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RIAC at a Meeting with the UNDP Assistant Administrator

On March 19, 2019, representatives of the diplomatic corps in Moscow and Russian experts had a meeting with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of UNDP, and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, and Rastislav Vrbensky, Deputy Director On March 19, 2019, representatives of the diplomatic corps in Moscow and Russian experts had a meeting with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations...

20.03.2019

RIAC and ICC hold seminar on “Armed Conflict Resolution in the XXI Century”

... for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region (2014–2017), was a special guest speaker. The seminar discussed possible ways to resolve international crises, the role of international organizations, as well as minimizing the risks of armed conflicts. Olga Oliker, Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, also made a speech on the part of the International Crisis Group. The meeting was attended by Russian experts in international law, journalists, and students. Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director ...

20.02.2019

How to Resolve an Armed Conflict? RIAC and International Crisis Group Seminar

... modern world. On February 18, 2019, at 16:30, Russian International Affairs Council holds an open seminar on the origin and resolution of crises in the modern world. Working language: English What ways of resolving international military-political conflicts exist today? What is the role of international organizations in resolving armed conflicts? Is it possible to minimize the risk of armed conflicts and are there effective ways to prevent the "acute" stages of crises? These and other ...

11.02.2019

RIAC Hosts International Conference «Empowering Sustainability in a Fragile World»

The conference aimed at initiating an essential discussion on the multi-disciplinary topic among the experts in security and promotion of development, as well as the experts in specific countries and regions coming from Russia, the countries of the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America. On December 14-15, 2017, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted International Conference «Empowering Sustainability in a Fragile World». The conference was held by the international consortium...

19.12.2017

Presentation of Valdai Club Report “International Intervention in Conflicts

Alexander Nikitin held a lecture and presented his report “International Intervention in Conflicts: UN, OSCE, EU, NATO, CSTO Peacekeeping Policies” On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, Alexander Nikitin, Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Institute for International Research MGIMO and Head Research Associate of the Institute ...

04.07.2017

Roundtable “The former Soviet Union 25 Years after: Past, Present and the Future of Ex-republics”

... Russia” – Andrey Kazantsev said. Sergey Markedonov, Associate Professor, Department of Regional Studies and Foreign Policy, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC Expert , stressed that since the collapse of the Soviet Union nine armed conflicts have occurred. He said that the conflicts could be divided into two groups – frozen (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria) and active ones, such as conflicts in the Ukraine’s East and in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the expert,...

14.02.2017

Andrey Kortunov Meets Conciliation Resources Representative

On January, 19, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, met with Jonathan Cohen, Conciliation Resources Director of Programmes, and Rachel Clogg, Caucasian Programme Director. The parties discussed information exchange and other forms of cooperation between RIAC and Conciliation Resources on Georgia-Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.

24.01.2017

Is Russia a Threat to the Entire European Project? Experts from Russia, EU and United States Meet at RIAC

On October 20, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted roundtable " Russian and Western Views on Conflict Resolution and Security Challenges " attended by pundits from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, the Brookings Institution, Johns Hopkins University, Centre for European Policy Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, IMEMO, Lomonosov Moscow State University and other institutions, who focused on the Ukraine and Syria crises. The Ukraine discussion...

21.10.2015
 

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