Search: Russia,Middle East,Europe (4 materials)

RIAC at Doha Forum 2019

... (Qatar) hosted Doha Forum 2019, one of the most ambitious and representative international conferences regularly held in the Middle East region. As usual, the Forum was attended by current and former statesmen, diplomats and businessmen, international experts and civil society leaders. Russian International Affairs Council has been participating in the Forum since 2015. In 2019, the general theme of the Forum ... ... Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made presentations at two sessions of the Doha Forum: at the session “A Stronger Role for Europe in the International Arena: What Would It Take?” (organized jointly by Aspen Institutes of Italy and Romania) and at ...

17.12.2019

The United States, Russia, and Europe in 2018

... Away at Four Gordian Knots. CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report In October 2018, a select group of Russian and American experts met at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Their meeting, convened ... ... Affairs Council (RIAC), aimed to discuss four topics central to U.S.-Russian relations: the conflict in Ukraine, the future of the European security order, the war in Syria, and the question of interference in other states’ political processes. The attendees ...

12.11.2018

RIAC and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) discuss the Middle East Crises

... between Russia and the EU in the Middle East and North Africa. The event was opened by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Fredrik Wesslau, Director of the Wider Europe Programme at ECFR. The experts discussed regional actors’ stances in the Middle East conflicts, as well as Russian and European Union’s attitudes to the Syrian, Libyan, and Yemeni crises. European and Russian representatives assessed current processes and possible developments in the Middle East. The experts also discussed possible vectors of cooperation in the region....

13.07.2017

Snow is Still White in the Fields…Personal Notes on the Margins of the Munich Security Conference

... And when it was, it was after a comma along with other active global players. It seems that throughout 2015 the members of the European and American political elites resigned themselves to the fact that the development trajectories of Russia and the Atlantic world were diverging seriously and for a long time, and that last-year’s talk (“How could ... ... conversations with the few Chinese delegates present, it was clear that lack of attention did not worry them in the least. The Middle East as the “Season Trend” As one might have guessed, the big headline stealers were the Middle East and international ...

17.02.2016

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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