Leadership in the West seems to have taken leave of its senses?
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I began thinking about what I am now writing about two months ago, and I am now ready to bite the bullet, and to cut the Gordian Knot of dithering around reported facts and events, propaganda, visceral hatreds, atavism, greed and ambition. The final trigger for my getting this article off the block, and waiting no longer, was the—for me surrealistic—murder of a young Russian journalist, daughter of an academic acquaintance...
On September 9, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the ninth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises
On September 9, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard...
... the discussion
On September 1, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), held a round table discussion on relations between Russia and the West in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. Experts from Russia and Sweden were invited to participate in the discussion.
RIAC members and scientists representing RAS IMEMO, RAS Institute of Europe, MGIMO University, Higher School of Economics, as well as European and Swedish ...
On August 31, 2022, Dostoevsky library hosted a RIAC Urban Breakfast on the topic: "Nuclear War — a Hypothetical Scenario or a Real Threat?"
On August 31, 2022, Dostoevsky library hosted a RIAC Urban Breakfast on the topic: "Nuclear War — a Hypothetical Scenario or a Real Threat?". The event was attended by military observer Aleksandr Ermakov, Ph.D., Senior Researcher at IMEMO RAS Center for International Security; Konstantin Bogdanov, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS Center for International...
The door will close, but the window will remain open for a time being
Visa sanctions against Russia have become a hot news topic and subject of discussion within the EU. A group of countries has taken shape, which, one way or another, shares Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s idea of completely closing off Russian access of to the EU. Among them are countries which
used to be part of the Warsaw Pact
(Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia), former Soviet republics (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia)...
The possibility of a ban cannot be ruled out since the EU has repeatedly taken steps that contravene both international law and the law of the Union itself
Just a few years ago, Russia and the EU were actively engaged in dialog on a visa-free regime. Sadly, visa matters have taken an entirely differently turn within some ten years. Today, far from discussing abolishing visa requirements for all Russian nationals, some EU nations are considering a prohibition on issuing Schengen visas to Russians...
Relations between Russia and Ukraine are at risk of entering the ranks of long-term conflicts, similar to relations between India and Pakistan, or North and South Korea
Every conflict sooner or later ends in peace. Such is the conventional wisdom that can often be heard from those who, amid the current situation of the sanctions tsunami and confrontation with the West, are trying to find hope for a return to "normality". The logic of such wisdom is simple. At some point, the parties will...
On August 4, 2022, RIAC together with Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the second joint expert round table on the challenges of settling the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Russian and British experts discussed the analytical materials prepared by Oxford Process on issues of territorial integrity
On August 4, 2022, RIAC together with Oxford Process, a British expert think tank, held the second joint expert ...
Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the eighth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises.
Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the eighth online international...
On July 27, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an online meeting with leading members of Institut Montaigne, a French cross-party center for applied political research
On July 27, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an online meeting with leading members of Institut Montaigne, a French cross-party center for applied political research.
It was a closed trust-based meeting taking into account the long-term cooperation between RIAC and Institut Montaigne. The...
