... China, India, Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa, Iran and several other countries in attendance, together representing roughly half of the world's population, Putin will be able to project an image of Russia joining the global "new wave" of non-Western countries raising their profile and expanding their role in the world.
This is a sea change for Russia's foreign policy. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia has had two strategies, one official and the other held in reserve. The ...
On July 14 Iran and its P5+1 negotiating partners agreed a "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" to resolve western concerns over the goals of Iran's nuclear programs. The deal marks the end of 36 years of western sanctions on Iran. Upon affirmation of the JCPOA by the full United Nations Security Council,
most sanctions
in force against Iran will be terminated....
Russia and the West should refrain from hostile and inflammatory rhetoric that fuels public mistrust
Relations between Russia and the European Union are in deep crisis – perhaps the most serious crisis since the end of the Cold War. As the Russian Federation’s ...
Interview with Andreas Metz
Russia and the West have been dwelling upon the extremely difficult and delicate Ukrainian issue for over a year now. And no one knows for how long this matter will determine the Russia-West relations. Mass media are overwhelmed with various suggestions and prognosis ...
... corporations. The perception of risk spawns behavioral responses, which in turn have secondary impacts on business, including stigmatization, loss of sales, regulatory constraints, litigation and investor flight
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This is relevant to Russia because Western perceptions of Russian business are predominantly concerned with risk. Whenever Russian business is discussed in Western media, the reportage is tinctured with fear and threat. Russian business is ascribed with notions of corruption, criminality ...
... attended by CEE presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers, U.S. and European top officials, business leaders, foreign policy experts and journalists.
RIAC was represented by its Program Director Ivan Timofeev, who took part in “Russia and the West” debate with Senior Vice President at the Center for European Policy Analysis Edward Lucas, Stratfor founder George Friedman and AFK Sistema Chief Economist Eugeny Nadorshin. The event program also included presentation of RIAC’s report ...
... from across Central and Eastern Europe.
Also taking part are high-ranking officials from the U.S. State Department and the European Commission, as well as the heads of large defense companies, top international affairs experts and journalists.
Russia-West relations are the leitmotif of the forum. As expected, criticism of Russia is not in short supply. However, it is no longer 2014, when the political changes in the region were nigh on catastrophic.
The first impression from the 2015 meeting is that ...
... provocative actions like this accompanied the work of Arctic Council bodies through the whole of the past year.
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Pavel Gudev:
Arctic Uncertainty
In the context of the profound crisis in relations between Russia and the West there is a great temptation to blame the absence of new agreements on the unconstructive approach of the western countries. But the successes and failures of the Arctic Council should be assessed primarily on the basis of the expectations that its ...
A response to “Unraveling the Enigma: Western Expert Community Seeks to Explain Russian Policy” by Dr. Igor Istomin
Climate change and environmental disasters are already challenging the traditional paradigms of constructivism, liberalism and realism. With respect to Dr. Istomin, Ukraine ...
On April 15, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov went to Oslo to take part in an international seminar on future relationship between Russia and the West held by Norwegian energy company
Statoil
and attended by Statoil leaders and specialists engaged in Russia projects, as well as international experts from Finland, Germany, Great Britain and other countries.
The discussion focused on current geopolitical ...
