On August 27, 2015, RIAC held working a meeting "Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda" attended by Chief Researcher of Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations Andrey Volodin, Head of Asia Sector at Asia and Middle East Center of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies Boris Volkhonsky, MGIMO-University Professor Yuri Dubinin, Executive Director of National Committee for BRICS Studies and Director of Regional Studies Department at Russkiy Mir Foundation Georgy Toloraya, Professor Vladimir Pryakhin of Russian State University for the Humanities, Director of Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vassily Kuznetsov, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vladimir Sazhin, and Assistant Professor at MGIMO-University Victoria Panova.
On August 27, 2015, RIAC held working a meeting "Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda" attended by Chief Researcher of Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations Andrey Volodin, Head of Asia Sector at Asia and Middle East Center of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies Boris Volkhonsky, MGIMO-University Professor Yuri Dubinin, Executive Director of National Committee for BRICS Studies and Director of Regional Studies Department at Russkiy Mir Foundation Georgy Toloraya, Professor Vladimir Pryakhin of Russian State University for the Humanities, Director of Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vassily Kuznetsov, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vladimir Sazhin, and Assistant Professor at MGIMO-University Victoria Panova.
Led by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Eugeny Primakov Institute Directorate Member and RIAC Vive President Vyacheslav Trubnikov and Ambassador Gleb Ivashentsov, the debate focused on RIAC's future India projects and cooperation with Indian partners, as well as such issues of bilateral strategic interest as security in the Indo-Pacific, countering the influence of the Islamic State, developments in Afghanistan and Central Asia, the role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization in regional security, roles of Russia and India in the BRICS, and the Russia-India-Pakistan relationship.
Summing up the conference, the participants expressed readiness to work on the project at the Russian experts' level and within the framework of Russian-Indian cooperation.
