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How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems?

On September 30, 2022, at the Austrian Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke to a large group of European diplomats on issues related to the crisis in the European security system and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

On September 30 – October 1, 2022, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar, held an international conference in a hybrid format on the situation in the Middle East: reset, great power competition and regional (in)stability

On September 26¬–29, 2022, the international forum “RCD Forum 2022: The World is Changing” was held in Baghdad, Iraq

On September 28, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations was held, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states

On September 29, 2022, Cristian Istrate, Ambassador of Romania to the Russian Federation, and Liliana Burda, Counselor of the Romanian Embassy, visited Russian International Affairs Council

On September 29, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of Japanese diplomats at the Residence of Japan’s Ambassador to Russia

On September 29, 2022, Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the fourteenth high-level international expert meeting on the challenges of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the future of European security

On September 30, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a roundtable Russia – India Energy Cooperation under New Geopolitical Conditions. The event was closed from the public

The European-Chinese diagonal in the geometry of world politics is no less important than U.S.-China, Russian-American or Russian-Chinese relations

From the point of view of Russia, everything that is happening is rather sad and telling

It is safe to assume that any use of nuclear weapons could quickly lead to an escalation of a local or regional conflict into a global one