Russian International Affairs Council
CONTENTS
/01 GENERAL INFORMATION 4
/02 RIAC PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 16
/03 RIAC IN THE MEDIA 58
/04 RIAC WEBSITE 60
/05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 62
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The General Meeting of RIAC members is the The main task of the RIAC Scientific Council is to ABOUT THE COUNCIL supreme governing body of the Partnership. The formulate sound recommendations for strategic key function of the General Meeting is to ensure decisions in RIAC expert, research, and publishing The non-profit partnership Russian compliance with the goals of the Partnership. The activities. General Meeting includes 160 members of the International Affairs Council (NP RIAC) is Council. The Vice-Presidency was introduced to achieve 01 the goals of the Partnership in cooperation with a Russian membership-based non-profit The RIAC Board of Trustees is a supervisory body government bodies and local authorities of the organization. The partnership was established of the Partnership that monitors the activities of Russian Federation and foreign states, the Partnership and their compliance with the international organizations, and Russian and by the resolution of its founders pursuant statutory goals. foreign legal entities. The candidate for Vice- President is approved by the RIAC Presidium for a to Decree No. 59-rp of the President of the The Presidium of the Partnership is a permanent one-year term. Russian Federation “On the Establishment collegial governing body of the Partnership that consists of not less than five and no more than RIAC Corporate Members of the Non-Profit Partnership Russian fifteen members, including the President and According to the Charter, legal citizens of the the Director General of the Partnership, who Russian Federation or entities established in International Affairs Council” dated February 2, have a vote in the decision-making process. The accordance with Russian legislation that support 2010. President of the Partnership chairs the work of the the Council’s aims may become its members. The Presidium. The members of the Presidium have a Council now has 11 Corporate Members and 11 renewable four-year term of office. Universities. RIAC MISSION
THE RIAC MISSION FOUNDERS RIAC MANAGEMENT IS TO FACILITATE RUSSIA’S PROSPERITY Sergey Lavrov Igor Ivanov Andrey Kortunov THROUGH Minister of Foreign Affairs of the President of the Russian Director General of the Russian Russian Federation, Chairman of International Affairs Council International Affairs Council INTEGRATION Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Education and Science Board of Trustees of RIAC INTO THE GLOBAL Russian Federation of the Russian Federation COMMUNITY. mid.ru mon.gov.ru Aleksandr Aksenenok Evgeny Buzhinsky Aleksandr Dzasokhov Ambassador Extraordinary and Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant- Deputy Chairman, Commission of RIAC SERVES AS A Plenipotentiary of the Russian General (retired), Vice-President the Russian Federation for UNESCO, LINK BETWEEN THE Federation, Vice-President of the of the Russian International Affairs Vice-President of the Russian Russian International Affairs Council Council International Affairs Council STATE, THE EXPERT Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Union of Industrialists and COMMUNITY, ras.ru Entrepreneurs BUSINESS, AND rspp.ru Gleb Ivashentsov Mikhail Margelov Vyacheslav Trubnikov CIVIL SOCIETY TO Ambassador Extraordinary and Vice President of PJSC Transneft, Member of the Board of Directors PROVIDE SOLUTIONS Plenipotentiary of the Russian Vice-President of the Russian of the Institute of World Economy Federation, Vice-President of International Affairs Council and International Relations of TO FOREIGN POLICY Interfax International Information the Russian International Affairs the Russian Academy of Sciences ISSUES. Group Council (IMEMO RAS), Army General, interfax.ru Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Vice-President of the 4 Russian International Affairs Council 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 01 | ABOUT RIAC RIAC MEMBERS
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RIAC MEMBERS
A 01 Eugene Abov 14 Yury Baturin 27 Evgeny Chuprunov 41 Andrey Fursenko Deputy Director General of Federal State Budgetary Chief Research Fellow at the Russian Academy of Rector of the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Institution Rossiyskaya Gazeta Sciences Vavilov Institute for the History of Science Novgorod and Technology, Corresponding Member of the G 42 Eduard Galazhinsky 02 Anatoly Adamishin Russian Academy of Sciences 28 Vladimir Chkhikvadze Rector of Federal State Autonomous Educational Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Institution for Higher Education National Research Organization “Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation,” 15 Aleksandr Belonogov Russian Federation Tomsk State University Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Russian Federation D 29 Vladimir Davydov 43 Filaret Galchev Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eurocement 03 Dmitry Afanasiev 16 Aleksandr Berdnikov of Latin American Studies Group Holdings Chairman of the Partners Committee of the Egorov First Deputy Director General of PJSC ROSSETI (2013– Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Law Firm 2018) 30 Oleg Demchenko 44 Valery Garbuzov First Vice-President and Chief Designer of PJSC Irkut Director of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies 04 Sergey Afontsev 17 Aleksandr Bessmertnykh Corporation, Director General and Designer General of of the Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of President of the International Foreign Policy the OJSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau Sciences, Head of Department at the Institute of World Association, Chairman of the Global Council of 45 Evgeny Gavrilenkov Economy and International Relations of the Russian Former Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the 31 Andrey Denisov Partner at Matrix Capital, Professor at the National Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS) Alumni Association of the Moscow State Institute of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Research University Higher School of Economics International Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Russian Federation to the People’s Republic of China 05 Aleksandr Aksenenok Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 46 Herman Gref Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 32 Vladimir Dmitryev Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Executive Russian Federation 18 Viktor Blazheyev Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Sberbank of Russia Rector of Kutafin Moscow State Law University Industry of the Russian Federation, Co-Chair of the 06 Vagit Alekperov Russian–Italian Civil Society Dialogue Forum 47 Vladimir Grigoryev President of PJSC “LUKOIL” 19 Mikhail Bogdanov Deputy Director of the Federal Agency for Press and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian 33 Leonid Drachevsky Mass Media 07 Anatoly Aleksandrov Federation, Special Presidential Representative for the Executive Director of the Aleksandr Gorchakov Public Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Middle East and Africa Diplomacy Fund, Ambassador Extraordinary and 48 Ruslan Grinberg Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Academic Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences 08 Olga Alekseeva 20 Nikolay Bordyuzha Institute of Economics, Corresponding Member of the Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta.ru Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 34 Sergey Dubinin Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Federation Member of the Supervisory Council, Chairman of the
09 Anatoly Antonov Remuneration and HR Committee at PJSC VTB Bank 49 Aleksey Gromyko Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 21 Sergey Borisov Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Russian Federation to the United States of America Chairman of the Board of Trustees of All-Russian Non- 35 Aleksandr Dynkin Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Governmental Organization of Small and Medium President of the Institute of World Economy and Russian Academy of Sciences Business OPORA RUSSIA, Vice President for Small 10 Aleksey Arbatov International Relations of the Russian Academy of Head of the Center for International Security at the Business Development at Sberbank of Russia Sciences (IMEMO RAS), Full Member of the Russian 50 Aleksandr Grushko Institute of World Economy and International Relations Academy of Sciences Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), Full 22 Sergey Brilev Federation Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Deputy Director of the Rossiya TV Channel, Manager 36 Aleksandr Dzasokhov and Presenter of News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian 51 Mikhail Gusman 11 Aleksandr Avdeev Federation for UNESCO First Deputy Director General TASS Information Agency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 23 Evgeny Buzhinsky E Russian Federation to the Holy See and Representative Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired) 37 Aleksey Egorov I 52 Vitaly Ignatenko of the Russian Federation to the Sovereign Military Senior Vice-President, Communications and President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Order of Malta C 24 Artur Chilingarov Government Relations PAO Severstal Foundation) State Duma Deputy, President of the “Association of F 12 Pyotr Aven Polar Explorers” Interregional Public Organization 38 Mikhail Fedotov 53 Vladislav Inozemtsev Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABH Holdings S.A., Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Founder and Director of the Center for Post-Industrial Member of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank (Russia) 25 Vladimir Chizhov Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Society Studies Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and Human Rights B 13 Vladimir Baranovsky to the European Union 54 Sergey Ivanets Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at 39 Vladimir Filippov Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012– the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the 26 Aleksandr Chubaryan Rector of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia 2016) Board of Directors of the Institute of World Economy Academic Director of the Institute of General History 8 and International Relations of the Russian Academy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of 40 Vladislav Fronin 9 of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), Full Member of the Russian the Russian Academy of Sciences Editor-in-Chief of Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily Academy of Sciences Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
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55 Igor Ivanov 68 Andrey Klemeshev 83 Yaroslav Kuzminov 97 Andrey Meshkov President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Rector of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Rector of the National Research University Higher Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International School of Economics Russian Federation to France and the Principality of Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign 69 Andrey Klepach Monaco Affairs of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of 84 Aleksey Kuzmichev Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vnesheconombank Member of the Supervisory Board of the Alfa Group 98 Dmitry Mezentsev Consortium Chairman of the Federation Council Committee
