On May 14, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the European Studies Institute (ESI) at MGIMO University held a conference themed “One Decade Since Signing the EAEU Treaty: Preliminary Results of Creating Common Markets and Paths to Deeper Integration....
On May 17, 2024, a delegation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) headed by Zhang Guanzi, Secretary General of the Council of High-Level Think Tanks of CASS visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
On May 17, 2024, a delegation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) headed by Zhang Guanzi, Secretary General of the Council of High-Level Think Tanks of CASS visited the Russian International ...
Andrey Kortunov, Academic Director from Russian International Affairs Council spoke to CGTN Europe on Putin’s visit to China.
Andrey Kortunov, Academic Director from Russian International Affairs Council spoke to CGTN Europe on Putin’s visit to China.
A societal transformation in Russia that started before fighting broke out in Ukraine in early 2022 now seems irreversible
Two and a half years into its war against the West in Ukraine, Russia certainly finds itself on a course toward a new sense of itself.
This trend actually ...
The trip is likely to be quite special and important
In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really a big deal: the Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart, Chairman Xi Jinping had bilateral meetings at least forty times ...
... architecture of U.S. global air defense is gradually built around major hubs, some of them covering East Asia
Washington’s ambivalent approach to global strategic stability became clear back at the time of the New START signed in 2010. Despite Russia’s concerns, the document failed to enshrine any restrictions on the development of the U.S. air defense. Article XIV and Russian President’s
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stipulate that any buildup of the U.S. air defense capabilities in terms of quality and ...
Russian-African ties pose both opportunities and challenges for African countries, but Moscow's renewed engagement in Africa raises concerns among Western nations.
The African continent is witnessing a noticeable escalation in the competition between ...
The European security agenda might become a hostage to the developments taking place in other regions of the world—like East Asia or Middle East and Noth Africa
At the current stage of the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine any attempts to proceed in the direction of a new European security architecture would be at best premature, if not completely preposterous. The immediate European security priorities have shifted from promoting an inclusive and comprehensive ...
... International Relations of St. Petersburg State University. The congress featured several dozen sections on various country, regional and functional topics, with the participants successfully addressing the full range of pressing international issues.
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) staff participated in the congress. RIAC also organized and co-organized several thematic sections.
On April 26, RIAC and Tomsk State University (TSU) held a section themed “Educational Cooperation Between ...
Today we need to do our research to identify specialists that are most needed in Africa and increase admission quotas accordingly for relevant programs
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Yearbook: Russia-Africa summits in 2019 and 2023 resulted in rather ambitious cooperation plans. Have the partners succeeded in implementing all the agreements?
Irina Abramova:
I would not say that these summits led to very ambitious plans. Moreover, their outcomes ...