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RIAC at GLOBSEC Forum

... attended by CEE presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers, U.S. and European top officials, business leaders, foreign policy experts and journalists. RIAC was represented by its Program Director Ivan Timofeev, who took part in “Russia and the West” debate with Senior Vice President at the Center for European Policy Analysis Edward Lucas, Stratfor founder George Friedman and AFK Sistema Chief Economist Eugeny Nadorshin. The event program also included presentation of RIAC’s report ...

22.06.2015

Russia and the West: The Muscle Flexing is Leading Nowhere Fast

... international security conference GLOBSEC 2015 in Bratislava that took place between June 19-21 is considered by many to be a kind of "Central European Munich." In attendance are presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers from across Central and Eastern Europe. Also taking part are high-ranking officials from the U.S. State Department and the European Commission, as well as the heads of large defense companies, top international affairs experts and journalists. Russia-West relations are the leitmotif of the forum. As expected, criticism of Russia is not in short supply. However, it is no longer 2014, when the political changes in the region were nigh on catastrophic. The first impression from the 2015 meeting is that ...

22.06.2015

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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