56 Gleb Ivashentsov 70 Andrey Kokoshin on Economic Policy of the Federal Assembly of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dean of the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov L 85 Sergey Lavrov Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russia–China Russian Federation Moscow State University Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Friendship Association, Deputy Chairman of the Chairman of RIAC Board of Trustees Center for Strategic Research Foundation, Ambassador K Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian 57 Pavel Kadochnikov 71 Viktor Koksharov Federation President of the Centre for Strategic Research Rector of the Ural Federal University named after the 86 Sergey Lebedev Foundation First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS, Ambassador Extraordinary and 99 Svetlana Mironyuk Head of Marketing and Business Development at 58 Sergey Karaganov 72 Andrey Kolosovsky Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation PricewaterhouseCoopers Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the International Affairs at the National Research Russian Federation 87 Dmitry Livanov University Higher School of Economics, Chairman of Special Presidential Representative for Trade and 100 Evgenia Mikhailova the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defence Rector of North-Eastern Federal University 73 Mikhail Komissar Economic Relations with Ukraine (2016–2018) Policy Chairman of the Board and CEO of Interfax Information Services Group 88 Vladimir Lukin 101 Andrey Molchanov 59 Grigory Karasin Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC LSR Group State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of 74 Mikhail Konarovsky on International Affairs, President of the Russian the Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Paralympic Committee 102 Igor Morgulov Russian Federation Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian 60 Ulvi Kasimov 89 Fyodor Lukyanov Federation Sole founder of UKCI Russia 75 Valentin Korabelnikov Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Army General Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign 103 Igor Morozov 61 Sergey Katyrin and Defence Policy Senator, Member of the Federation Council Committee Chairman of the Management Board, President of the for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Assembly of the 76 Andrey Kortunov Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Director General of the Russian International Affairs 90 Sergey Luzyanin Federation Council Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences 104 Farit Mukhametshin 62 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Vladimir Kazimirov 77 Konstantin Kosachev M Russian Federation, Member of the Federation Council Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on 91 Ziyavudin Magomedov of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation Foreign Affairs of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Chairman of the Board of Directors of Summa Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Federation Group 63 Irina Khaleeva Committee on Foreign Affairs Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Member of 92 Artem Malgin 78 Mikhail Kovalchuk N the Russian Academy of Education President of National Research Centre Kurchatov Vice-Rector for General Affairs at the Moscow State 105 Vitaly Naumkin President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Institute, Corresponding Member of the Russian Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Russian Academy of Sciences 64 Anton Khlopkov Academy of Sciences Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, Editor-in-Chief of Yaderny Club magazine, Member of 93 106 Aleksandr Nekipelov 79 Eugeny Kozhokin Georgy Mamedov Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Scientific Council of the Security Council of the Russian Vice-Rector for Research at the Moscow State Institute Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Full Member of Federation of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry Russian Federation the Russian Academy of Sciences of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 65 Aleksandr Khlunov 94 Mikhail Margelov Director General of the Russian Science Foundation 107 Vyacheslav Nikonov 80 Nikolay Kropachev Vice President of PJSC Transneft Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University Chairman of the Management Board of the Russkiy 66 Viktor Khristenko 95 Vladimir Mau EAEU Business Council President Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Mir Foundation, Dean of the Faculty of Public 81 Elena Kudryashova Administration at Lomonosov Moscow State University Rector of Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal Economy and Public Administration 67 Sergey Kislyak University O 108 Member of the Federation Council of the Federal 96 Andrey Melville Armen Oganesyan Assembly of the Russian Federation Editor-in-Chief of International Affairs Magazine 82 Anatoly Kulikov Dean of Social Sciences Faculty at the National 10 Army General Research University Higher School of Economics, Professor 109 Yury Osipov 11 Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
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110 Aleksey Ostrovsky 122 Sergey Razov 136 Valentin Sobolev Army General, Ambassador Extraordinary and Governor of the Smolensk Region Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Colonel General Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Russian Federation to the Italian Republic and the P 111 Aleksandr Panov Republic of San Marino 137 Nikolay Spassky U 149 Yury Ushakov Head of Department of Diplomacy at the Moscow Deputy Director General and Director of the Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 123 Sergey Rogov International Relations Department of Rosatom Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Academic Director of the Institute for U.S. and State Corporation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Russian Federation Federation, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation V for U.S. and Canadian Studies of the Russian Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences 150 Evgeny Vaganov Academy of Sciences, Ambassador Extraordinary and 138 Pyotr Stegniy Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, Full Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation 124 Sergey Ryabkov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Russian Federation 112 Dmitry Peskov Federation 151 Aleksey Vasilyev Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive Office, Press 139 Sergey Stepashin Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation S 125 Viktor Sadovnichy Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vice- President of the Russian Association for International the Russian Academy of Sciences 113 Efim Pivovar President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Cooperation President of Russian State University for the Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences 152 Evgeny Vinokurov Humanities, Corresponding Member of the Russian T 140 Valentina Tereshkova Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director Academy of Sciences 126 Sergey Sanakoev State Duma Deputy of the Federal Assembly of the of the Center for Integration Studies at the Eurasian President of the Asia–Pacific Research Center Russian Federation, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Development Bank 114 Yury Pivovarov Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self- Academic Director of the Institute of Scientific 127 Andrey Sakharov Government, cosmonaut 153 Fyodor Voytolovsky Information in Humanities of the Russian Academy Counsellor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian of Sciences, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of 141 Ivan Timofeev Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. (Politics), Director of the Sciences Sciences Director of Programs at the Russian International Institute of World Economy and International Relations Affairs Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS) 115 Sergey Plekhanov 128 Andrey Sharonov Y Chairman of the Committee for International Ties of President of the Moscow School of Management 142 Valery Tishkov 154 David Yakobashvili the Moscow Branch of the Russian Writers’ Union SKOLKOVO Academic Director at the Miklukho-Maklay Institute of President of the Russian-American Council for Business Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy Cooperation
116 Ivan Polyakov 129 Yuri Shafranik of Sciences Director General of Interstate Corporation for Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of 155 Igor Yurgens Development International Group Soyuzneftegaz 143 Boris Titov President of the All-Russian Insurance Association, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs 117 Veniamin Popov 130 Mikhail Shvydkoy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Special Presidential Representative of the Russian 144 Vladimir Titov the Russian Federation, Director of the Center for Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Partnership of Civilizations at the Moscow State Ambassador-at-Large Federation Z 156 Andrey Zagorsky Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Director of the Department for Disarmament and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Conflict Resolution of the Institute of World Economy 131 Aleksandr Shokhin 145 Anatoly Torkunov President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International and International Relations of the Russian Academy of 118 Sergey Prikhodko Entrepreneurs Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Sciences (IMEMO RAS) First Deputy Head of Russian Federation Government Affairs of the Russian Federation, Full Member of Staff 157 Pavel Zenkovich 132 Dmitry Shugaev the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ambassador Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian State Secretary — Deputy Minister of Education and 119 Ruslan Pukhov Cooperation Federation Science of the Russian Federation Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies 146 158 Vitaly Zhurkin 133 Margarita Simonyan Aleksandr Torshin Editor-in-Chief of the Russia Today TV channel, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Director Emeritus of the Institute of Europe of the 120 Aleksey Pushkov Editor-in-Chief of the Rossiya Segodnya International Federation Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Member of the Federation Council Committee on Information Agency Russian Academy of Sciences Defence and Security of the Federal Assembly of the 147 Dmitry Trenin Russian Federation 159 Yury Zubakov 134 Nikolay Skvortsov Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center R Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at St. Petersburg State Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 121 Grigory Rapota University, Professor 148 Vyacheslav Trubnikov Russian Federation State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute Belarus 12 135 Leonid Slutsky of World Economy and International Relations of Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), As of November 1, 2018. 13 International Affairs Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
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CORPORATIONS UNIVERSITIES
Moscow State University of Lobachevsky State University of Imanuel Kant Baltic Federal PАО Severstal International Relations (MGIMO) Nizhny Novgorod ALFA GROUP CONSORTIUM PJSC Irkut Corporation University www.severstal.ru under the Ministry of Foreign www.unn.ru www.alfagroup.ru www.irkut.com www.kantiana.ru Affairs of the Russian Federation www.mgimo.ru
Federal Grid Company PJSC Transneft North-Eastern Federal University EUROCEMENT Group of Unified Energy System Saint Petersburg State University www.transneft.ru Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Yakutsk www.eurocement.ru www.fsk-ees.ru www.spbu.ru www.narfu.ru www.s-vfu.ru
A.S. Popov Omsk Production PJSC ROSSETI Association Ural Federal University named Tomsk State University Siberian Federal University PJSC LUKOIL www.rosseti.ru www.relero.ru after the First President of Russia www.tsu.ru www.lukoil.ru www.sfu-kras.ru B. N. Yeltsin www.urfu.ru UKCI Russia
Moscow State Linguistic University www.linguanet.ru Russian Technologies State Russian State University for the Corporation Humanities www.rostec.ru www.rggu.com
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RIAC PROGRAM 02 ACTIVITIES
The program activities of the non-profit partnership Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) are aimed at supporting practical research in the area of world politics and international relations in order to implement Russia's foreign policy interests and form mechanisms for their promotion.
