... the European Council for Foreign Relations. Andrey Kortunov spoke about RIAC Africa project portfolio, the current areas of the Council's research, publications on topics related to Africa, and plans for the future. Theodore Murphy shared EU vision on Russia’s foreign policy in Africa.
The parties agreed to prepare and conduct a virtual expert meeting in order to identify possible areas for cooperation.
RIAC was also represented at the meeting by Tatyana Bogdasarova, RIAC Program Coordinator, and ...
The online discussion focused on further cooperation and plans for the joint seminar by RIAC and the German Embassy during the period of the German EU Council Presidency
On May 27, 2020, RIAC held an online meeting with the German Embassy in the Russian Federation.
The meeting was attended by Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, Natalya Vyakhireva, RIAC Program Manager, Géza Andreas von Geyr, German Ambassador to Russia,...
... a conflict of fathers and sons, for the simple reason that young people everywhere in the world have their own fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers, whose fate is not inconsequential to them – that happens in France, in China, and in Russia.
There is no serious conflict between fathers and sons over coronavirus, but there is a generational problem. Of course, in an ideal society, all generations would live in harmony with each other and the problem of choosing priorities in such a ...
... Office, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The meeting with the German diplomat focused on the issues related to Russia’s cooperation with the FRG and the European Union, prospects for resolving the conflict in Donbass, possible future of ... ... evolution of transatlantic relations. The discussion was also attended by the staff of the German Foreign Office and the Embassy of Germany in Moscow.
... Public Initiatives — Ideas for Change (Ukraine)
The report “Gaps and Overlaps: Navigating through Contested German-Russian-Ukrainian Narratives” was released. It had been prepared by a tripartite working group, that included representatives from Russia, Germany and Ukraine. The workshop on drafting the text was initiated by three organizations: Institute of Law and Public Policy (Russia), Inmedio Peace Consult gGmbH (Germany), and the Centre of Public Initiatives — Ideas for Change (Ukraine). Russian ...
... course of the meeting: political and socio-economic development of Russia, Russian foreign policy, and interaction between Russia and the European Union
On January 24, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Andrey Kolesnikov, Chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, had a meeting with a delegation of Bundestag members from Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) headed by Christian Lindner, Chairman of the party.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: political and socio-economic development of Russia, Russian foreign policy, and interaction between Russia and the European ...
... Ivanov, RIAC President, addressed the audience of the Federal Academy for Security Policy (Germany), an inter-ministerial institution for advanced studies, education and training in security policy in the remit of the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany. The Academy is headed by Ambassador Ekkehard Brose.
RIAC President devoted his speech to the problems in relations between Russia and the West at the present stage, as well as the possibilities and prospects for building a dialog on key issues in the area of security and humanitarian cooperation.
Igor Ivanov’s Remarks at the Federal Academy for Security Policy
Russia and Europe are parts of a great, dynamically developing Eurasian space. There are many other actors here. Everyone has their own interests and plans. It is up to us to decide whether Russia and the EU will act as partners or as competitors. However,...
... as security risks. Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, Milan Nic, Head of the Robert Bosch Centre for Central-Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia at DGAP as well as Cornelius Zimmermann, Senior Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany, delivered welcoming remarks.
Experts from Russia, the EU and China took part in the round table. The Russian side was represented by diplomats and experts from RIAC and other leading academic institutes, analytical centers and foundations, such as MGIMO, RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Institute ...
... discussed the growing role of China in the world and in Eurasia, the prospects for multilateral cooperation in the Arctic, as well as the dynamics in the Middle East region. Special attention was given to the issues of current relations between Russia and Germany, Russia and the EU, and possible areas for interaction between the two countries.