On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the German Marshall Fund and EURISC Foundation, the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University.
The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil society. Interdependence is growing between states and various fields of societal activities bound by the critical infrastructure that keeps developing and becoming more vulnerable to outside influences. Hence, the significance of the human security dimension is definitely on the rise as traditional and new challenges get closer to citizens.
On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the German Marshall Fund and EURISC Foundation, the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University.
The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil society. Interdependence is growing between states and various fields of societal activities bound by the critical infrastructure that keeps developing and becoming more vulnerable to outside influences. Hence, the significance of the human security dimension is definitely on the rise as traditional and new challenges get closer to citizens.
RIAC Program Coordinator Anton Tsvetov said that these factors indicate to the need of creating a detailed map of interests to define the most sensitive points of international cooperation. Any kind of hasty impact on the international security system may directly affect human security.
Spoking on strategic triangle Russia-China-United States, RIAC expert Artyom Lukin, Deputy Director of the School for Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University, mentioned that the EU seems to have no niche in the new balance of forces in Asia Pacific and accordingly no real chance to become a center of power in the region.