Over the seven years of its work, RIAC has built up a Republic of Turkey, the European Union Delegation regularly broadcasts webinars – open seminars In October 2018, the International School of significant portfolio of bilateral, regional, functional, of the Russian Federation, the Royal United with the participation of international relations Eurasian Integration held the “Eurasian Economic educational and information projects that cover the Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies experts. Union: Shaping the Outline of the Future” seminar majority of the foreign policy issues facing Russia. (RUSI, United Kingdom), the Chinese Academy of in Moscow. The school was organized by the RIAC held over 150 events in 2018, with the Social Sciences (CASS), the Indian Council of World Russian International Affairs Council, the Aleksandr participation of experts from Asia, Europe, the Middle Affairs (ICWA), Gateway House Indian Council on The Nationwide Contest for Young Foreign Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Eurasian East and the United States. Among the largest and Global Relations and the International Centre on Affairs Journalists reached new heights Economic Commission (EEC) and the Eurasian most significant expert meetings organized by Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN, Georgia). Development Bank (EDB). The school’s jam-packed the Council this year were the fourth international The RIAC website is demonstrating significant this year, with the sixth edition of the educational program included meetings with conference “Russia and China: Cooperation in a New growth. Thanks to the updated design and the competition attracting a record number departments and organizations involved in the Era”; the fourth international conference “Migration variety of ways in which the site can be accessed, of entrants. A total of 228 papers were process of Eurasian economic integration. and International Law”; the third international traffic increased by 50 per cent compared to 2017, received, 169 of which were accepted for In 2018, a total of 67 students from universities conference “Russia and Turkey: Strategic Directions with more than 3 million people visiting the site consideration. The growing popularity of and higher education institutions in Russia of Multidimensional Partnership”; the conference over the course of the year. Foreign internet users and other countries (the United States and “International and Social Consequences of Using make up over 40 per cent of the total number of the contest demonstrates that, in the seven Germany) interned at the Russian International Artificial Intelligence Technologies”; the second visitors to the site. The number of younger people years since it was established, it has become Affairs Council with RIAC program managers and international conference on Russia–India relations; interested in reading RIAC’s expert publications one of the leading tools for discovering new coordinators acting as mentors for the interns. and seminars on EU–Russia and the prospects for the has also increased, with 50 per cent of visitors to talent in the field of international journalism. It is worth noting that the Russian interns came post-conflict reconstruction of the Middle East. the site aged 30 or under. from universities across the country. As part of the RIAC pays considerable attention to the In 2018, RIAC opened cooperation with the program, students have the opportunity to get production of video content. Almost all public School of Future International Relations Experts involved in the Council’s project activities in areas RIAC’s project activities in 2018 resulted in events organized by the Council are broadcast at the National Research University Higher School that are of interest to them. the publication of 38 reports, papers, policy online on the RIAC website. These broadcasts of Economics. Together, they have launched a briefs and other printed materials on a wide have become the standard method of providing joint educational program for students of the informational support to RIAC’s activities. range of international issues, including the 10th and 11th grades. The students taking part In 2018, RIAC continued its awareness building in the program attend lectures on the specifics anthology “The Sanctions Policy: Goals, activities on various issues in international relations. of being a journalist from past winners of the Strategies, Instruments.” For the second year in a row, RIAC organized Urbi Contest for Young Foreign Affairs Journalists and et Orbi city breakfasts in conjunction with the representatives of leading Russian publishers. One of the traditional strengths of RIAC’s Dostoevsky Library. These are expert meetings RIAC also continued its educational work publishing program is the publication of joint aimed at fostering a broad public discussion of this year. The Digital Internationalization of reports and policy briefs with our foreign partners. pressing issues in Russian foreign policy and Universities program resulted in the creation of a The Council produced eight such documents global development. In addition to this, the State rating system for the websites and social media in 2018. Partner organizations include Fudan Central Museum of Contemporary History of accounts of Russian universities. RIAC has also University (China), the Center for Strategic Russia hosted monthly lectures on international developed a program to promote the export of 18 Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issues organized by RIAC. The RIAC website Russian educational services abroad. 19 2 | RIAC ACTIVITIES REGIONAL AND BILATERAL PROJECTS Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
Foundation (Koerber Stiftung, Germany). The EURO ATLANTIC meeting was attended by the representatives of PROJECTS the Russian and German think tanks, government • Russia and the Euro-Atlantic Community Given the complicated international situation, RIAC actively developed agencies and non-governmental organizations. • Russia and the European Union: Partnership its work on Europe and North America in 2018. The Council’s work in this RIAC’s work on the United States track once Opportunities and Building of a Think Tank again involved co-organizing the annual U.S.– Network area included an extensive agenda of bilateral and multilateral events. In Russia Fort Ross Dialogue 2018 Program, which • The Future of Greater Europe particular, RIAC worked actively with its European partners. took place in Veliky Novgorod on May 21–22. • Russia and the United States: Problems in The event involved RIAC members and experts, Bilateral Relations, Regional and Global as well as representatives of leading U.S. think Challenges tanks – the EastWest Institute (EWI), the Center • German-Russian International Affairs for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Dialogue (GRID) RAND Corporation. • A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations In 2018, RIAC continued the tradition In June, the Russian International Affairs of organizing “ambassadors' seminars” Council held a seminar on “Russia–U.S. Relations with representatives of the countries in the Nuclear Sphere: Pathways to Cooperation,” which was attended by Ernest J. Moniz, Co-Chair PUBLICATIONS chairing the Council of the European and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat
Union. Together with the Embassy of Initiative (NTI) and former United States Secretary 1. Report No. 38 / 2018. Defining Dialogue: How to Austria, RIAC held a meeting between the of Energy (2013–2017). Manage Russia–UK Security Relations. Part 2 The meeting was attended by RIAC ambassadors of EU countries and Russian 2. Selective Engagement between the EU and management and members, experts from the diplomats and experts to discuss Russia– Russia / EUREN Interim Report – October 2018 Moscow State Institute of International Relations 3. Looking beyond sanctions? Prospects for Austria and Russia–EU relations. (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs economic interaction between the EU and of the Russian Federation, the Institute of World Russia / EUREN Chronicles No. 5 – February Economy and International Relations of the 2018 The Council held over a dozen meetings with Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), 4. Towards a NATO–Russia Basic Understanding / EU representatives in various formats, both in Over the course of the year, RIAC organized a the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies of Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe Moscow and in a number of European capitals – number of joint events with the Delegation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the National Position Paper, 2018 namely, Paris, Berlin and Warsaw. RIAC worked with the European Union to Russia. The seminars, held Research University Higher School of Economics, the Delegation of the European Union to Russia in Moscow, Rome and Vienna, were dedicated the Kurchatov Institute and Moscow Engineering to organize seminars on bilateral relations and to discussions on the possibility of economic Physics Institute, as well as representatives of trilateral relations between Russia, the European cooperation between Russia and the European the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Key Publications on the RIAC Website Union and the United States and between Russia, Union, Russia’s economic policy under the Federation. The event focused on discussing the European Union and China. sanctions, and areas where the interests of Russia nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, the 1. Igor Ivanov, Wolfgang Ischinger, Sam Nunn, Sam and the European Union converge and diverge. consequences of the withdrawal of the United Nunn. “How to Reduce Nuclear Risks in Helsinki” On the UK track, RIAC developed cooperation On September 14, the Russian International States from the Iranian nuclear deal, the situation 2. Igor Ivanov. “Russia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy: with the Royal United Services Institute for New Challenges, New Horizons” Affairs Council held a round table “Russia–EU on the Korean Peninsula, and the possibility of Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). The joint 3. Andrey Kortunov, Malcolm Chalmers. “We Will Relations and Policy in Central Asia,” which was Russia and the United States developing scientific work of the two think tanks resulted in the second Need to Return to Dialogue” attended by Managing Director for Europe and and technical cooperation in nuclear energy. part of the report “Defining Dialogue: How to 4. Andrey Kortunov. “Will Russia Return to Europe? ” Central Asia of the European External Action In October, RIAC held a joint seminar on Manage Russia–UK Security Relations. Part 2” (the 5. Dmitry Danilov. “NATO Summit in Brussels: Were Service Thomas Mayr-Harting and Head of Russia–U.S. relations with the Center for Strategic first part was published in 2017). The publication the Contradictions Resolved?” the Central Asia Department of the European and International Studies (CSIS). The event took was presented at the RUSI office in London and External Action Service Boris Yaroshevich. RIAC place in Washington and continued cooperation at an International Information Agency Rossiya members and experts, as well as representatives between the two organizations. Throughout the Segodnya round table in Moscow. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian year, RIAC representatives actively and openly Federation also attended the event. commented on the Russia–U.S. agenda. Two On April 20–21, Moscow hosted the 7th final thematic round tables were held at the premises German–Russian International Dialogue (GRID) of the International Information Agency Rossiya meeting for the Russian–German working group Segodnya. In July, RIAC Director General Andrey as part of the joint project between the Russian Kortunov and RIAC Director of Programs Ivan International Affairs Council and the Koerber Timofeev attended a city breakfast “The World After the Putin–Trump Summit”. 22 23 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
THE MIDDLE EAST positions of the sides on the Syrian crisis and At the meeting, the participants discussed the role of regional powers in the conflicts in the the state of the Syrian crisis and issues The traditionally rich Middle East agenda developed dynamically throughout Middle East. relating to the post-conflict reconstruction On May 14, the Russian International Affairs 2018. RIAC maintained a productive dialogue with experts and politicians of the Syrian economy, the sanctions, the Council held a meeting with representatives from from Middle Eastern states, the European Union, the United States, China, the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies role of regional actors, U.S. strategies in (IWAAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social and other countries. The Council paid particular attention to issues of security the region, relations between the Arab Sciences (CASS) in Moscow. Andrey Kortunov, and developing economic ties with Middle Eastern countries. tribes and Kurds in the Northeast Syria, RIAC Director General, and Tang Zhichao, the activities of the Russian Center for Director of the Institute of West-Asian and African the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, opened the event. The Russian and Chinese the Syrian Arab Republic, and possible experts discussed a strategy for interaction development scenarios and their in the Middle East and touched upon a wide prospects for success. range of issues, including cooperation within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation RIAC actively developed the dialogue on Organisation (SCO), attitudes towards regional the Middle East and Iran with its partners from security and the role of global powers in the the European Union. On March 23, RIAC hosted Middle East. The sides also discussed the growing a seminar on the prospects for cooperation influence of Moscow and Beijing in the regional between Russia and France in the Middle East. affairs against the background of the reducing The meeting was opened by RIAC Director role of the United States. General Andrey Kortunov and Special Advisor at On September 18, RIAC and the Italian the Institut Montaigne and former Ambassador Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) of France in Syria Michel Duclos. The event held a closed round table entitled “Towards MED focused on resolution of the Syrian crisis and the 2018 — Syria, Libya and Yemen: the MENA Crises’ situation in the Middle East. The sides touched Outcome” in conjunction with the Ministry of upon issues relating to the participation of France Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Russia in the post-conflict reconstruction of of Italy. The event was held as part of the the country and the regional security system. preparations for the Fourth Annual Conference The second RIAC–Institut Montaigne seminar “Mediterranean Dialogues” at the highest level was held in Paris on November 30. The event (MED) with the participation of the heads of state consisted of two sessions. The first session was and government of the Mediterranean