365 Events that Shaped RIAC's Global Impact in 2012

365 RIAC Events in 2012

RIAC
Russian
International
Affair Council

1
JANUARY2012
CHRONOLOGY

2
ààRIAC Academic Board.

FEBRUARY2012
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
ààMeeting of Russian experts to develop
strategic directions for the project
Central Asia After the Withdrawal
of Coalition Forces from Afghanistan.
ààWinter School: Migration CHRONOLOGY
in the Global World.
Holiday Inn Vinogradovo Hotel, Moscow ààSeminar: Russia’s Interests in the Arctic and Regional
Institutions of International Cooperation under
ààRIAC regular Russian-language news
the project Roadmap for International Cooperation
bulletin launched with mailing
in the Arctic (Project Director A.N. Vylegzhanin).
every two weeks.
Over 2,100 subscribers by end 2012.
Moscow ààS.V. Kortunov Young Experts’ Debate on global and
regional security, jointly with Creative
Diplomacy and the Russian Youth Association
for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation.
ààRIAC members’ club meeting to discuss the draft
Theses on Russia’s Foreign Policy (2012 - 2018).
ààCooperation agreement signed
with REKOD Center for Basic Space Services.
Moscow
ààFull-size RIAC information and analytical
website russiancouncil.ru launched,
offering daily publication of fresh articles on foreign affairs.
Moscow

RIAC

3
MARCH2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààWorkshop/conference:
The Euro-Atlantic Security
Community – Myth or Reality.
Ukraine Hotel, Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
ààSeminar: Assessing Russia’s
Economic Requirements
for Foreign Labor to 2025,
jointly with OPORA Druzhba Autonomous
Noncommercial Organization,
under the project Issues in Migration: ààEnglish-language RIAC website
International Practices and Russia’s Prospects. open, with the content regularly updated
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow by translated publications of top Russian
scholars, exclusive interviews and
analytics by leading foreign experts
on economics and foreign policy,
so that by late 2012 the monthly
reach made 25,000.
Moscow

4
APRIL2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààSeminar: Cooperation on Developing ààRoundtable (RIAC and the Urals Federal
Mineral and Other Nonliving Natural University): Russia’s Interests in the Context
Resources of the Arctic Ocean Seabed of Security and Development in Central Asia
Including the Arctic Continental Shelf and Afghanistan, under the project Central Asia After
(Project Director A. N. Vylegzhanin). the Withdrawal of Coalition Forces from Afghanistan.
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow Urals Federal University, Yekaterinburg
ààRoundtable: Humanitarian Intervention: ààPresentation about RIAC and its project
Legal Norms and Real-Life Practices. activities in the Urals Federal University.
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow Yekaterinburg
ààSeminar: Russia — Japan: Opportunities,
Threats, and Prospects, under the project Russia
and Japan: How to Solve Problems in Bilateral Relations
(Project Director A. N. Panov).

RIAC

ààSeminar: Central Asia
and the Prospects for the Integration
of Regional Power Grids, under the project
Central Asia After the Possible Withdrawal
of Coalition Forces from Afghanistan.
ààRIAC presentation and address
at the 53rd Annual Convention
of International Studies
Association (ISA). ààRIAC Member F. A. Lukyanov reads public
United States, CA, San Diego lecture in Urals Federal University:
ààCooperation agreement signed Specifics of Relations between Russia,
with Federal Agency for CIS, China and the U. S. A. (Central Asia included).
Compatriots Living Abroad Yekaterinburg
and Humanitarian Cooperation. ààApplication contests announced for RIAC
Moscow Summer Schools on problems related
ààRIAC website daily traffic to Asia Pacific, Central Asia and the Arctic
reaches 1,000, making it one of the most to be arranged jointly with federal
popular Russian foreign policy resources. universities and think tanks.
Moscow Moscow

ààRIAC Member V. L. Inozemtsev reads
public lecture in St. Petersburg State
University: Russia in the Global System
of Geopolitical Coordinates.
St. Petersburg

5
MAY2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààRIAC Club Meeting: Russia
and the Baltic Countries —
Steps to Normalize Relations.
ààRIAC and National Training
Foundation joint conference:
Imperatives of Internationalization.
Swissotel Red Hills, Moscow
ààRIAC Academic Board session.
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow ààRIAC delegation to Paris: Presentation
about and working meeting of the RIAC
ààPresentation about RIAC project Director General with representatives
activities at the Northern (Arctic) of the American University in Paris;
Federal University. Sciences Po University; the French
Arkhangelsk Institute of International Relations;
ààAwards ceremony for the winners and the International Center
of Global Prospects 2011 research for Pedagogical Research in Sevres.
paper contest for young international France, Paris
relations scholars, organized jointly with ààVisit by RIAC Director General
the A. Gorchakov Foundation for the Support A.V. Kortunov to Beijing for
of Public Diplomacy. consultations on bilateral cooperation
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow with the Center for Energy Issues
at the Institute for International
Relations under the Chinese Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
PRC, Beijing
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov speaks
at the symposium Reality of European
Security in the Hague, the Netherlands.
Netherlands, The Hague
ààCooperation agreement signed
with National Training Foundation.
Moscow

ààRIAC website commentary contest:
Syria: Will Annan’s Plan Work?
Winners made permanent website bloggers.
Moscow
ààBlogging cut in at RIAC website
to make one of its most popular and dynamic
sections with over 20 blogs, about 300 posts
and daily traffic above 1,000.
Moscow
ààRIAC regular English-language news
bulletin launched with monthly mailing.
Over 8,000 subscribers by end 2012.
Moscow

àà Expert meeting devoted to strategic goals
for development of social aspects in Russia’s
higher education.

RIAC

6
JUNE2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààSeminar: Arctic Cooperation ààSession of RIAC Presidium.
on Transportation and Transport Cultural Center, General Directorate
Infrastructure, under the project Roadmap for the Diplomatic Corp Services Ministry
for International Cooperation in the Arctic of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow
(project Director A.N. Vylegzhanin).
ààSeminar: The Political Regime in Syria —
Prospects for Transformation, under the
ààRoundtable: Public Diplomacy as an project Greater Middle East: Political Dynamics
Instrument of Russia’s Foreign and Russia’s Interests (Project Directors
Policy — Opportunities, Problems, A.I. Shumilin and A.I. Naumkin).
and Prospects. Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
ààConference organized by the RIAC
ààRoundtable: Russia and the Vyšehrad and the Hungarian Institute
Group – to a New Agenda, under of International Affairs: Russia
the project The New Eastern Europe: Analysis and Central Europe: New Agenda
of the Situation and Strategic Posture of Russia and New Institutions,
in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic and Hungary, Budapest
European Segment of the Post-Soviet Space.
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov speaks
The Institute of International Affairs, Hungary,
at the opening session of the jubilee
Budapest
conference of the International
ààGeneral Meeting of RIAC members. Luxembourg Forum on Preventing
Cultural Center, General Directorate Nuclear Disaster.
for the Diplomatic Corp Services Ministry Germany, Berlin
of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow

ààRIAC Member P.V. Stegniy speaks at Immanuel
Kant Baltic Federal University seminar: History
of Poland’s Divisions: Interpretations in History
and Historic Policy.
Public lecture: European Union and Russia in the Middle East:
Shared Hopes, Shared Frustrations.
Kaliningrad
ààRussian Language Testing Center for Foreigners
open in Urals State Mining University
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov addresses and headed by Alexei Starostin, graduate
the European Leadership Network of RIAC Winter School on Migration.
for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Yekaterinburg
and Non-Proliferation. ààRIAC statement on the results of meeting between
Poland, Warsaw Russia’s President V.V. Putin and U.S.
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov President Barack Obama in Los Cabos,
speaks at the conference: Building statement by RIAC President I.S. Ivanov.
Bridges over Troubled Waters: Polish- Moscow
Russian Relations in the Spotlight; ààTraining program: Global Science, with launching
the prospects for cooperation between of an all-Russian contest for program participation,
the RIAC and CSIS, Washington DC, as well as a series of analytical commentaries and interviews.
United States were also discussed. Moscow
USA, Washington DC
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov takes part
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov in an IDEAS seminar.
meets governors and sponsors MGIMO University, Moscow
of the U.S. foundation Russia
Partners, to discuss the development
of the Russian economy, its society
and the prospects for Russian-
American relations.
Moscow

RIAC

7
JULY2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààPanel discussion: International
Cooperation in Responding
to Emergencies, Search and Rescue
Operations in the Arctic Ocean,
under the project Roadmap
for International Cooperation in the Arctic
(Project Director A.N. Vylegzhanin).
ààClub meeting of RIAC members,
address by U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul. ààWorking meeting to develop a strategy
Lotte Plaza Business Center, Moscow for the project Russia and India:
ààJoint summer School with the Russian Toward a New Bilateral Agenda.
APEC Studies Center: APEC Youth (Project Directors V.I. Trubnikov, A.G. Volodin,
Summit: Goals, Priorities, S.I. Lunyov).
and Prospects. Countryside. Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
Education and Heath Complex at Solnechny, ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov and RIAC
Moscow Director General A.V. Kortunov meet
ààJoint summer school jointly with the the governors of the Friedrich Ebert
Northern (Arctic) Federal University: Foundation.
Roadmap for International Cooperation Moscow
in the Arctic. ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov and RIAC
Maly Korely Boarding House, Arkhangelsk Director General A.V. Kortunov meet
ààRIAC Presidium session. the UK delegation comprising British
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow MP David Miliband, UK Ambassador
to Russia Tim Barrow, and Political
Counselor of the British Embassy
in Moscow, Fergus Auld.
Moscow

RIAC

ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov and RIAC
Director General A.V. Kortunov
participate in the World Peace
Forum held by Tsinghua University
and the Chinese Peoples’ Institute
of International Relations.
PRC
ààNew RIAC corporate member admitted:
St. Petersburg State University.
Moscow
ààInteractive reference book International
Research in Russia launched to list Russian
organizations and experts engaged
in foreign policy research, with updating
and new entries capacity.
Moscow
ààNew RIAC corporate member admitted:
Siberian Federal University.
Moscow ààNew RIAC corporate member
admitted: Moscow State Linguistic
University.
Moscow
ààRIAC Member A.A. Gromyko
delivers lecture at Immanuel Kant
Baltic Federal University: Divisions
of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth:
Anomalies and Regularities of East
European Geopolitics.
Kaliningrad
ààRIAC welcomes Russia’s admission
to the WTO: an official statement.
Moscow

8
AUGUST2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààSummer school jointly with the Urals
Federal University, Yekaterinburg:
Central Asia: Security, Economy,
and Human Development.
Ivolga Hotel, Yekaterinburg
ààSeminar: Agenda for Russia’s
Presidency of the G20: Transportation
and Logistics, under the project Raising
the Efficiency of Russia’s Participation in
G8, G20 and BRICS to Match the Priorities ààThe migration project expert meeting
and National Interests of Russian Federation on preparation of reading book:
(Project Director M.V. Larionova). Migration in Russia: Decade One
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow of the 21st Century, 2000-2012.
ààSeminar on preparing the Roadmap Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
for International Cooperation in ààInternational expert meeting devoted
the Arctic, under the project Roadmap to ways for advancing Russian higher
for International Cooperation in the Arctic. learning institutions to the TOP100,
(Project Director A.N. Vylegzhanin). with participation of RIAC Director
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow General A.V. Kortunov.
ààCooperation agreement signed Urals Federal University, Yekaterinburg
with National Research University
Higher School of Economics.
Moscow
ààBest international affairs photo contest
for RIAC website visitors,
with snapshots used for design
of website analytics.
Moscow

9
SEPTEMBER2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààSeminar: The Expansion of Russian ààSeminar: Russian-Indian Relations:
Banks in Central Asia: Risks — Political a New Agenda for Economic and Trade Ties,
Instability, Opportunities — Regional under the project Russia and India: Toward
Integration Projects, under the project a New Bilateral Agenda (Project Directors
Central Asia After the Withdrawal of Coalition V.I. Trubnikov, A.G. Volodin, S.I. Lunyov).
Forces from Afghanistan. Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
ààMeeting with Japanese journalists to discuss
ààConvention of the Russian the outcomes of the conference Russia
International Studies Association. and Japan: Toward a New Agenda.
MGIMO University, Moscow (Project Director A.N. Panov).
ààConference: Russia and Japan: Toward
a New Agenda, under the project ààSeminar: Russian-Indian Relations:
Russia and Japan: Ways to Solve A New Agenda for Military-Technical
Problems in Bilateral Relations. Cooperation, under the project Russia and India:
(Project Director A.N. Panov). Toward a New Bilateral Agenda (Project Directors
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow V.I. Trubnikov, A.G. Volodin, S.I. Lunyov).
ààInternational seminar: International
Cooperation on Environmental ààRussian Nationwide Contest of Young Foreign
Protection and the Rational Affairs Journalists.
Management of Biological Resources Moscow
in the Arctic Ocean,
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov and Director
under the project Roadmap for International
General A.V. Kortunov meet representatives
Cooperation in the Arctic
of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Project Director A.N. Vylegzhanin).
and Embassy to Russia.
Moscow
ààRIAC Academic Board session.
Moscow
ààRIAC Presidium session.
ààSeminar: The Issue of Drug Trafficking
in the Context of Central Asia,
under the project A New Agenda for Russian-
British Relations (Project Managers
Anatol Lieven, A.A. Gromyko).
King’s College, London
ààSeminar: Russian-British Relations:
Problems and Prospects,
under the project A New Agenda for Russian-
British Relations (Project Directors:
Anatol Lieven, A.A. Gromyko).

ààConsultations between RIAC and the ààRIAC governors meet MGIMO Rector A.V. Torkunov
Arab and International Affairs Council and V.V. Naumkin, Director of RAS Institute
delegation. for Oriental Studies.
Moscow Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov ààRIAC governors meet top figures
speaks at an international conference of Russia’s Federal Migration Service.
on the trajectory of global finances, Moscow
energy and sustainable development
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov participates
held by the Korean Development
in conference Internationalization of Social Science
Institute and Korean University.
and Liberal Arts in Russian Institutions
Republic of Korea, Seoul
of Higher Learning: Challenges and Prospects.
ààNew RIAC corporate member admitted: Conference organizer: ISE-Center.
ZAO Expertika. Moscow
Moscow
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov meets Elvira Nabiullina,
ààRIAC representatives address Economic Advisor to President of Russia.
conference Labor Migration in Eurasia: Presidential Executive Office, Moscow
Links to Global Migration and Human
ààRIAC and Gorchakov Foundation meet young
Security Trends Program.
experts and Russian NGO representatives
U.S.A., Pennsylvania
on public diplomacy issues.
ààForeign expert address: Professor Marco Polo Presnya Hotel, Moscow
Xia Yishan, Director of China Energy
Strategy Research Center at China
Institute of International Studies
of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Urals Federal University, Yekaterinburg

