... definition of the priorities for the main areas of cooperation.
BRICS started with a coordination of efforts in the financial area due to the 2008 global financial and economic crisis. Cooperation in that area, especially within the framework of the G20, has been the most successful so far. At the current stage, BRICS efforts are aimed at making the international monetary and financial system fairer, more stable and efficient to further the conditions needed to overcome the global crisis, and to ...
On February 21, RIAC representatives Vladimir Morozov and Anton Tsvetov attended the opening ceremony of the G20 Model Simulation at MGIMO-University. Held for the second time, the event hosted undergraduates not only from MGIMO but also Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University. The ...
The report has been initiated and produced by an international network of scholars under the leadership of the International Organizations Research Institute of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (IORI HSE) and the
G20 Research Group
of the University of Toronto in the run-up to the Russia’s G20 Presidency in 2013. Presented and discussed within the
G20 Civil Society Track
, it provides an independent analysis and evidence base for a dialogue between a wide ...
The conference on «
International Cooperation in Times of Global Crisis: Views from G20 countries
» organized by the New Economic School (NES), the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), Bruegel and the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) took place in the HSE ...
... breathing room to countries like Spain and Italy to engage in structural reforms, which are necessary for long-term fiscal sustainability. But it is not going to be easy, because Europe is not going to listen to the IMF, unless it has no other choice.
The G20 supplanted the G8's diminishing power and relevancy. On one hand, this is an example of institutional flexibility and resilience during the financial crisis. On the other hand, the G20 faces serious disagreements among its members and lacks macroeconomic ...
The global economy remains vulnerable; major challenges loom over us. To overcome them, it is now up to G20 members to demonstrate they have the political will to implement and deliver on the commitments made by the Leaders last June in Los Cabos, past the half-way point of the Mexican Presidency.
The agreements made in Los Cabos cut across all the priorities ...
On Friday, August 24, 2012, RIAC organized a seminar on “Transport and Logistics Issues on the G20 Agenda”.
The seminar was opened by RIAC General Director Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev. Among the participants were several Russian leading G20 experts, transport specialists and representatives from the business community....
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Report №2 / 2012
The report presents key findings and recommendations of several scientific and expert workshops conducted by Russian International Affairs Council within the project «Increasing the effectiveness of Russia’s Participation in G8, G20, and BRICS in accordance with the Priorities and National Interests of Russia».
The report deals with the problems of legitimacy and effectiveness of the «Group of Twenty» as a platform for the dialogue between developed and developing countries,...
In the zone of political and economic turbulence
Under the Greek question mark
Depending on the outcome of the elections in Greece (the elections may determine whether the country will remain in the euro zone, or leave it with the likelihood of a domino effect), the G-20 leaders may have to assume the role of a fire brigade and urgently develop a new rescue plan for the euro zone.
The upcoming G-20 Summit, which will be held in Los Cabos, Mexico, will take place under a very difficult background...