countries, dedicated to the situation surrounding the as well as representatives of business, science, Iranian nuclear program and the role of the civil society and the media Islamic Republic of Iran in Middle East processes. RIAC also cooperated with its American During the second session, the sides discussed partners in the Middle Eastern area of its In March, RIAC representatives met with the in a seminar in Beirut to discuss options for the the possibility of building security both in Syria activities. In July, Berlin hosted the fifth meeting delegation of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh future constitutional development of Syria and and in the region as a whole. The seminar was of the “Middle East Dialogue” organized by the Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who was in Russia on how to go about holding elections in the country. attended by RIAC management, members and U.S. Middle East Institute in partnership with the a working trip. The event was attended by the The event was organized by the United Nations experts. U.S. Department of Defense’s Near East South RIAC management, researchers from the Institute Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia In May 2018, RIAC held a meeting with Asia Center for Strategic Studies. A small group of of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of (UN-ESCWA), whose research projects are aimed representatives from the Department of Foreign American and Russian specialists on the region Sciences and a representative from Lomonosov at post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction Policy Planning of the Federal Foreign Office of from various research centers took part in the Moscow State University. The Qatari delegation in Syria. Germany in Moscow. The German delegation was dialogue. The meeting in Berlin was attended included the Deputy Minister of Education and In April, RIAC held meeting between a group led by Ralf Beste, Director for Policy Planning. The by RIAC Vice-President Aleksandr Aksenenok, Higher Education, representatives from Qatar of Russian experts and representatives of Human meeting was opened by Aleksandr Kramarenko, RIAC Director General Kortunov and several RIAC University, and officials from the Ministry of Rights Watch (HRW) devoted to the conditions RIAC Director of Development. The sides experts. Foreign Affairs and the Qatar Embassy in Moscow. and principles of the post-conflict reconstruction discussed the political situation in the Middle RIAC actively works with international of Syria. The event was opened by RIAC Director East, namely, the withdrawal of the United States organizations as part of its Middle Eastern track. General Andrey Kortunov and HRW Russia from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action For example, on February 12, the Council took part Program Director Tatiana Lokshina. (JCPOA) and the risks it has brought with it, the 24 25 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
Another important area of RIAC’s work is Conference was held with the support of the Center cooperation with its partners from Turkey. of Strategic Research of the Başkent University and the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation. On March 4, RIAC and the Embassy of In October, RIAC and the Center for Strategic Turkey in the Russian Federation organized Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the a round table with the Minister of Culture Republic of Turkey (SAM) hosted the international and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey conference “Russia and Turkey: Strategic Directions Numan Kurtulmuş on soft and smart of Multidimensional Partnership” in Moscow. The event came in continuation of the work started power in Russia–Turkey relations. The by the two organizations in 2015. The conference meeting was attended by Turkish officials was attended by Russian and Turkish diplomats, and leading Russian specialists on politics, experts, businesspeople and representatives history and cultural interaction between of international organizations, who discussed the two nations. The sides discussed issues Russian and Turkish approaches to the formation of a regional security system, the development of pertaining to the state of relations between economic and energy cooperation and building the Russian and Turkish intellectual and cultural and humanitarian ties between the two academic circles, the role of public and countries. digital diplomacy in international, the role of As for the Iranian dimension of RIAC’s activities, work with the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies the media in Russia–Turkey relations and in (IRAS) continued in 2018. Two online RIAC–IRAS relations between these two countries and seminars were held on the regulation of the Syrian the West. crisis and the positions of Russia and Iran in the Middle East. On May 7–8, 2018, Turkey hosted the annual Istanbul Security Conference. The Russian side was represented at the Conference by RIAC member and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Pyotr Stegniy and RIAC PROJECTS Deputy Director of Programs Timur Makhmutov, both of whom gave presentations at the sessions on • Security System in the Middle East Middle Eastern issues. The eleventh edition of the • Russia–Iran Relations on the Modern Stage • Russia–Turkey Relations: Bilateral Cooperation in the Regional Context
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1. Working paper No. 42 / 2018. Russia and Israel: Key Publications on the RIAC Website The Middle Eastern Vector of Relations 2. Working paper No. 46 / 2018 After the 1. Aleksandr Aksenenok. “Prospects for Post-War “Caliphate”: Prospects for Russia-Iraq Relations Syria: Constitution and Governance” 3. Working paper No. 47 / 2018 Security in the 2. Vitaly Naumkin. “Syrian Surprises” Arab Mashriq: Russia, Regional and External 3. Ivan Timofeev. “Pulling Out of the Iran Deal: Players America’s Defeat, Trump’s Victory” 4. Ruslan Mamedov. “The Prospects for Russia– 4. Deepening Turkey-Russia Relations. Special Edition of Perceptions Journal of The Center China Cooperation in the Middle East” 5. Timur Akhmetov. “Super-Elections in Turkey: for Strategic Research (SAM) MFA of Turkey Opposition Wants to Maintain the Status Quo (prepared by SAM and Russian International with Russia” Affairs Council (RIAC)) / Summer 2018 Volume XXIII - Number 2. Ankara, 2018 26 27 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
the modernization of university websites to EURASIAN INTEGRATION improve the competitiveness of universities. PROJECTS RIAC Deputy Director of Programs Timur AND THE POST-SOVIET SPACE Makhmutov spoke at the event. The meeting • Eurasian Economic Integration: Effective was attended by representatives of the Russian– Ways of Expert Cooperation The topic of Eurasian economic integration and the post-Soviet space Tajik Slavonic University, Ural Federal University • Political and Economic Dynamics in the named after the First President of Russia B. N. occupied a significant place in the work of the Russian International Affairs Countries of Central Asia Yeltsin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, • Russia and Georgia: Ways to Solve Problems Council in 2018. In May, RIAC published studying and teaching materials Tajik State University of Law, Business and in Bilateral Relations “The EAEU: A Space of Economic Integration.” The materials focus on the Politics, the Chamber of Commerce and • Vectors of Development of Eastern European Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Countries: Challenges for Russia development of Eurasian integration at the present stage. The publication Ural–Eurasia Expert Club. came as a result of a research project carried out by RIAC for the Eurasian It was also in April that RIAC Manager for Economic Commission (EEC). Analytical Work Elena Alekseenkova took part in the VI International Meeting of Intellectuals Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and the in Bishkek. The event was organized by the PUBLICATIONS Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). The school International Institute for the Development of opening was attended by Chairman of the Board Scientific Cooperation, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the of the EEC Tigran Sargsyan, Member of the Board 1. Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8 / 2018. Russian International Affairs Council, the SEREP of the EEC and Minister in Charge of Integration EAEU: Economic Integration Space and Macroeconomics Tatyana Valovaya, RIAC Vice- Research Institute and the National Institute President and Ambassador Extraordinary and for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic. Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Gleb The topic of the meeting was “The Experience Key Publications on the RIAC Website Ivashentsov and Deputy Executive Director of of Living Together in Eurasia,” and the event the Aleksandr Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund touched upon a wide range of issues: the 1. Elena Kuzmina. “The EAEU Summit: An Image- Building Event or a Valid Negotiation Platform?” Roman Grishenin. features of the common historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of Eurasia, the burning 2. Sergey Markedonov. “The Armenian ‘Transit’” issues of radicalism and extremism and the 3. Daniil Parenkov. “The Politics of Canons and Borders” RIAC kept a close eye on the rapid political problem of migration in the region. The Russian International Affairs Council 4. Avigdor Eskin. “Tenth Anniversary as a Chance for changes that took place in Armenia during and the International Centre on Conflict and Peace and Rethinking” 2018. The best articles on the issue by RIAC’s Negotiation (ICCN) held their final conference 5. Nana Gegelashvili. “Azerbaijan after the Presidential Elections: The Positions of the United in Borjomi, Georgia in January. The event was experts from Russia and Armenia were States and Russia” The studying and teaching materials were included in a working paper “Armenia in organized as part of the international program presented on May 29 at the National Research the New Political Realities: Challenges and “Facilitating the Russia–Georgia Dialogue.” ICCN Director Nina Tsikhistavi-Khutsishvili, RIAC University Higher School of Economics as part of Prospects in 2018.” the “Theory of Eurasian Integration” International Director General Andrey Kortunov, Vice-Rector Conference. During the panel discussion, which On September 9–13, RIAC took part in the at the Moscow State Institute of International was attended by representatives of the EEC, the “Caucasus Dialogue – 2018” organized by the Relations (MGIMO) Evgeny Kozhokin and EDB, RIAC and the Higher School of Economics, Aleksandr Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund RIAC Deputy Director of Programs Timur the participants raised such fundamental and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Makhmutov all gave speeches at the opening issues as the existence of a theory of Eurasian Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). of the event. The Russian side was represented integration, define what the concept of a “Greater RIAC Program Coordinator Ruslan Mamedov at the conference by representatives from RIAC, Eurasia” is and develop a set of values of Eurasian took part in the discussions held at the event on the Primakov Institute of World Economy and integration. RIAC Manager for Analytical Work the transformation of the security system in the International Relations of the Russian Academy Elena Alekseenkova gave a presentation on her Middle East and on the challenges facing Russia of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), the Institute of vision of the problem, which is based on the in the region. Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Council’s research and development in this area On April 23, the Russian Centre for Science Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography over the past three years. and Culture in Dushanbe held a seminar on the of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow On October 1–5, Moscow hosted the IV creation of a single Eurasian educational space. State Institute of International Relations International School of Eurasian Integration “The The seminar touched upon issues of Russia’s (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eurasian Economic Union: Shaping the Outline humanitarian presence in Central Asian countries, of the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow of the Future.” The event was organized by the the development of a network of Slavonic State University, Russian State University for the Humanities and the Financial University under 28 Russian International Affairs Council, the Eurasian universities, the prospects for cooperation Economic Commission (EEC), the Aleksandr between universities in Russia and Tajikistan, and the Government of the Russian Federation. 29 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
Committee; and Li Dongdong, Senior Adviser at On July 28, RIAC hosted a city breakfast the China–Russia Friendship Association. at the Dostoevsky Library “Can the SCO The conference agenda included stepping up cooperation between Russia and China to Unite Eurasia? Summary of the SCO strengthen international security; taking political, Summit.” Speeches were made at the trade, economic, financial and investment event by Ambassador Extraordinary and interaction to a qualitatively new level; developing Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation ties between Moscow and Beijing in digital and former Deputy Secretary-General of the security; and stimulating integration processes in the Eurasian space. Over 350 people participated Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Mikhail in the two-day event, including more than 70 Konarovsky and Senior Research Fellow speakers from Russian and Chinese ministries at the Center for East Asian and Shanghai and agencies, regional administrations and Cooperation Organisation Studies at MGIMO international organizations, and representatives and the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the of the expert communities and business circles of the two countries. The conference was covered Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Denisov. extensively by the Russian and Chinese media. The experts summed up the results of the The event included a presentation of the SCO Summit that took place on June 9–10 RIAC’s flagship analytical material – the annual in Qingdao (China), stressing its significance “Russian–Chinese Dialogue” report prepared by RIAC, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the for the organization, especially as it was Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute the first summit to include eight members of International Studies at Fudan University. This – the accession of India and Pakistan has year marked the fourth edition of the report. The expanded the geopolitical capabilities of joint RIAC–CASS policy brief “Russia and China: the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Cooperation in a New Era” was also presented at the Conference. considerably.