RIAC

10
OCTOBER2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààThe Second Asia-Pacific Forum.
«Russia’s Mission in the APEC and New
Outlook for Russia’s Integration in the Asia-
Pacific Region». Project.
President Hotel, Moscow
ààSeminar: Russia’s Interests in the
Greater Middle East and Obstacles
to their Realization: Changes Caused
by the Arab Spring, under the project
The Greater Middle East: Political Dynamics
and Russia’s Interests (Project Directors
A.I. Shumilin and A.I. Naumkin).
ààSeminar: Specifics of the
Establishment and the Activities
of the New Political Elites in Countries
of the Arab Spring: The Russian Angle
under the project The Greater Middle East:
Political Dynamics and Russia’s Interests ààSeminar: Russia’s Interests in Central
(Project Directors A.I. Shumilin Asia and Development of Measures
and A.I. Naumkin). for their Realization, under the project
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow Central Asia After the Withdrawal of Coalition
Forces from Afghanistan.
ààSeminar: Russian-Indian Relations:
A New Agenda for Cooperation
on Culture and Technology,
under the project Russia and India: Toward
a New Bilateral Agenda (Project Directors
V.I. Trubnikov, A.G. Volodin, S.I. Lunyov).
ààSeminar: Russian-Indian Relations:
Cooperation for the Solution
of Regional and Global Problems,
under the project Russia and India: Toward
a New Bilateral Agenda (Project Directors
V.I. Trubnikov, A.G. Volodin, S.I. Lunyov).
ààContest: Global Prospects 2012 for
young international relations scholars.
Moscow

ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov and RIAC ààRIAC Program Director I.N. Timofeev
Director General A.V. Kortunov meet participates and speaks
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. at the roundtable EU Crisis:
Moscow An Outside Opinion.
Austria, Vienna
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov
gives a lecture for officials serving ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov
with Finland’s Ministry of Foreign meets representatives
Affairs, Embassies in Europe, Asia of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
and the Americas, and representatives Moscow
to international organizations.
ààRIAC presentation and talks on cooperation
Moscow
as part of the international conference
ààMeeting between RIAC and the Italian Transformation of International Relations
foundation Romualdo del Bianco System: Cooperation Between Russia
governors in Moscow, Russia. and China in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Moscow PRC, Shanghai

ààInternational forum devoted to coordination of multilateral
cooperation in Arctic studies.
ààRIAC supports special issue of International Organizations
Research Journal within its joint project with the Higher
School of Economics Research Center for International
Cooperation and Development: Raising Efficiency of Russia’s
Participation in G8, G20 and BRICS.
Moscow
ààConference: International Cooperation in the Global Crisis
Environment: a View from G20, held with RIAC support.
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov speaks in the Russian
Federation Public Chamber at the session of Russian Public
Council on International Cooperation.
Moscow

RIAC

11
NOVEMBER2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààTraining program: Global Science. ààWorking meeting to develop a strategy
Stage One of the Project. for the project The Internationalization
Pushkino, Moscow of Russian Universities «The Chinese Vector
as Part of the Asia-Pacific Drive».
ààInternational conference: Nuclear
(Project Director E.N. Borevskaya).
Weapons and Global International
Security in the 21st Century,
held jointly with Global Zero ààSeminar: Russia’s Development
and MGIMO University. Assistance on Food Security,
MGIMO University, Moscow under the project Food Security.
ààRIAC-Oxfam roundtable: The Effect
of Climate Change on Food Security, ààSeminar: Russia and Arab Spring Countries:
under the project Food Security. Opportunities for Soft Power and Traditional
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow Cooperation Vehicles under the project Greater Middle
East: Political Dynamics and Russia’s Interests
(Project Directors A.I. Shumilin and A.I. Naumkin).

ààThe 6th Russian National Congress
of Political Scientists held
by the Russian Political Science
Association and MGIMO University.
MGIMO University, Moscow
ààRussian Foreign Policy 2000-2020:
Research Publication in Three Volumes /
RIAC [under general editorship of I.S. Ivanov].
Moscow: Aspekt Press Publishers, 2012.
Moscow ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov meets Jan Kalicki, Counselor
meets the governors of the American- for International Strategy at Chevron
Russian Business Council for talks Corporation, and James Collins,
on mutual cooperation. former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Moscow and Director of the Russia and Eurasia
Program at the Carnegie Endowment.
ààPresentation about RIAC projects United States, Washington DC
at the Institute for European, Russian
and Eurasian Studies, George ààOn November 20, RIAC delegation
Washington University. participates in the regular experts’
United States, Washington DC meeting as part of the United States-
EU-Russia Trilateral Dialog.
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov Belgium, Brussels
meets the governors of CSIS.
United States, Washington DC ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov
takes part in roundtable: Russia
ààRoundtable: RIAC and Atlantic Council in View of ASEM Development.
on the current status and prospects Moscow
for Russian-American relations in view
of the possible expansion of bilateral ààRIAC governors meet Sergey Kislyak,
cooperation in various fields and regions Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S.A.
of the world. Russian Embassy, Washington DC
United States, Washington DC ààRIAC delegation visits headquarters
of NATO and Supreme Allied
Commander.
Belgium, Brussels

RIAC

ààRIAC participates in seminar: ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov makes
Dialogue of Cultures in the Field opening speech at international conference
of International Security. The Future is Built Today by Us:
Austria, Salzburg University – Region – Business,
held by New Eurasia Foundation in partnership
ààRIAC President I.S. Ivanov makes
with Russian and American universities.
opening speech at international
Moscow
conference Security Challenges
in Central Asia. ààRIAC governors meet delegation
RAS Institute of World Economy of Robert Bosch Foundation.
and International Relations, Moscow Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
ààRIAC Director General A.V. Kortunov ààRIAC governors meet delegation
participates in jubilee conference of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
devoted to the 20th anniversary Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
of National Research University Higher
School of Economics.
Higher School of Economics, Moscow

12
DECEMBER2012
CHRONOLOGY
ààS.V. Kortunov Young Experts’ Debate
on global and regional security,
held jointly with Creative Diplomacy
and the Russian Youth Association
for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation.
ààSeminar: Russia’s Interests in Central
Asia and Elaboration of Measures
for their Realization within project Situation
in Central Asia after Withdrawal of Coalition ààMeeting with Miroslav Laichak,
Forces from Afghanistan. Slovak Deputy Prime Minister
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow and Foreign Minister: EU and Russia:
ààSeminar: Russia’s Interests in Greater in Concert or Separately.
Middle East: Realization Opportunities Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
in a New Environment within project ààRIAC participates in meeting
Greater Middle East: Political Dynamics of Russian university pro-rectors
and Russia’s Interests. on international affairs.
Alexander House Business Center, Moscow Moscow, Peoples’ Friendship University
ààPublication of monograph African of Russia
Policy of Great Britain in 1997-2012 ààRIAC Board of Trustees session.
by Olga Kulkova, winner of contest Club building of the Crown Plaza Hotel, World
Global Prospects 2011. Trade Center, Moscow
Moscow
ààMeeting on interaction with Russian
ààRIAC Club Meeting: Political Changes universities, corporate members
in the PRC Leadership: Consequences and partners of MGIMO University.
for Chinese Foreign and Domestic Alexander House Business Center, Moscow
Policies.

