... moral and ethical questions for humanity. And the only way to tackle these questions is by refocusing on humanitarian knowledge, practically applicable notions about being human in the new technological, political and economic context.
Philosophers, science fiction writers and, in some cases, academics have long been struggling with a number of these issues, but, as a rule, policymakers usually fall behind. Think tanks should occupy the space between power and intellect and work to develop concrete ...
Report No. 40/2018
Report No. 40/2018
This report is the result of a new stage in the research of the online English-language resources on the websites of Russian universities and is a follow-up to the initial report produced by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) entitled «Web Internationalization: Russian Universities» in 2015. This issue provides a new ranking as of 2017–2018. The authors developed a methodology for assessing the English-language websites of universities and analyzed...
On November 26–27, 2018, Moscow hosted International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO «Science as common good of humankind», with participation of Russian Peace Foundation and Russian Academy of Sciences.
On November 26–27, 2018, Moscow hosted International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO «Science as common good ...
On September 18, 2018, representatives of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visited Russian International Affairs Council. The delegation was headed by Geneviève Zubrzycki, director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
On September 18, 2018, representatives of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visited Russian International Affairs Council. The delegation was headed by Geneviève Zubrzycki, director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies...
... academic books and anthologies, designer of customized writing training and journal analysis courses, was the speaker at the seminar.
On September 12, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), hosted a Seminar on Academic Writing within Global Science Programme.
Global Science Programme has been implemented since 2012 in RIAC for Russian scientists of the humanities and is aimed at developing English language academic writing skills.
Natalie Reid, lecturer at the University of California (USA),...
RIAC and CASS Policy Brief #17 / 2018
The period of 2017–2018 marks the beginning of a new political cycle in the internal development of both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The starting points for this cycle were the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that took place in October 2017 and the victory of Vladimir Putin in the Russian presidential election held on March 18, 2018. The National Congress set the priorities for further reforms and...
... adds to the rift, and further points Russia away to the East. In Russia itself, the way that is presented, is that closer cooperation with eastern countries is something qualitatively new.
Director of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Gromyko in his conversation with Rethinking Russia points to the neutrality of the STEM fields and how respective diplomatic agencies could work to improve academic cooperation in non-STEM humanitarian spheres too. Summarizing his recent ...
... individual’s inner resources. We can thus draw the conclusion that you are interested in new technologies. As a visionary, which areas of technology do you see as the most promising right now? What could impact our lives to the same degree that, say, computer science impacted our lives in the latter half of the 20th century?
You are one hundred per cent correct about technology. I am completely fascinated by it. More than that, right now I’m studying the anthropology of technology as a minor. But my interest ...
On December 15, 2017, Florence hosted negotiations between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Paolo Del Bianco, President of Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, focusing on a joint Russian-Italian project. Tatyana Bogdasarova, RIAC Program Coordinator, also took part in the negotiations.
On December 15, 2017, Florence hosted negotiations between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Paolo Del Bianco, President of
Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation
, focusing on a joint Russian-Italian...
On December 13, 2017, Shanghai (PRC) hosted a meeting for Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) delegation and representatives of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).
On December 13, 2017, Shanghai (PRC) hosted a meeting for Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) delegation and representatives of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (
SASS
).
RIAC delegation at the event included Timur Makhmutov,...