RIAC also paid great attention in its work In December, together with the Embassy to issues of interaction between Russia and EAST ASIA of China in Russia RIAC held a round table Japan. On February 19, the Council organized a roundtable discussion “Russia–Japan Relations in entitled “Results of and Prospects for the One of the Russian International Affairs Council’s key areas of work concerns the Context of the National Security Strategies.” Development of Russia–China Relations The keynote address at the meeting was delivered Russia’s cooperation with countries in Asia-Pacific, as well as its multilateral in Light of the 40th Anniversary of the by Yusuke Arai, Director of the National Security cooperation with the region as a whole. In 2018, RIAC actively developed Policy of Reforms and Openness in the Policy Division of the Foreign Policy Bureau joint research projects with both long-term and new partners in the region People’s Republic of China.” President of the at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. On March 14–15, the third conference in the trilateral on a wide range of pressing issues of the international agenda. Russian International Affairs Council Igor “Russia–Japan–United States” dialogue series was Ivanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and held at the National Committee on American Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of Foreign Policy. As part of the two-day event, A key event on the RIAC calendar in 2018 was the Speakers at the opening ceremony included Dai China to the Russian Federation Li Hui gave leading Russian, Japanese and American experts IV International Conference “Russia and China: Bingguo, Chairman of the China–Russia Friendship welcoming speeches at the meeting. discussed the opportunities for cooperation in Cooperation in a New Era,” which took place in Committee for Peace and Development; Igor Northeast Asia and Asia-Pacific. Beijing on May 29–30. This marked the first time Ivanov, RIAC President and former Minister of In 2018, RIAC continued its work on the project Throughout the year, RIAC held expert meetings that the event, which has already become an Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Xie to develop relations between Russia and South with the delegations of leading Chinese think tanks, integral part of the Russia–China dialogue, was Fuzhan President of the Chinese Academy of Korea. On February 1, RIAC hosted the Korea– including the China Institutes of Contemporary held in the latter country. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Igor Morgulov, Deputy Minister Russia Next Generation Policy Experts Network International Relations, the Chinese People’s Social Sciences (CASS) hosted the event. RIAC and of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Forum. The event was organized in cooperation Institute of Foreign Affairs, Peking University CASS signed a memorandum of cooperation in RIAC member; Zhang Hanhui, Assistant (Deputy) with the Korea Foundation and the Asia-Pacific and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. June 2016 as part of the visit of President of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China; Li Jianyong, Research Center at Hanyang University. At the
Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the People’s Member of the Standing Committee and Publicity Forum, experts from the two countries discussed Republic of China. Department Director at CPC Fujian Provincial security and stability on the Korean Peninsula 30 31 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
in the context of the North Korean nuclear program and relations between the two Koreas; PROJECTS strategic cooperation between Russia, China and the United States in East Asia, as well as bilateral • Russia and the Asia-Pacific: Conceptual Basis relations between Russia and South Korea. for Security and Development Policy During the November trip to South Korea, the • East Asia: Russia’s Foreign Policy Priorities Russian delegation took part in expert discussions • Russia and China: Partnership in the Context and closed meetings with Korean experts and of Security Challenges and Development in diplomats. the Asia Pacific On August 29, RIAC held a round table on the • Russia and Republic of Korea: an Outlook for situation on the Korean Peninsula and Russia– Bilateral Relations Korea relations. The keynote address was delivered • Russia and Japan: How to Solve Problems in by Suh Choo-suk, Vice Minister of National Defense Bilateral Relations of the Republic of Korea. In his report, Mr. Suh noted the intensification of political dialogue and economic cooperation between Russia and South Korea, as well as the unprecedented development of humanitarian ties thanks to the introduction of PUBLICATIONS a visa-free regime.
1. Report No. 39 / 2018. Russian–Chinese Dialogue: The 2018 Model 2. Working Paper No. 43 / 2018. Prospects of Russia– Japan Cooperation in Eurasia 3. Policy Brief No. 16 / 2018. Regional Security in Northeast Asia and the Russia–Japan–U.S. Triangle 4. Policy Brief No. 17 / 2018. Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era. Results of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and of the Russian Presidential Election 5. Policy Brief No. 18 / 2018. Prospects for Liberalizing Visa Regime between Russia and China
Key Publications on the RIAC Website
1. Igor Ivanov. “Russia, China and the New World Order” 2. Andrey Kortunov. “China and the U.S. in Asia: Four Scenarios for the Future” 3. Mikhail Konarovsky. “Bonus for the ‘Big Eight’ in Qingdao: Some Thoughts on the SCO Summit” 4. Georgy Toloraya. “Korean Reconciliation. What Should Russia Do?” 5. Vladimir Nelidov. “Prime Minister Abe’s Third Term: What is New for Japan and Russia?”
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the Government of India. On the sidelines SOUTH ASIA of the conference, RIAC representatives held PROJECTS meetings with key Indian think tanks, including the Vivekananda International Foundation, In 2018, the Russian International Affairs Council continued its work on • South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a long-time partner of the Council. RIAC and Russia South Asia. The Council expanded its network of partners with leading Vivekananda International Foundation experts • Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral regional think tanks in order to study burning issues in bilateral relations continue working on a second joint report on Agenda Russia–India relations. and the multilateral agenda in South Asia, devoting special attention to the promotion of cooperation between Russia and India. PUBLICATIONS The possible effect that the anti-Russian On May 24, RIAC hosted an expert discussion Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. sanctions could have on cooperation 1. Policy Brief No. 19 / 2018. Russia – India with former Ambassador of India to Russia and The Second RIAC and Indian Council of World between Moscow and New Delhi, Cooperation against the Background Chairman of the Government of India’s National Affairs (ICWA) Conference on Russia–India Relations primarily in the military-technical sphere, of Sanctions: Adverse Effects and New Security Advisory Board P. S. Raghavan. Russian that took place in New Delhi on November 14–15 garnered much attention in 2018. In Opportunities and Indian diplomats discussed the approaches was a key event in RIAC’s work on the Indian track order to examine this issue in detail and 2. Conference Report “Strategic Visions of Russia– of the two countries to global governance, the of its activities. The conference allowed Russian India Relations and Changes in World Order” balance of power in Asia and the prospects for the and Indian experts and diplomats to discuss the compare the approaches of the two development of the situation in the region. main achievements, as well as the most pressing countries, RIAC and Gateway House drew In September, the Russian International Affairs problems, in bilateral relations over the past year up a joint policy brief “Russia — India Council co-organized a session on Russia–India and formulate recommendations for developing Cooperation against the Background Key Publications on the RIAC Website cooperation in Eurasia as part of the conference cooperation between the two countries. of Sanctions: Adverse Effects and New “India–Russia in the 21st Century: Enhancing the Welcoming addresses were given by RIAC Director Opportunities.” 1. Andrey Kortunov. “Indo-Pacific or Community of Special Privileged Strategic Partnership” held General Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Common Destiny?” by the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Indian Council of World Affairs T. C. A. Raghavan, 2. Dmitry Narkevsky. “China–India: A Meeting of Foundation in New Delhi. RIAC was represented Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of The Russian International Affairs Council Global Scale that Went Unnoticed” attaches particular importance to interaction at the event by Gleb Ivashentsov, RIAC Vice- the Russian Federation to India Nikolay Kudashev 3. Aleksey Kupriyanov. “The Maldives: Choosing President and Ambassador Extraordinary and and heads of the Ministry of External Affairs of with other countries in South Asia. As part of between Two Giants” RIAC’s cooperation with Sri Lanka’s Pathfinder 4. Sergey Velichkin. “Russia and Nepal: The View Foundation, Andrey Kortunov has joined the from the Himalayas Goes on For Miles” advisory group for a conference on security in 5. Georgy Asatryan. “The Invisible Hand of the the Indian Ocean that is planned for 2019. Elections in Pakistan” On February 22, Islamabad hosted a conference on the state of relations between Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia and security challenges facing the region. The event was organized by the Strategic Vision Institute in Pakistan. The welcome address was delivered by Minister of Defence of Pakistan Khurram Dastgir Khan. Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Coordinator, represented RIAC at the event.