RIAC

ààDecember 2012 - March 2013: ààHeads of societal, academic
Global Science Training Program. and educational organizations meet
Stage Two. to discuss the new agenda
Moscow for Russian-American relations.
ààRIAC Member V.V. Naumkin speaks
at Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal ààRIAC Facebook friends reach 1,000.
University on security problems Since opening, RIAC uses social networks
for Central Asia. and instruments (Facebook, Twitter, Livejournal,
Yekaterinburg Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare) for interaction
with expert communities and target groups.
Moscow

2012
PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC
WEBSITE

RIAC

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

Analytical
ßßRussia’s Interests in the Context
of Asia-Pacific Region Security
and Development.
Report 1/2012

Reports ßßG20, G8, BRICS Development Momentum
and Interests of Russia.
Report 2/2012
ßßWorkshop Conference Materials
«Euro-Atlantic Security Community:
Myth or Reality?»
Report 3/2012
ßßPostulates on Russia’s Foreign Policy.
Report 4/2012
ßßTen Years Without ABM Treaty.
The Issue of Missile Defense
in Russia-US Relations.
Report 5/2012
ßßCurrent State of Russia’s Relations
with Japan and Prospects for Their
Development.
Report 6/2012
ßßThe Arctic. Proposals for an International
Cooperation Roadmap.
Report 7/2012

RIAC

РОССИЯ
В МИРЕ

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

Analytical
ßßRussia is a WTO Member:
Time to Consider the Necessity?
Maxim Bratersky, Doctor of Political Science,
Professor, Head of the World Politics Department,

Papers
Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert

ßßThe Russian Language
as a Premonition of Change

and Exclusive
Nina Afanasyeva, Candidate of Pedagogic Sciences,
Head of the Russian Department, MGIMO University,
RIAC expert

Interviews
ßßRussian Science as a Soft Power Factor
Irene Dezhina, Doctor of Economics, Head
of the Economics of Science and Innovative Processes
Section, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations,
RIAC expert
ßßDoes Russia Need Aircraft Carriers?
Prokhor Tebin, RAS Institute of World Economy
and International Relations, RIAC expert
ßßRussia and Britain through
the Prism of Monarchy
Sian Glaessner, RIA-Novosti, Editor, RIAC expert

U.S. FOREIGN
POLICY,
RUSSIAN-
AMERICAN
RELATIONS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßInterview with Dmitry Trenin. ßßExperts on the future of Russian-American
Russian-U.S. Relations relations in the context of the U.S.
Dmitry Trenin, RIAC member, Director, presidential elections
Moscow Carnegie Center quotations from expert forecasts on future
Russian-American relations as affected by the U.S.
ßßRussian-American Relations: Reset
elections: Sergey Lavrov, Igor Ivanov, Sergey Rogov,
Mikhail Troitsky, PhD in Political Science, Assistant
Andrey Kortunov, Pyotr Stegniy, Fyodor Lukyanov,
Professor, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Vyacheslav Nikonov, Ivan Timofeev, Geoffrey Mankoff,
ßßThe Summit that Produced No Decisions Mikhail Troitsky
Vladimir Sudarev, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
European and American Countries’ History and Politics
Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßRussian Technology Diaspora
in the United States
Andrey Korobkov, Professor, Tennessee State University,
United States, RIAC expert
ßßWhat if a Republican Wins
the U.S. Presidential Election?
Ivan Timofeev, PhD in Political Science,
RIAC Program Director
ßßThe Foreign Policy Horizons of Mitt Romney
Mikhail Troitsky, PhD in Political Science,
Assistant Professor, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßSupercarriers – Washington’s Last-Ditch
Argument
Prokhor Tebin, Institute of World Economy
ßßHow to Improve the Russia-U.S. Relationship?
Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation and Geoffrey Mankoff,
CSIS
ßßRussia-United States:
Towards a New Model of Interdependence
Andrey Tsygankov, University of San Francisco,
Professor of International Relations, RIAC expert

RIAC

THE WORLD
IN 100 YEARS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßThe Future Map of Europe ßßWorld Trade in 100 Years’ Time
Sergey Utkin, PhD in Political Science, Head of the Vladislav Zagashvili, Doctor of Economics, Head of the
Political Aspects of European Integration Section, RAS Foreign Economy Policy Section, RAS Institute of World
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Economy and International Relations
RIAC expert
ßßCinematography: Past and Future
ßßSpace Prospects: Agenda for a Hundred Years Stanislav Nikulin, PhD in Philosophy, film critic, RIAC expert
Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, RAS Institute of
ßßAfrica in 100 Years
International Security Problems, RIAC expert
Vasily Filippov, Doctor in History, Lead Researcher, Center for
ßßDiplomacy of the Future Tropical African Studies, RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC expert
Tatiana Zonova, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
ßßEpidemics and Pandemics in 100 Years
Diplomacy Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Col. (retired) Mikhail Supotnitsky, PhD in Microbiology, RIAC expert
ßß What will Democracy be Like in a Hundred Years?
ßßThe Future of Transnational Corporations:
Viktor Sergeev, Doctor of History, Professor,
Trends and Scenarios for Global Politics
Comparative Political Studies Department, MGIMO
Sergei Afontsev, Doctor of Economics, Head of Department,
University, RIAC expert
RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations,
ßßThe Future of the Greater Middle East RIAC expert
Pyotr Stegniy, RIAC member, Ambassador, Doctor of History
ßßMilitary Aviation in 100 Years
ßßThe Future Political Map of East Asia Vassily Lata, Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician,
Evgeny Kanaev, PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Russian Academy of War Sciences, RIAC expert
Studies, Institute of World Economy and International
ßßThe Global Financial System: Waiting for Change
Relations, Lead Research Fellow, RIAC expert
Maxim Bratersky, Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head
ßßThe World’s Languages in a Hundred Years of the World Politics Department, Higher School of Economics,
Pavel Parshin, Lead Researcher, The Center for Global RIAC expert
Problems, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO
ßßThe Cities in 100 Years
University, Professor of Linguistic Semantics, Moscow
Oleg Barabanov, Doctor of Political Science, Head of the EU
State Linguistic University, RIAC expert
Politics Department at MGIMO University, Professor, World
ßßEnergy Revolution: 21st Century – Reset Economics and World Politics Department, Higher School of
Vladimir Likhachev, PhD in Technical Sciences, Deputy Economics, RIAC expert
Director, RAS Energy Research Institute, RIAC expert
ßßNew Infections in the New World
ßßMap of Latin America in the 22nd Century Yegor Voronin, PhD, researcher, Global HIV Vaccine
Evgeny Astakhov, PhD in History, Professor, Enterprise, RIAC expert
MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and
ßßThe ‘Arctic Age’ Ahead?
Plenipotentiary, RIAC expert
Alexander Sergunin, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
ßßSovereignty in the 21st Century St. Petersburg State University, RIAC expert; Valery Konyshev,
Eduard Solovyov, PhD in Political Science, Head of the Doctor of Political Science, Professor, St. Petersburg State University
Theory of Politics Section, Institute of World Economy
ßßThe Newspaper in a Hundred Years’ Time
and International Relations, RAS, RIAC expert
Vyacheslav Sukhnev, Member of the Union of Journalists and
the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia
magazine, RIAC expert

INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
IN THE ARCTIC,
RUSSIA IN THE
POLAR REGION

