On March 1, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke at the
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
.
The lecture was devoted to the prospects of relations between Russia and the West in the conext of the EU crisis and new U.S. administration.
Andrey Kortunov also discussed institutional cooperation between RIAC and the Centre with its authorities and took part in the international school for non-profit organizations' leaders ...
Europe, the US, and Russia are confronting a range of significant issues today. The practical near-term steps that we have identified here are the right place to begin. We need to start now.
The chasm between Russia and the West appears to be wider now than at any point since the Cold War. But, despite stark differences, there are areas of existential common interest. As we did during the darkest days of the Cold War, Americans, Europeans, and Russians must work together ...
RIAC and Valdai Club Working Paper
This working paper unites the articles prepared within the framework of Russian International Affairs Council and «Valdai» discussion forum.
The author shares his view on key trends in Russia-NATO ... ... Russian International Affairs Council, Head of "Contemporary State" program at Valdai Discussion Club.
Russia and the West: the New Normal
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NTI Report
Russia and the West are at a dangerous crossroads. During the past several years, we have been in a state of escalating tension, trapped in a downward spiral of antagonism and distrust. With our militaries moving closer—in the skies over the Baltic Sea, in the depths ...
On December 7, 2016 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the
Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia,... ... for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University
and the
Robert Bosch Stiftung
held a seminar «Russia and the West - Building a new Modus Vivendi?».
The seminar agenda covered the following issues: security relations; economic and ...
On October 31, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions (
OSCE Network
... ... draft report prepared by the OSCE Network and addressed the following issues: the future of the European order; Russian and Western interests in the military-political and economic spheres; challenges and threats to security, as well as tools to ensure ...
The Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) has posted on its website a report, which is a follow-up publication to the annual
Riga Dialogue Conference
that took place last May. The list of authors of the publication includes RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and RIAC Program Manager Elena Alekseenkova.
The report reflects a wide array of perceptions and interests among a variety of stakeholders in the Euro-Atlantic area, offers insights for increased mutual trust, as well as outlines...
... President Igor Ivanov, former US Senator Sam Nunn and former UK Secretary of State for Defense Lord Des Browne were among the speakers at the Briefing.
The participants of the Briefing discussed the state of the Euro-Atlantic security, relations between Russia and the West, possible new initiatives in the field of arms control, as well as ways of resolving crisis situations in various regions of the world.
On May 25- 27, 2016 Berlin hosted a Dahrendorf Symposium (
Dahrendorf Forum
), which traditionally fosters open debate on European and world politics.
The Dahrendorf Forum is a joint initiative by the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science and Stiftung Mercator. The project cycle of 2016 has been titled “
Europe
and the World – Global Insecurity & Power Shifts
.”
The Symposium was attended by over four hundred politicians, experts...
... the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and German Marshal Fund’s Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation. The title of this year’s expert round table was “Riga Dialogue 2016: Building Bridges for Euro-Atlantic Security.”
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was represented at the conference by its Program Director Ivan Timofeev, who was a panel speaker at the section “Competition for the Hearts and Minds: to the System of Propaganda Control.”
“The ...