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included a presentation of the “Business Index North — 2018” report on the main development PROJECTS parameters for Arctic region countries. Human capital, economic growth, innovation, transport • International Cooperation in the Arctic and logistics infrastructure in the North were also among the issues discussed at the round table
On August 24, RIAC Deputy Director of Key Publications on the RIAC Website Programs Timur Makhmutov took part in a 1. Timur Makhmutov and Aleksandr Zagorsky. round table “Current Problems of Ensuring “How Much Does the Arctic Cost Russia?” (video National Security in the Arctic Region” as lecture) part of the International Military-Technical 2. Timur Makhmutov, Darya Polosina, Anastasia Kosivets. “Sanctions Activity of the U.S. and the Forum “ARMY-2018.” The expert meeting EU in Regard to Russia: Consequences for Arctic was organized by the Military Academy of Projects” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of 3. Pavel Gudev. “The Northern Sea Route: A National the Russian Federation and was attended or an International Transportation Corridor?” 4. Valery Konyshev and Alexandr Sergunin. “Arctic — by some 200 participants, including 2018: Is the Spirit of the Ilulissat Declaration Still military personnel, researchers, experts and Alive?” representatives of government bodies and 5. Vladimir Vasilyev. “Autopilot: The Prospects of public organizations. Using Crewless Ships”
On October 19, RIAC took part in the first day of the Sixth Arctic Circle International Forum THE ARCTIC in Reykjavik. Sergey Kislyak, RIAC member and Member of the Federation Council, spoke at In 2018, RIAC continued its work on international cooperation in the Arctic. the opening session. RIAC Deputy Director of On May 16, the Council held a round table discussion on the integrated Programs Timur Makhmutov presented RIAC’s work on sanctions as part of the session entitled marine management in the Arctic and the assessment of experience in “High North Series: Business in the Arctic.” regulating maritime activities in waters beyond national jurisdictions. RIAC also developed its educational activities on the Arctic throughout 2018. For instance, in January, the Dostoevsky Library hosted a RIAC city breakfast entitled “Who Will Claim the Arctic A second round table meeting on the same subject of World Economy and International Relations in the 21st Century?” RIAC Deputy Director was held on October 11, with RIAC presenting (IMEMO RAS), the Research Institute of Road of Programs Timur Makhmutov, Associate a draft report on the integrated governance Transport under the Ministry of Transport, the Professor at the North-Eastern Federal University of the ocean space in the Arctic Ocean. The Moscow State Institute of International Relations Daryana Maksimova, and Andrey Krivorotov, the participants noted the importance of the issue (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Secretary of the Board of Directors of Shtokman for the development of regional cooperation the Russian Federation, the Russian Presidential Development AG and Member of the International and highlighted the need of new approaches to Academy of National Economy and Public Arctic Social Sciences Association, discussed protecting Russia’s interests in the Arctic at all Administration (RANEPA), Lomonosov Moscow issues pertaining to the development of the Arctic levels of regional cooperation. State University, the Military Academy of the in the 21st century, international cooperation in The meetings were attended by representatives General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian the region and training professionals for its future of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, development. Federation, the Russian Union of Industrialists Shtokman Development AG, WWF Russia and the and Entrepreneurs, the Center for Support of Institute for National Strategy. the State Commission on Arctic Development, In June, RIAC held a round table discussion on the Institute of State and Law, the Institute of “The Problems of Development and International Regional Consulting, the Institute of Legislation Cooperation in the Arctic” in conjunction with the and Comparative Law under the Government of Russian State Hydrometeorological University the Russian Federation, the Primakov Institute and the Business Index North project. The event 36 37 2 | RIAC ACTIVITIES FUNCTIONAL PROJECTS Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION The Russian International Affairs Council continued its analytical work on issues related to international migration in 2018.
In March, acting United Nations High Europe (OSCE) and the International Organization Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Jean- for Migration (IOM). RIAC Manager for Analytical RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Noel Wetterwald visited RIAC. He met with Work Elena Alekseenkova moderated a meeting Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate for RIAC management to discuss the problem of on the issue of leveraging the policy on labor Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal international migration and refugees in the migration in line with the needs of the labor Affairs of the Russian Federation Valentina context of regional crisis situations, the possibility market. Kazakova, Head of ICRC Delegation in the of expanding cooperation between Russia and On September 19–21, Moscow hosted the Russian Federation, Belarus and Moldova Magne the UNHCR in terms of exchanging experience IV International Conference “Migration and Bart, Director of the Center for Theoretical and on working with internally displaced persons and International Law.” The event was organized by the Applied Political Science at RANEPA Vladimir refugees, and the tasks facing the international Russian International Affairs Council, the Russian Malakhov, Deputy Head of Delegation and community in this area. Presidential Academy of National Economy Chargé d’Affaires of the European Union to Russia On June 25–26, RIAC took part in the regional and Public Administration (RANEPA), and the Aleska Simkic, and acting representative of the seminar “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Migration International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). UN Refugee Agency Anne-Elisabeth Ravetto all Policies as a Tool for Regional Economic Stability, gave welcoming speeches at the conference’s Development and Growth in Central Asia” in plenary session. Almaty (Kazakhstan). The event was held by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in As per tradition, the conference brought together representatives of the state authorities, diplomats, prominent representatives of the Russian and foreign academic and expert communities involved in the study of migration processes, as well as human rights activists and representatives of civil society organizations. PROJECTS Representatives of the IOM, the ICMPD • International Migration Processes: Trends, (International Center for Migration Policy Challenges and Outlook Development), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and scientists and experts from the United Kingdom (the University of Leicester and the University of Southampton), the Netherlands Key Publications on the RIAC Website (the Transnational University), France (Paris 13 1. Elena Alekseenkova. “A Bone of Contention: Why University) and other countries also took part in the Refugee Problem Almost Split the EU” the event. 2. Lyubov Shishelina. “Viktor Orban and the European Dispute over Values” Conference participants discussed issues 3. Natalya Plevako. “The Immigration Problem pertaining to the global management of and Nationalist Movements in Scandinavian migration processes, the correlation between Countries” international and national law in the regulation 4. Nikolay Vlasov. “A German Kind of Family Scandal” of migration, the legal aspects of labor migration, 5. Tatyana Moshkova. “The Israeli Zugzwang: The assistance to refugees and internally displaced African Migrant Problem” persons and the moral and ethical bases of the legal regulation of international migration.
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CYBERSPACE AND INTERNATIONAL In October, RIAC once again took on PROJECTS the role of information partner of the SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CyberCrimeCon/18, annual conference • Information Security, Response to Cyber on cybersecurity organized by Group-IB, Threats and the Use of the Internet to COOPERATION Defend Russia’s National Interests on the one of the world’s leading companies in International Scene cybercrime prevention and investigation. • Russia–U.S. Cybersecurity Dialogue Digital issues acquired a cross-regional dimension in RIAC’s project activities RIAC set up a stand in the Digital Business • Organizing International Expert Evaluations in 2018. In January, RIAC representatives took part in Raisina Dialogue, Space that provided information on the for RSF Projects India’s flagship conference on geopolitics. The event served as a platform for • Russia’s International Science and Council’s most recent publications. Technology Cooperation discussions, among other things, on the use of new technologies for military purposes and on current information security practices in the region. In 2018, RIAC continued its work with the Cybersecurity issues are also addressed by other RIAC Russian Science Foundation (RSF), organizing projects. For example, sections on the relevant topics and supporting international expert evaluations were included in joint reports prepared by RIAC with the of scientific and technical programs and U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Cybersecurity issues were at the forefront of the The Russian International Affairs Council projects submitted to the RSF for consideration. and the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and “Russia–the United States–Japan” joint round table developed cooperation with the EastWest Institute As a result of this cooperation, RIAC organized Security Studies in the United Kingdom (RUSI). organized by RIAC and the National Committee (EWI) in 2018. As part of a joint project between and supported 581 projects under the Russian on American Foreign Policy in March. the two think tanks, U.S. and Russian experts Science Foundation competition “Basic The second part of the joint report by the continued their search for ways to build bridges in Scientific Research and Exploratory Scientific Russian International Affairs Council and Royal relations between the two countries. Research, Conducted by Individual Research PUBLICATIONS United Services Institute for Defence and Security In May, information security and new Teams,” selected 118 foreign researchers to be Studies (RUSI) published in April 2018 outlines technologies was for the first time included in included in the RSF pool of international experts the Russian and British approaches to ensuring the agenda of the annual conference “Russia and prepared a policy brief on the new trends 1. Report No. 38 / 2018. Defining Dialogue: How to information and cyber security. Experts from and China: Cooperation in a New Era.” A session in the activities of leading international science Manage Russia–UK Security Relations. Part 2 the two countries have already submitted a dedicated to the issue dealt with Russian and foundations in 2017–2018. proposal to produce a third part of the report in Chinese approaches to ensuring security and using collaboration with RUSI. internet technologies and artificial intelligence. Key Publications on the RIAC Website
1. Igor Ivanov. “International Security and ‘Turbid Waters’ of Cyberspace” 2. Special Project “North Korea’s Cyber” 3. Aleksandr Mamaev. “Cyber Caliphate: What Apps Are the Islamic State Using?” 4. Pavel Karasev. “European and NATO Cyber Forces” 5. Pavel Sharikov. “Protecting Sensitive Data: The Experience of Russia and the U.S.”