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßUpgrading the Russian Icebreaker Fleet: ßßThe Devil is not as Black as he is Painted
Acknowledging the Business Environment Andrey Zagorsky, PhD in History, Professor, MGIMO
or Strategic Requirement? University, Head of Department, RAS Institute of World
Pavel Gudev, PhD in History, Scientific Support Center Economy and International Relations, RIAC expert
at the Russian Government Maritime College, Institute
ßßA New Look at Arctic Resources
of World Economy and International Relations, RIAC expert
Sergei Afontsev, Doctor of Economics, Head
ßßTunnel Construction Under the Bering Strait: of Department, RAS Institute of World Economy
A New Super Goal for Russian Policy and International Relations, RIAC expert
in the Asia-Pacific Region?
ßßRussia and Norway in the Arctic
Evgeny Kanaev PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific
Vladimir Koptelov, 1st Class Counselor,
Studies, Institute of World Economy and International
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RIAC expert
ßßU.S. Arctic Strategy
ßßDrill Always, Drill Everywhere…
Alexander Sergunin, Doctor of Political Science,
Valery Chistyakov, Doctor of Technical Sciences,
Professor, St. Petersburg State University;
Professor, St. Petersburg State Mining University,
Valery Konyshev, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
RIAC expert
St. Petersburg State University, RIAC experts
ßßThe Outlook for Foreign Energy Companies
ßßThe Potential of the Northern Sea Route
in the Arctic Region
Dmitry Tulupov, International Relations Department,
Sergei Afontsev, Doctor of Economics, Head
St. Petersburg State University, RIAC expert
of Department, RAS Institute of World Economy
and International Relations, RIAC expert ßßMoscow and Washington in the Arctic
Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, Lead Researcher, RAS
ßßThe Arctic Vector of Chinese Globalization
Institute of International Security Problems, RIAC expert
Vyacheslav Karlusov, Doctor of Economy, Professor,
MGIMO University, Chief Scientific Fellow, RAS Far East ßßCharles Emmerson on Arctic Environmental
Institute, RIAC expert Challenges
Charles Emmerson, Chatham House Senior Research
ßßThe EU and the Arctic: Peering into the Future
Fellow
Sergey Utkin, PhD in Political Science, Head
of the Political Aspects of European Integration Section, ßßInternational Cooperation in the Exploration
RAS Institute of World Economy and International of the Arctic
Relations, RIAC expert Alexei Fadeyev, PhD in Economics, G.P.Luzin Institute
of Economic Issues, Kola Science Center, RAS, RIAC
ßßIndia Goes to the Arctic
expert
Sergey Lunev, Doctor of History, Professor, Oriental
Studies Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert ßßResearch and Innovation in the Arctic
Alexander Pilyasov, Doctor of Geography, Professor
ßßDenmark’s Strategy in Arctic Development
of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern
and Arctic Economies, RIAC expert
ßßSweden’s Arctic Strategy

BALKAN
POLITICS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßFinland’s Strategy in the Arctic Region ßßAlbania and Russia: Rapprochement
Elena Telegina, RAS Corresponding member, Doctor Vladislav Kurbatski, Third Secretary,
of Economics, Professor, Dean, International Energy Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Business Department, Gubkin Russian Oil and Gas State
ßßA Draw in Favor of Nikolić
University; Maria Morgunova, Department of Strategic
Elena Guskova, Doctor of History, Director,
Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian
Center for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan Crisis,
Oil and Gas State University
RAS Institute of Slavic Studies, Academician, Serbian
ßßRussia’s Interests in the Arctic Academy of Arts and Sciences, RIAC expert
Leo Voronkov, PhD in History, Lead Researcher, The
Center for North European and Baltic Studies, Professor,
European Integration Department, MGIMO University
ßßRussia and Iceland: Arctic Attraction
Helena Studneva, observer at International Affairs GENERAL
magazine, RIAC expert SECURITY ISSUES
ßßCanada’s Arctic Strategy
Alexander Sergunin, Doctor of Political Science,
Professor, St. Petersburg State University, RIAC expert;
Valery Konyshev. Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
PUBLICATIONS
ßßInternational Environmental Cooperation in the ON THE RIAC WEBSITE
Arctic Region
Alexei Fadeyev, PhD in Economics, Lead Researcher, ßßChicago Summit Did Not Correct Anything
G.P.Luzin Institute of Economic Issues, Kola Science Sergey Oznobishchev, PhD in History, Department
Center, RAS, RIAC expert Head, Institute of World Economy and International
ßßFinland in the Arctic Relations, Professor, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Igor Titov, Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission ßßReal and Imaginary Missile Defense Threats
to Finland, RIAC expert; Valery Shlamin, Vladimir Batyuk, Doctor of History, Head of the Political
Doctor of Economics, Russian Trade Commissioner and Military Research Center, RAS Institute for U.S.
to Finland, RIAC expert and Canadian Studies, Professor, World Politics
Department, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert
ßßThe Nuclear Agenda and BRICS
Sergei Uyanaev, PhD, Senior Researcher, Russia-China
Center, RAS Far East Institute, RIAC expert
ßßThe Paradoxes of Global Zero
Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, RAS Institute
of International Security Problems, RIAC expert
RIAC

RUSSIA IN THE
ASIA-PACIFIC
REGION, ASIA-
PACIFIC DYNAMICS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßThe Second Century of the Juche Era — ßßAsia-Pacific experts interviewed during
Will Pyongyang Stay Calm? the First Asia-Pacific Forum
Georgy Toloraya, Doctor of Economics, Professor G. Ivashentsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and
of Oriental Studies, Director, Korean Studies Program, Plenipotentiary of Russia, Deputy Director, Russian
RAS Institute of Economics, RIAC expert APEC Study Center; Alexander Novikov, President,
Institute for Humanitarian and Economic Problems
ßßThe Burmese Elephant Awakes
of Food Security; Ambassador Extraordinary and
Georgy Toloraya, Doctor of Economics, Professor
Plenipotentiary Alexander Panov; and Dr Chris
of Oriental Studies, Director, Korean Studies Program,
Tremevan, Secretary General, Association of Pacific Rim
RAS Institute of Economics, RIAC expert
Universities
ßßNorth Korea Enters Tense Orbit
ßßChina: Hunting for Intelligence.
Georgy Toloraya, Doctor of Economics, Professor
A Lesson for Russia.
of Oriental Studies, Director, Korean Studies Program,
Nina Borevskaya, Doctor of History, Chief Researcher,
RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member
ßßOne Year after Fukushima of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International
Dmitry Streltsov, Doctor of History, Head of the Oriental Institute for Educational Planning, RIAC expert
Studies Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßAlexander Panov: Settling the Territorial
ßßThe Asia-Pacific Arms Market Dispute with Japan Requires an Advanced
Sergei Denisentsev, Center for Analysis Relationship.
of Strategies and Technologies, RIAC expert Interview with Ambassador Alexander Panov,
ßßThe New Integration Trio in the Global Chief Researcher, RAS Institute for the United States and
Economy Canadian Studies
Svetlana Suslina, Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute ßßThe United States’ Return to Asia
of Far Eastern Studies, Professor, MGIMO University, Mikhail Mamonov, PhD in Political Science,
RIAC expert Senior Researcher, IFES, RAS
ßßU.S. Military Presence in the Asia-Pacific ßßThe New China in the Asia-Pacific Region
Region Dmitry Mosiakov, Center for South East Asia, Australia
Andrey Sushentsov, PhD in Political Science, and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies
Department of International Issues Applied Analysis,
ßßRussia and the United States in the Asia-
MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Pacific Region: A Possible Partnership
Artem Lukin, PhD in Political Science, Assistant
Professor, International Relations Department, Deputy
Director, The School for Regional and International
Studies, Far Eastern Federal University, RIAC expert
ßßGeorgy Toloraya: North Korea – a Key to the
Asia-Pacific Region
Interview with Georgy Toloraya, Head, Regional Projects
RIAC Department, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Director,
Korean Studies, RAS Economics Institute

