Herman Gref, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia, RIAC member, made a speech at the young leaders’ meeting.
On September 8, 2017, RIAC hosted a Munich Security Conference Young Leaders’ meeting.
The group brings together outstanding young experts and representatives of governmental institutions aged under 40, who in previous years took part in Munich Security Conference youth sessions.
Two discussion sessions brought together representatives of MFA of the Russian Federation...
... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,
Dmitry Stefanovich
, RIAC expert,
Prokhor Tebin
,
Ph.D. in Political Science, RIAC expert,
Andrey Zagorsky
, Ph.D. in History, Head of the Department of Disarmament and Confl ict
Resolution, Center for International Security, Primakov National Research
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of
Sciences (IMEMO RAS).
Defining the Problem
Future
scholars will probably study today’s relations between Russia and the West ...
Sanctions leave Russia the only alternative — to accept the US as a strategic and key challenge to its security
The toughening of the American position after Hamburg puts Russia at a disadvantage. It will either have to punch fist on the table, or, in the worst kind, pretend that nothing terrible happened and continue to search for compromises and solutions, not paying attention to the increasing pressure. At the same time, further intensification of pressure against Russia is almost inevitable...
... completely neutral lens. The administration in place at a given moment asks intelligence sources such as the DIA to gather information on potential threats in order for the government to proactively shape policies to combat future threats to national and international security. The DIA itself is a reputable organization, providing in-depth and comprehensive analyses as accurately as possible. However, it is impossible for any extension of the executive to truly do so without subtle biases. The resulting ...
On July 11, RIAC hosted a closed meeting on security challenges and prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the Middle East and North Africa.
On July 11, RIAC hosted a closed meeting on security challenges and prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the Middle East and North Africa.
The event was opened by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Fredrik Wesslau, Director of the Wider Europe Programme at ECFR.
The experts discussed regional actors’ stances in the...
... the main security guarantor in the region, more active EU and German involvement in European security is anticipated, mainly as a means of lifting the economic burden on the US economy. Russia is viewed mainly as a destabilizing power in European and international security systems, primarily because of the alleged interference in the Ukraine and in US and European domestic policies. It does imply that ad-hoc cooperation with Russia is possible for the US, though it is limited to a certain set of issues....
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a speech at the conference session that focused on transnational threats to European security
On June 27–29, 2017, Vienna hosted
OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
to reflect on the work undertaken by the organization over the past year.
Along with the representatives of OSCE participating States and the organization top management, representatives of leading partner organizations (UN, CIS, European Union, NATO, etc.) and leading experts on international...
The biggest threat today is an uncontrolled and rapid arms race that matches or outpaces the political rhetoric
Open Letter to President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin
Future historians analyzing the collapse of our relations after the Ukrainian revolution will certainly find it paradoxical. This is one of those rare and unpredictable cases where a crisis occurred under conditions that were entirely conducive to constructive dialogue and cooperation. Usually, such crises are preceded...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
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. Whether justified or not, each side has accused the other of interfering in their respective election processes. Moscow has accused the United States of backing protests that opposed the results of Russia's parliamentary elections in 2011, and of directly interfering in the Russian presidential elections in March 2012 that brought...
Authors: Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor S. Ivanov, Sam Nunn
Dear President Putin and President Trump,
The chasm between Russia and the West appears to be wider now than at any point since the Cold War. In the absence of new initiatives, the knot of distrust is being tightened, choking off the ability of governments to discuss, let alone advance, steps essential for improving the security of all people living in the Euro-Atlantic region.
Your first meeting in Hamburg will be a unique opportunity...