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Technologies” conference in Moscow. A working paper of the same name was presented at the PROJECTS event, becoming RIAC’s first publication on AI. The event brought together diplomats, military • International and Social Impacts of Using personnel, representatives of leading research Artificial Intelligence Technologies institutions engaged in AI, businesspeople, experts in global politics and economics, science journalists, lawyers, political scientists and sociologists. The conference marked the first time that a broad discussion on the impact of artificial PUBLICATIONS intelligence technologies on international relations, international security and society had 1. Working Paper No. 44 / 2018. International taken place at a large-scale public event in Russia. and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence The results of the conference were presented at a Technologies RIAC city breakfast in the Dostoevsky Library.
Key Publications on the RIAC Website A series of expert commentaries by 1. Sergey Karelov. “AI Nationalism and AI Russian and international researchers on AI Nationalization Are Ahead” (special project) issues was published on the RIAC website 2. Nikolay Markotkin. “A Brave New World without throughout the year. Work” 3. Leonid Kovachich. “China Missed the Industrial ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Revolution, But It Won’t Miss the Digital One” 4. Maksim Karlyuk. “The Ethical and Legal Issues of The Russian International Affairs Council launched a new field of activities Artificial Intelligence” in 2018 to analyse the international and social implications of using artificial 5. Dmitry Scheftelowitsch. “Artificial Intelligence: intelligence (AI) technologies. Time of the Weak”
In February, RIAC co-organized the session “AI and Asia, the issue of AI in upgrading nuclear Global Security” at the OpenTalks.AI conference arsenals, possible crisis scenarios and steps on artificial intelligence. RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, the sole founder of UKCI Russia to mitigate the risks and negative effects of and RIAC member Ulvi Kasimov, founder of the implementing new technologies. HICCup organization Esther Dyson, ambassador of Singularity University in Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov, In June, RIAC Media and Government Relations and Director of Operations at GoodAI Olga Manager Nikolay Markotkin took part in the 30th Afanasyeva all took part in the session. The session International Seminar on Security and Defence was moderated by RIAC Director of Programs Ivan in Toledo (Spain) organized by the Association Timofeev. of European Journalists in partnership with the Government of Spain and its Ministry of Defence. At the event, Nikolay Markotkin discussed the RIAC representatives took part in two dangers of a new arms race in the field of artificial conferences organized by the Stockholm intelligence at a session called “Does the Post- International Peace Research Institute International Order Put an End to Multilateralism?” (SIPRI) on the influence of AI technologies with the Secretary General for Defence Policy of and autonomous systems on nuclear the Ministry of Defence of Spain Admiral Juan Francisco Martinez Nuñez and former Secretary safety and strategic stability. At the events, General of the Council of the European Union which were held in Stockholm (Sweden) (1999–2009) and NATO (1995–1999) Javier Solana. and Beijing (China), experts discussed On November 6, RIAC hosted the “International the issue of security in Europe and East and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence 44 45 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
In late 2018, over 40 RIAC experts PROJECTS contributed to a forecast project outlining possible development scenarios for • RIAC Global Forecast • Global Development Trends: Opportunities key global political, economic and and Risks for Russia technological trends up to 2024. The • Global Governance and Development Risks project was presented as a collection of in Greater Eurasia papers and an internet site, and was met • “The World in 100 Years” Media Project with significant interest in the media and among members of the expert community.
2018 also saw the completion of the joint Key Publications on the RIAC Website media project developed by RIAC and Gazeta. ru. As part of the project, RIAC experts, scientists 1. RIAC Global Forecast for 2019 (media project) and cultural influencers talked about what the 2. Igor Ivanov. “Like Grass through Asphalt” different aspects of politics, economics and public 3. Pyotr Stegniy and Aleksandr Kramarenko. “A False life will look like at the turn of the 22nd century. Alternative” The project’s final publications were dedicated to 4. Ekaterina Chimiris. “If You Explain to People Why the Arctic region and the post-Soviet space. they Should Do What You Want, They Will Do It” As part of its analysis of current issues in global 5. Dmitry Mosyakov. “Premonition of a Global governance, on February 20, RIAC presented the Cataclysm” results of the project “Foresight on Ukraine: Four Scenarios for the Development of Ukraine up to 2027” conducted together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (Vienna, Austria). Each of the scenarios was FORECASTING AND GLOBAL presented by a member of the working group that included RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Director of the Institute for Global Transformations GOVERNANCE (Kiev) Aleksey Semeniy, the Head of the Regional Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for RIAC continued working on its projects on forecasting and global governance Cooperation and Peace in Europe Reinhard in 2018. Krumm, and Research Associate at the Regional Office Simon Weiss. In March, RIAC hosted the first visiting session In February, RIAC held an expert meeting “Methods The seminars were devoted to the methodological of the Astana Club on “Central Asia and Russia: for Forecasting Global Processes,” attended by study of ways to analyse the global risks and Creating a Common Future,” which was organized representatives of Russian universities and think challenges currently facing Russia. The discussions by the Institute of World Economics and Politics tanks. The meeting involved a discussion of covered a wide range of issues, including: the under the Foundation of the First President of the methods and approaches used to forecast future impact of technological development the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian global trends and the problems that researchers on the human capital and labor markets; the International Affairs Council. The event was encounter in the course of their work. Those in opportunities and risks involved in choosing the attended by representatives of the diplomatic attendance also analysed the conclusions drawn strategy of a “besieged fortress,” the potential corps and Russian and Kazakhstani think tanks, as in the RIAC report “Russia’s Foreign Policy: Looking of integration projects as an alternative to well as independent experts and journalists. RIAC Towards 2018” and shared their own experiences domestic reforms, etc. The meeting was attended Director of Programs Ivan Timofeev and Program of analysing global processes. by leading experts, including economists and Coordinator Vladimir Morozov represented the In September and November, RIAC hosted political scientists, and international relations Council at the event. expert meetings as part of the “Global Trends and specialists from the Higher School of Economics, Russia’s Position in the World” project. The project the Primakov Institute of World Economy and is aimed at assessing current and potential global International Relations of the Russian Academy development trends, as well as at developing an of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), Moscow State Institute understanding of the role and Russia’s position in of International Relations (MGIMO), the Eurasian the world in the medium and long term. Development Bank and the Skolkovo Institute of 46 Science and Technology. 47 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
countermeasures. RIAC Director General Andrey THE SANCTIONS POLICY Kortunov, Director of Programs Ivan Timofeev, and PROJECTS Program Coordinator Vladimir Morozov joined the Against the background of increasing sanctions pressure on Russia from the event. • The Sanctions Against Russia: Escalation In July, the annual Financial Services Volunteer Scenarios and Countermeasures West and the adoption of new packages of countersanctions, RIAC launched Corps (FSVC) symposium was held in Alexandria, a new project in 2018 dedicated to the international sanctions policy. RIAC Virginia (United States). The event focused on publishes a monthly review that analyses the changes in the sanctions current issues in global finance and trade and financial relations between the United States, PUBLICATIONS regimes against Russia and other countries. China and Russia. Issues discussed at the three-day conference, which was attended by former and current high- 1. Report No. 37 / 2018. The Sanctions Against Russia: ranking government officials from China and the Escalation Scenarios and Countermeasures United States, representatives of international financial organizations and private banks, and experts from Russia, China and the United States, included: the goals and costs of international Key Publications on the RIAC Website sanctions regimes; the international political aspects of new financial technologies; the 1. Ivan Timofeev. “How Can Russia Respond to the prospects for the development of cryptocurrencies Sanctions?” and the use of blockchain technologies; as well as 2. Ivan Timofeev. “U.S. Sanctions against Iran: the general state of the global financial markets Background and Possible Consequences” 3. Ivan Timofeev. “DASKAA and the New Anti-Russia and their impact on relations between major Sanctions: Does the US Want Self-Isolation?” powers. The symposium was attended by RIAC 4. Areg Galstyan. “Domestic Aspects of the U.S. Director of Programs Ivan Timofeev. Sanctions Policy against Russia”
5. Igor Yushkov. “The Fight for Nord Stream 2: The Interests of all the Players Involved” The Council also held a series of round tables in Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency discussing American sanctions imposed on Russia and Iran as well as possible response measures.