MIDDLE EAST
AND AFRICA

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßRussia-South Korea Gas Pipeline: ßßThe Strait of Hormuz:
The Russian Dimension Blockade Plus War or War Plus Blockade
Evgeny Kanaev, PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Vladimir Sazhin, PhD in History, RAS Institute
Studies, Institute of World Economy and International of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert
ßßArab Spring Turkish-Style
ßßTerritorial Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region. Vladimir Avatkov, Middle East Languages Department,
Interview with Alexei Fenenko MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, Lead Researcher, RAS
ßßIranian Regime: Converging Vectors
Institute of International Security Problems, RIAC expert
of Interaction
ßßThe Asia-Pacific Region’s Media Space Alexei Sarabyaev, PhD in History, Research Fellow,
is not a One-Way Street Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, RAS Institute
Dmitry Kosyrev, political observer, RIA Novosti of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert
ßßAndrew Kuchins: Russia Wants to Have ßßThe Role of Mossad in the Solution
a Voice in Asia of Israel’s Foreign Policy Problems
Andrew Kuchins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Vladimir Morozov, PhD in History, Diplomacy
Center for Strategic and International Studies Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßRussian Education in the Asia-Pacific Region. ßßThe Greater Middle East: Latest News
Forgotten Lessons of the USSR, Pyotr Stegniy, Doctor of History, RIAC member,
Helpful U.S. Practices Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Natalie Tsvetkova, PhD in History, Assistant Professor,
ßßNationalism, Islamism … What Colors Will
the Arabs Fly After Their Spring?
ßßWill North Korea Embrace Reform? Georgi Mirsky, Doctor of History, Professor,
Georgy Toloraya, Doctor of Economics, Professor Chief Researcher, RAS Institute of World Economy
of Oriental Studies, Director, Korean Studies Program, and International Relations, RIAC expert
ßßThe Syrian Spring and Ultimate Limits
ßßCharles E. McJilton: of Bashar al-Assad’s Regime
Let’s make Food Available to Anybody in Need Viktor Sergeyev, Doctor of History, Professor,
Charles E. McJilton, CEO and founder Comparative Political Studies Department,
of Second Harvest Japan MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßUN Observers in Syria
Elena Suponina, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Asia
and Middle East Center, Russian Institute for Strategic
Studies, RIAC expert
ßßWho Was Elected by the Egyptian Spring
Alexei Sarabyaev, PhD in History, Research Fellow,
Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, RAS Institute
of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert

ßßMilitary Coup in Mali: ßßThe Coup in Guinea-Bissau
Causes and Consequences Christina Turyinskaya, PhD in History, Senior Researcher,
Vasily Filippov, Doctor in History, Lead Researcher, RAS Institute of African Studies
Center for Tropical African Studies, RAS Institute
ßßIran: Strike or no Strike?
for African Studies, RIAC expert
Pyotr Stegniy, Doctor of History, RIAC member,
ßßAn Iraq Free of Occupation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Georgi Mirsky, Doctor of History, Professor, RIAC member
Chief Researcher, RAS Institute of World Economy
ßßA Dangerous Turn En Route to Democracy
Alexei Sarabyaev, PhD in History, Research Fellow,
ßßA Palestinian State: Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, RAS Institute
What is Behind the Facade? of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert
Alexander Vysotsky, Department of the History
ßßBetween Pragmatism and Idealism
of International Relations and Foreign Policy,
Alexander Shumilin, PhD in Politics, Head of the Center
for the Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, RAS Institute
ßßChina is Conquering Africa for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RIAC expert
Tatiana Deych, PhD in History , RAS Institute for African
ßßJoshua Landis: Assad’s Plan is to Continue
Dividing the Opposition
ßßWhich Way Will the Scales in Syria Swing? Joshua Landis, Director, Center for Middle East Studies,
Elena Suponina, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Asia Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
and Middle East Center, Russian Institute for Strategic
ßßDilemmas of Humanitarian Interventions
Michael Doyle, Harold Brown Professor of International
ßßThe New Libyan State Affairs, Law and Political Science, Columbia University,
Marina Sapronova, Doctor of History, Professor, Chair, UN Democracy Fund, former Assistant Secretary-
Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University, General and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary
RIAC expert General Kofi Annan
ßßThe Second Coming of Colonialism
Vasily Filippov, Doctor in History, Lead Researcher,
Center for Tropical African Studies, RAS Institute
for African Studies, RIAC expert
ßßIndependent Azawad
Eugene Korendyasov, RAS Institute for African Studies,
RIAC expert
ßßMark Katz:
Syria After Assad’s Regime Will Be Messy
Mark Katz, Professor of Government and Politics
at George Mason University, former Soviet Affairs
Analyst, Department of State, Professor of Government
and Politics, George Mason University, Visiting Senior
RIAC
Fellow, Middle East Policy Council

EUROPEAN UNION,
RUSSIA-EU
RELATIONS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßHungary: Reevaluating the Past ßßRussia and the EU:
and Dipping into the Future When will Visas be Abolished?
Lyubov Shishelina, Doctor of History, Ivan Andreev, RIAC expert
Head of the East-European Studies Section,
ßßHungary: The Right Respond
RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC expert
to the European Liberal Crisis
ßßUnification of Germany: Ivan Andreev, RIAC expert
Project Strategies and the Price Paid
ßßProspects for EU Enlargement:
Irina Busygina, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
Temptations and Calculations
Comparative Politics Department, MGIMO University,
Alexander Tevdoy-Burmuli, PhD in Political Science,
RIAC expert
Associate Professor, Chair of European Integration,
ßßRussia and Poland: Together into the Future MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Ivan Andreyev, RIAC expert
ßßGerman Politicians Diverge
ßßRomania at the Turn of the Century: on the Greek Path out of Crisis
Difficult Escape from the Past Maxim Bratersky, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
Alla Yazykova, Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department, Higher School
Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center, of Economics, RIAC expert
RAS Institute of Europe
ßßThe German Issue in the 21st Century
ßßThe Сzech Republic: Multidimensional Aspects Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, Lead Researcher, RAS
(Ella Zadorozhnyuk, PhD in History, Department Institute of International Security Problems, RIAC expert
of Modern History and Socio-Political Issues in Central
ßßVolk auf dem Weg, or Russian Germans
and South-Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute
in Germany
of Slavonic Studies, RIAC expert
Olga Gulina, PhD in Law, PhD from Potsdam University
ßßPost-Socialist Bulgaria:
ßßFrançois Hollande, the New President of France
Two Decades of Transformations
Eugenie Obichkina, Doctor of History, Professor,
Alexander Vasilyev, PhD in History, First Secretary,
International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy
General Secretariat of the Russian Ministry of Foreign
Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Affairs, RIAC expert
ßßRegional Separatist Potential in Spain
ßßSpanish Society and Immigration:
Sergei Henkin, Doctor of History, Professor,
Testing Spain’s Tolerance
Comparative Political Studies Department,
Sergei Henkin, Doctor of History, Professor,
Comparative Political Studies Department,
MGIMO University, RIAC expert ßßAlexei Gromyko: The Euro-zone Will Survive
Unscathed
ßßThe Euro Project – a Political Choice
Interview with Alexei Gromyko, Deputy Director,
Maxim Bratersky, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
RAS Institute of Europe, Head of the Centre
Head of the World Politics Department, Higher School
for British Studies, RIAC member
of Economics, RIAC expert
ßßHead-hunting on the European Continent
Olga Gulina, PhD in Law, PhD from Potsdam University

INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßSlawomir Dembsky: ßßDavos’ Results: Looking for New Models
The Strategic Objective is Investment in Youth Yuri Rubinsky, Doctor of History, Professor,
Slawomir Dembsky, Director, Center for Polish-Russian Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert
Dialogue and Reconciliation
ßßSummit in New Delhi
ßßThe Eurozone — Innovation Experiment Victoria Panova, PhD in History, MGIMO University,
in Progress Regional Director for Russia, G8/G20/BRICS Research
Vladislav Belov, PhD in Economics, Head of the Country Group, University of Toronto
and Regional Research Department, Head
ßßG8 Summit: Suspense
of the German Research Center, RAS Institute
Maxim Bratersky, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
for Europe, RIAC expert
Head of the World Politics Department,
ßßOperation Welfare State Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert
Tatiana Sidorina, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
ßßThe G20 Summit in Los Cabos
Svetoslav Stoyanov, Expert on Development
ßßThe European Union as an International Actor Assistance, RIAC expert
Olga Potyomkina, Candidate of Historical Science,
ßßMexican Presidency of the G20
Head of the Regional Research Department,
Lourdes Aranda, Ambassador, Undersecretary
RAS Institute for Europe, RIAC expert
of Foreign Affairs of Mexico,
Mexican Sherpa to the G20
ßßHumanitarian Intervention
in the Geopolitical Context
Pyotr Iskenderov, PhD in History, Senior Research
Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies, RAS, RIAC expert
SPACE
ßßHeidi Tworek: We Want to Encourage
Interest in the History of the United Nations
Heidi J. S. Tworek, Lecturer on History and Assistant
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard University,
UN History Project Coordinator
ßßInternational Development Assistance
PUBLICATIONS in the New Economic Environment
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE Svetoslav Stoyanov, Expert on Development
Assistance, RIAC expert
ßßSpace Prospects.
Interview with Alexei Fenenko
Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, Lead Researcher,
RAS Institute of International Security Problems,
RIAC expert

SOCIETY AND
CULTURE

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßMigration and Cinema: Useless Reflection ßßEast European Cinema: Winds of Change
Stanislav Nikulin, PhD in Philosophy, film critic, Stanislav Nikulin, PhD in Philosophy, film critic,
RIAC expert RIAC expert
ßßWinter School Review: ßßThe Effect of Modern Media Technologies
Migration in the Globalized World and the WikiLeaks Phenomenon
Aidar Mullayanov, Institute of Oriental Studies in World Politics
and International Relations at Kazan Federal University, Marina Lebedeva, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
RIAC expert Head of the Global Political Processes Department
at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßWinter School Review:
Migration in the Global World ßßThe Language of Sport is as Universal
Mary Apanovich, MGIMO University, RIAC expert as the Language of Music
Tatiana Zonova, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
ßßWinter School Review:
Diplomacy Department at MGIMO University,
Migration in the Global World
RIAC expert
Natalie Bolshova, PhD in Political Science,
EU and CE Policy Department, Institute of European ßßPublic Diplomacy and its Actors
Studies, MGIMO University, RIAC expert Tatiana Zonova, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
Diplomacy Department at MGIMO University,
ßßPrescribed by Inozemtsev:
RIAC expert
a Winter School Address
Vyacheslav Inozemtsev, Doctor of Economics, ßßWhat is Public Diplomacy,
RIAC member, Scientific Director, and Why Russia Needs It?
Center for Post-Industrial Studies, Alexei Dolinsky, PhD in Pedagogic Science,
Editor-in-Chief of Svobodnaya Mysl magazine Moscow Lomonosov University, RIAC expert
ßßThe War of the Worlds: Movies against Reality ßßDigital Diplomacy:
Stanislav Nikulin, PhD in Philosophy, film critic, Areas of Work, Risks and Tools
RIAC expert Larisa Permyakova, PhD in Political Science,
Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Ministry
ßßIslamic Factor in Russian Migration Policy
of Foreign Affairs, RIAC expert
Alexei Starostin, PhD in History, Theology Department,
Urals State Mining University, RIAC expert
ßßGerman NGOs to Help Migrants
Natalie Bolshova, PhD in Political Science,
EU and CE policy Department, Institute
of European Studies, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßInterview with Fyodor Lukyanov:
New Media and the Expert Community
Fyodor Lukyanov, RIAC member Editor-in-Chief, Russia
in Global Politics magazine
RIAC

POST-SOVIET
STATES

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßMother Country Without a Critical Mass ßßRussia and Latvia:
Andrey Okara, PhD in Law, Political Scientist, Twenty Years Apart, What Next?
RIAC expert Vladislav Vorotnikov, North European and Baltic Studies
Center at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßUzbekistan: Twenty Years of Independence
Oleg Popadiuk, PhD in Law, MGIMO University, ßßTwenty Years of Russian-Lithuanian Dialogue:
RIAC expert Results and Outlook
Vladislav Vorotnikov, North European and Baltic Studies
ßßAzerbaijan and Russia:
Center at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
The Present and the Future
Stanislav Chernyavsky, Director, The Center ßßMoldova May Integrate Into Europe,
for Post-Soviet Studies at MGIMO University, Should Russia Let it Go?
2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Octavian Milevsky, Political Scientist, RIAC expert
Doctor of History, RIAC expert
ßßThe 20th Anniversary of a Sovereign Moldova
ßßArmenia without the Union: Lyudmila Fokina, RAS Institute of Economics,
A Twenty-Year Long Journey RIAC expert
Vadim Mukhanov, PhD in History, Issues
ßßRussian Policy in the Post-Soviet Space:
in the Caucasus and Regional Security Center
Cycles and Labyrinths
at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Irina Bolgova, PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies
ßßRussia and Belarus – Doomed to be Together Center at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Kirill Koktysh, PhD in Political Science, Political Theory
ßßTajikistan: Results of the Parade
Department at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
of Sovereignties
ßßWhat Happened to Georgia? Leonid Blyakher, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Nikolai Silaev, PhD in History, Issues of the Caucasus Philosophy Department at Pacific State University
and Regional Security Center at MGIMO University,
ßßTurkmen-Russian Relations
RIAC expert
in the Post-Soviet Era
ßßRussia and Kazakhstan: Andrei Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science,
Twenty Years of Sovereign Cooperation Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University,
Vyacheslav Dolgov, Professor, Diplomacy Department RIAC expert
at MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and
ßßRussia and the CIS Countries:
Plenipotentiary, RIAC expert
Relations Mature
ßßRelations Between Independent Kyrgyzstan Dmitry Trenin, RIAC Member, Director,
and Russia: Present and Future Carnegie Moscow Center
Andrei Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science,
ßßA Diplomatic Crisis
Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University,
Andrey Suzdaltsev, Deputy Dean, Faculty
RIAC expert
of World Economy and International Affairs,

