heightened after the Russo-Georgian war in 2008 and the subsequent recognition of the state’s independence by Russia and a handful of other countries. This occurred in the background of Georgia’s turn towards the West, and its long-term aspirations to join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Given Abkhazia’s lack of international ...
Although sanctions have affected the Russian economy, it continues to grow and become resilient towards increased trade barriers
Since 2014, Russian and American diplomacy has been defined by economic sanctions. This has become the default, expected option for U.S. policymakers—but Russia ...
On February 18, 2021, another online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states
On February 18, 2021, another online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations ...
On February 18, 2021, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Deputy Foreign Minister of India, visiting Moscow, had a meeting with a group of Russian foreign policy experts
On February 18, 2021, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Deputy Foreign Minister of India, visiting Moscow, had a meeting with a group of Russian foreign policy experts.
The meeting was attended by RIAC members: Alexander Dynkin,...
On February 17, 2021, RIAC completed the 5th cycle of the long-term bilateral Russia-UK security project "A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations" by holding a Russia-UK expert workshop
On February 17, 2021, RIAC completed the 5th cycle of the long-term bilateral Russia-UK security project "A New Agenda for Russia–UK ...
No matter what anyone says, Russia is an inseparable part of Europe, just as Europe cannot be considered “complete” without Russia
In his seminal 1871 work
Russia and Europe
, the famous Russian intellectual and Slavophile Nikolay Danilevsky set forth his theory that “Europe ...
... of Sberbank investors.
The meeting was attended by about a hundred managers and analysts from leading American and European investment funds, partners of Sberbank. In the course of the meeting Andrey Kortunov highlighted the state and prospects for Russia's relations with the United States, the European Union, China, and post-Soviet neighbors.
Other topics included possible new Western sanctions against Russia, options for resolving crisis situations in various regions of the world, and the limits ...
... event was opened by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Mehdi Sanai, IRAS President, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia (2013–2019)
On February 16, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS) held an online workshop on the forthcoming challenges for Russia and Iran in the Middle East.
The event was opened ...