On November 16–17, 2018 in Brussels, RIAC and European Leadership Network (ELN) held the second seminar in the framework of the joint project “Towards a More Stable NATO-Russia Relationship. The first seminar was held in Moscow on July 17.
On November 16–17, 2018 in Brussels, RIAC and European Leadership Network (
ELN
) held the second seminar in the framework of the joint project “Towards a More Stable NATO-Russia ...
On November 7, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council together with the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions held a seminar on “Conventional Arms Control in Europe”.
On November 7, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council together with the OSCE ...
On November 8, 2018, the Russian International Affairs Council, together with OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, held a seminar “The ... ... Professor at MGIMO-University; and Andreiy Zagorski, Head of the Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution of the Centre for International Security at IMEMO RAS, RIAC Member; provided comments on the report.
RIAC members and experts took part in the discussion....
This report is based on the results of discussions held by the EU–Russia Expert Network in 2017 and 2018.
Four years after the fallout over Ukraine, rivalry and sanctions have become the ‘new normal’ between Russia and the EU. Both sides have become used to a state of affairs where relations are mired in inertia,...
... Politics and its Implications for Finland». The meeting was attended by experts from Finland, the United States, Great Britain, and France. The following issues were discussed: the evolution of foreign and defense strategies of the United States and Russia, possibilities and limitations for the interaction of the great powers in various regions of the world, the future of international organizations and multilateral diplomacy.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Viktoriya Zhuravleva, Head ...
... discussion organized by the Italian Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali — IAI) focusing on «Russia and the West: What future for the European Security Architecture and the OSCE?»
On June 25, 2018, Vienna hosted a round-table ... ... correlation of the OSCE potential with the capabilities of other organizations dealing with security issues in Europe (NATO, the European Union).
Aleksey Gromyko, RIAC Member, Director of the RAS Institute of Europe, Andrey Zagorsky, RIAC Member, Director ...
... Emiliano Garcia-Page, the President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha, made a speech at the opening session.
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was represented at the event by Nikolay Markotkin, RIAC Media and Government Relations ... ... Secretary General for Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Spain, and Javier Solana, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union (1999–2009), NATO Secretary General (1995–1999).
Foreign viewpoints
After the reelection of Vladimir Putin for another term as president of the Russian Federation in March of this year, Russia is entering a new cycle of foreign and domestic policy. Russia's foreign policy at the moment is particularly fraught; the conflict in Syria, the continued uncertain status of the Donbass region of Ukraine,...
... glorious past. The illusion that it is possible is depriving us of our future
Introduction
The collapse of relations between Russia and the West after 2014 put an end to the idea of Greater Europe. The area of common security and cooperation from Lisbon ... ... a government unwilling or unable to address mounting problems. Given such circumstances, the growing, prosperous, and stable European Union was inevitably turning into an attractive aspiration. The deeper and longer the archaization of the new states ...
... new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after ... ... many critically important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that of the European Union; it will not take any initiatives that might look risky, inappropriate or untimely to other members of these organizations....