ßßChallenges of Eurasian Integration ßßThe Baltic States’ Role
Andrei Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science, in Russia-NATO Relations
Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University, Vadim Voinikov, PhD in Law, Assistant Professor,
RIAC expert Chair of International and European Law,
Deputy Director, Baltic Studies Institute,
ßßRussia’s Soft Power in the Baltic
Immanuel Kant Federal Baltic University, RIAC expert
Vadim Smirnov, Director, Baltic Studies Institute,
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC expert ßßLithuanian Elections: Any Changes
Expected on the “Eastern Front”?
ßßSecond Chance for the CSTO
Leonid Karabeshkin, PhD in Political Science, Research
Yulia Nikitina, PhD (Political Science), MGIMO University
Centre for International and Regional Politics
Post-Soviet Studies Center, RIAC expert
(St. Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy
ßßDon’t Mess with Success (Tallinn), Professor, RIAC expert
Yuri Zverev, PhD in Geography, Deputy Pro-Rector
ßßRussia and Georgia: Prospects for Detente
for Research, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University,
Nikita Mendkovich, Expert,
RIAC expert
Center for Modern Afghanistan Studies, RIAC expert
ßßFuture Transportation and Logistical Ties
between Russia and the Baltic
Ivan Gumenyuk, PhD in Geography, Socio-Economic
Geography and Geopolitics Department, Immanuel Kant
Baltic Federal University, RIAC expert
ßßThe Eurasian Union and Migration
Olga Troitskaya, PhD in Political Science, Specialist
in Migration and Conflict Resolution, RIAC expert
ßßWould a Eurasian Economic Union Replace
the Union State?
Andrei Suzdaltsev, Deputy Dean, Faculty of World
Economy and International Affairs,
ßßSocial and Cultural Conditions
of Eurasian Integration
Rustam Ganiev, PhD, Assistant Professor of Russian
History, Urals Federal University, RIAC expert
ßßOralmans: Ethnically Relative
but Socially Foreign
Igor Savin, PhD in History, RAS Institute
of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert

RIAC

EDUCATION
AND SCIENCE

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßRussia in the Global Web: ßßInterviews with John Ishiyama and Steven
Digital Diplomacy and New Opportunities Forde, editors, American Political Science
in Science and Education Review
Helena Zinovyeva, PhD in Political Science, Political
ßßViktor Koksharov: Universities
Processes Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert
Must Be Prioritized to Reach
ßßThe Republic of Poland: Supporting the International Level
the Export of Educational Services Interview with Viktor Koksharov, Rector,
Igor Zhukovsky and Vladimir Balobayev, Center Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University
for Polish Studies, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal
ßßInterview with the winners
University, RIAC experts
of the Global Prospects 2011 contest
ßßAn Anthology of Russian Foreign Policy: interview with Olga Kulkova, Sergey Ivanov
The First Decade of the 21st Century and Oleg Shakirov, winners of the 2011 contest
Vagif Gusseinov, Director, Institute for Strategic for best research papers by young international
Assessments and Analysis, RIAC expert studies scholars
ßßTrailing in World Ratings ßßNot Science but Political Journalism
Igor Baranov, PhD in Economics, interview with Andrey Korobkov, Professor,
School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, Tennessee State University, United States
RIAC expert
ßßMobile Apps for International Studies
Dmitry Amelin, IT specialist, RIAC expert
ßßAn Impalpable Presence
Irina Busygina, Doctor of Political Science, Professor,
Comparative Politics Department, MGIMO University,
RIAC expert
ßßAlexander Lennon: Accepted Articles Should
be Prescriptive and Make an Argument
Interview with Alexander Lennon, Editor-in-Chief, The
Washington Quarterly, Center for Strategic
and International Studies
ßßPublish or Perish?
Igor Baranov, PhD in Economics, School
of Management, St. Petersburg State University,
RIAC expert
ßßPublish or Perish? Not Exactly
Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics,
George Mason University, RIAC expert
RIAC

CENTRAL
ND SOUTH
ASIA

PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßElections in Kazakhstan: ßßThe Irtysh River in the Hydropower Policy
A Projection for Central Asia of Russia, Kazakhstan and China
Alexei Vlasov, PhD in History, Deputy Dean, History Ksenia Muratshina, Urals Federal University, RIAC expert
Department, Moscow State University, RIAC expert
ßßNATO’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan:
ßßAmerican Drones in Pakistan’s Borderlands Problems and Risks
Nikita Mendkovich, Expert, Center for Modern Victor Korgun, Doctor of History,
Afghanistan Studies, RIAC expert Head of the Afghanistan Section, RAS Institute
ßßIntermediate Outcomes of the Afghan Conflict of Oriental Studies, Professor, RIAC expert
Andrey Sushentsov, PhD in Political Science, ßßWater, Water Everywhere
Department for the Applied Analysis of International Albert Zulkharneev, Coordinator of the Security in Central
Issues at MGIMO University, RIAC expert Asia and Russia Project, Director, PIR Center Education
ßßRussia’s Military Base in Tajikistan is Chiefly Program, RIAC expert
Needed to Ensure Tajikistan’s Security ßßObama’s Central Asian Strategy
Andrei Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science, Alexei Fenenko, PhD in History, Lead Researcher,
Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University, RAS Institute of International Security Problems,
RIAC expert RIAC expert
ßßThe Energy Industry in Central Asia — ßßIs an Alliance between the Taliban
Challenges and Prospects and Iran Possible?
Igor Tomberg, Doctor of Economics, Director, Nikita Mendkovich, Expert, Center for Modern
Center for Energy and Transport, Afghanistan Studies, RIAC expert
RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert
ßßThe Search for Turkey’s New Identity and
ßßTerrorism Threatens Regional Stability Foreign Policy
Natalya Zamaraeva, PhD in History, Senior Researcher, Victor Nadein-Raevsky, PhD in Philosophy, Institute
RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert of World Economy and International Relations,
ßßAfghan Transit and Russia’s Interests Russian Academy of Science, RIAC expert
Nikita Mendkovich, Expert, Center for Modern ßßMikhail Titarenko: Xí Jìnpíng — Likely
Afghanistan Studies, RIAC expert Secretary General of Chinese Communist Party
ßßProspects for Energy Cooperation interview with Mikhail Titarenko, Director, RAS Institute
in Central Asia of the Far East, RAS Full Member, RIAC member
Victor Korgun, Doctor of History, ßßFrom Impoverished Bharat to Great India
Head of the Afghanistan Sector, RAS Institute Sergey Lunev, Doctor of History, Professor, Oriental
of Oriental Studies, Professor, RIAC expert Studies Department at MGIMO University, RIAC expert
ßßRussia and the West: Different Views
on Afghanistan after 2014
Andrei Kazantsev, Doctor of Political Science,
Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University,
RIAC expert

FUEL TECHNOLOGY
AND ENERGY
SECTOR

PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS
ON THE RIAC WEBSITE ON THE RIAC WEBSITE

ßßThe Future of the International Nuclear ßßIvan Timofeev (IQ ONE):
Energy Industry IT Becoming Russia’s Brand
Ildar Akhtamzyan, PhD in History, Assistant Professor, Interview with Ivan Timofeev, Director General of IQ One,
MGIMO University, RIAC expert RIAC corporate member
ßßChina’s Energy Strategy ßßHidden Threats from Foreign Software
Adolf Mahin, PhD, Chief Expert, Executive Committee Anatoly Malyuk, PhD, Head of the Cybernetics
for the CIS Electric Power Council and Information Security Department, Moscow
Engineering Physics Institute National Research
ßßTrevor Findlay on Reform of the IAEA
Nuclear University, RIAC expert
Trevor Findlay, Professor, Australian diplomat,
UN Delegate and Center for International Governance
Innovation Senior Fellow
ßßWhat Shale Gas Brings to Russia
Alexei Mastepanov, Doctor of Economics,
full member of the Russian Academy of Natural
Sciences, Deputy Director of RAS Institute for Deep Oil
and Gas Deposits, member of the Board of Directors,
Institute for Energy Strategy, RIAC expert

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