On May 25, the Russian International Affairs On June 14, RIAC held a round table in Council held a working meeting together with conjunction with the law firm ART DE LEX representatives of the Fletcher School of Law and the legal website Pravo.ru on “Sanctions and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United Against Russia and the New Russian Legislation States “The Sanctions Against Russia: Escalation on Countering Sanctions: Risks for Business.” Scenarios and Countermeasures.” The event The event was attended by representatives focused on the current dynamics of the sanctions of the state authorities, leading Russian and regime of Western countries against Russia, the international companies that carry out legal prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis, the and financial analysis and consulting activities, problems in U.S.–EU relations in connection with and RIAC experts. The participants discussed the situation surrounding Iran, possible measures the problems facing the Russian economy and and mechanisms for mitigating the sanctions, and businesses as a result of the sanctions imposed by scenarios for the future development of economic Western countries, the possibility of overcoming instruments in the foreign policies of the United the negative consequences of the sanctions and States, the European Union, Russia and China. issues related to the new Russian legislation on 48 49 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
development of content for the English-language Valovaya addressed the participants, outlining sites of Russian universities. the main development areas in the EAEU space. As part of the educational component of The participants visited the Russian Export Center the program, RIAC held a training course on and learned about Russia’s export assistance “Promoting Russian Universities on the Foreign programs. They also got a chance to meet with Web” at the Far Eastern Federal University in June. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian And in October it held a webinar “The English- Federation Aleksandr Pankin and find out what Language Website of the Higher Education the Ministry’s take on the integration project is. Institution: The Creation, Development and Promotion of Educational and Research Services Abroad. Factors and Criteria for Success of the One of the most important elements University’s Internet Resource and Key Sections of of the school was the development of its Website” for students in the advanced training draft modules on Eurasian integration for program at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Those who educational programs. Three groups of attended these events learned about the best participants were tasked with creating tools and practices for developing universities’ draft courses that would be beneficial to English-language websites in order to increase the various audiences if they were included in attractiveness of Russian educational programs and research facilities for foreigners, as well as to educational programs. The EAEU modules improve the effectiveness of Russian universities were presented on the closing day of the as exporters of education. school.
On September 12, RIAC held a Seminar on On October 1–5, Moscow hosted the Academic Writing as part of the Global Science Eurasian Economic Union’s International Program. Natalie Reid, lecturer at the University School of Eurasian Integration “The of California, member of National Writers Union, author of articles on academic writing, editor Eurasian Economic Union: Shaping the of professional papers, academic books and Outline of the Future.” The event was anthologies and developer of specialized courses organized by the Russian International on academic writing and journal analysis, spoke EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS Affairs Council, the Eurasian Economic at the seminar. During the event, Reid detailed the basic rules for the preparation of scientific Commission (EEC), the Aleksandr publications in academic journals in English, as The Russian International Affairs Council continued its work to promote Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, and well as the structure of publications and the main Russian universities abroad in 2018. On February 21, RIAC delegation held a the Eurasian Development Bank. Welcome mistakes made in the preparation and writing of working seminar to evaluate the English-language version of Russian State addresses were delivered by Chairman publications. University for the Humanities’ website. of the Board of the EEC Tigran Sargsyan, RIAC Vice-President and Ambassador In 2018, RIAC welcomed 67 interns from Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the universities in Russia and abroad (United In April, RIAC presented its project on the Digital the Government of the Russian Federation on Russian Federation Gleb Ivashentsov and States, Germany). It is noteworthy that Internationalization of Russian Universities at the June 8 and the IX International Russian Higher Deputy Executive Director of the Aleksandr among the Russian interns were students Third International Education Week at Ural Federal Education Conference (RHEC) “Universities in Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund Roman from universities across the country (this University named after the First President of Search of a Balance between New and Familiar Grishenin. Russia B. N. Yeltsin (UrFU). The event was attended Goals” on October 23. RIAC Director of Programs year’s students were from Bashkir Academy by representatives of UrFU’s partner universities. Ivan Timofeev presented the results of the latest of Public Administration and Management The school’s rich educational program RIAC’s work in this area resulted in the publication research into the English-language resources and under the Auspices of the President of the of the report “Web Internationalization: Russian social media accounts of 65 Russian universities, an included meetings with agencies and Universities 2017–2018” in June. The report was updated rating of the English-language websites organizations involved in the development Republic of Bashkortostan and Voronezh presented to representatives of Russian higher of Russian universities, the conclusions drawn of Eurasian economic integration. Member of State University). education institutions as part of the advanced from an analysis of common problems and the the Board of the EEC and Minister in Charge training program at the Financial University under recommendations of authors of the report on the of Integration and Macroeconomics Tatyana 50 51 Russian International ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Affairs Council
RIAC program managers and coordinators act as mentors for the interns. Students have an opportunity to get involved in the Council’s project activities in areas that are of interest to them. Interns at the Russian International Affairs Council take part in current project activities (preparation of events, researching information, compiling databases) and work on their own papers under the supervision of their mentors.
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• Digital Internationalisation of Russian Key Publications on the RIAC Website Universities • Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to 1. Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8 / 2018 Research and Teaching EAEU: Economic Integration Space • Promoting Russian Exporters on the Global 2. Report No. 40 / 2018. Web Internationalization: Internet Russian Universities 2017–2018 • International Relations Online Courses Contest • Global Science • RIAC Schools
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Building on the successful experience of recent years, in November and December, RIAC took part Over the past two years, Urbi et Orbi city in the XX International Book Fair of Intellectual breakfasts have become one of RIAC’s Literature non/fictio№. Over 1000 people stopped signature events, with leading Russian by the RIAC stand during the five days of the event, where they could take a look at some of experts in international affairs, as well as the Council’s publications and learn more about students and postgraduates all taking part. its work. RIAC also presented its new publishing The Gazeta.ru internet news portal acts as program, as well as its internet resources and the information partner of Urbi et Orbi city media projects at non/fictio№. breakfasts.
In April, RIAC took part in the annual national RIAC continued the practice of hosting “Night in the Library” promotion, hosting an open discussion with young scholars on the topic webinars on a wide range of international “Fathers and Sons in the Academic Environment” affairs in 2018. The webinar format allows at the Dostoevsky Library. At the discussion, visitors to the RIAC website to listen to Foreign Policy and Security Expert at the Center expert lectures no matter what city or for Strategic Research Anton Tsvetov and Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies country they happen to be in. What is at Harvard University writer Olga Breininger more, the majority of RIAC’s public events talked about how young scholars differ from their are broadcast on its website. predecessors. RIAC also continued its fruitful cooperation with the State Central Museum of Contemporary PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES History of Russia (Tverskaya XXI Lecture Hall). The Council organizes monthly lectures on pressing issues in international relations. The events RIAC actively developed its public outreach activities in 2018, successfully attracted significant interest from the expert implementing a number of projects aimed at young people and anyone community and the general public alike. The interested in international affairs. latest season of lectures at the museum kicked off in September. The International Affairs journal continues to act as the information partner for the The new season of Urbi et Orbi city breakfasts at The breakfasts include lectures and Q&A lecture series. the Dostoevsky Library kicked off in January. sessions, giving participants the opportunity to The breakfasts give listeners the opportunity to talk to leading international affairs experts in an learn more about burning issues in international informal setting. relations from experts and researchers in this Over the course of the year, RIAC held 11 events field. The title of this series refers to Ancient on various aspects and problems of international Rome, where important announcements would relations, including: Russia–U.S. relations; Russia– be proceeded by the words Urbi et Orbi. In the Turkey relations; the development of the Arctic same way, RIAC experts explain the essence of the region; digital diplomacy; and the prospects of processes taking shape in the world today and the Korean reunification. role that Moscow and Russia play in them.
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BEST ANALYTICAL ARTICLE NUMBER NUMBER OF PAPERS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: OF PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR Dmitry Okrest — “How ISIS SUBMITTED: CONSIDERATION: JOURNALISM COMPETITION became a Bona Fide Media Empire of Evil” (GQ) The Nationwide Contest for Young Foreign Affairs Journalists was BEST INTERVIEW inaugurated in 2012 by the Russian International Affairs Council in ON INTERNATIONAL conjunction with the Russian Union of Journalists and the International RELATIONS: 228 Galina Dudina — “We Do 169 +56% +61% Affairs magazine. The competition is open to full-time and freelance Not See Reciprocity or a (В 2016 Г. – 46) (В 2016 Г. – 105) journalists of Russian print and online media who are under 35 years of age. Readiness for Dialogue / Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland talks to Kommersant OF THE PAPERS ACCEPTED: On February 21, RIAC presented the results of Research University Higher School of Economics about How Warsaw is Trying to Improve Relations with the VI Annual Nationwide Contest for Young also acts as a partner for the Contest. As part of Moscow” (Kommersant) Foreign Affairs Journalists, which had a record their cooperation efforts, RIAC and the School MOSCOW ST. PETERSBURG number of entrants this year. A total of 228 papers of Future International Relations Experts have BEST REPORT ON were received, 169 of which were accepted for launched a joint educational program for students INTERNATIONAL consideration. The growing popularity of the in the 10th and 11th grades at school. Under RELATIONS: contest demonstrates that, in the seven years the program, past Winners of the Nationwide Aleksandr Rybin — since it was established, it has gained a foothold Contest for Young Foreign Affairs Journalists % % “The Iraqi Exodus” (Russky as one of the leading tools for discovering new and other representatives of leading Russian 50 7 Reporter) (84 PAPERS) (12 PAPERS) talents in the field of international journalism. publications visit the school to give lectures The latest edition of the Contest was launched about journalism as profession. The first lecture Lyudmila Belozerskikh — in July. The information partners for the project was given by Kommersant special correspondent “The Neighbour Behind YEKATERINBURG / KURSK are the Gazeta.ru internet news portal and the Vladimir Solovyov on “How to Make a Career in the Wall, or Double Dutch” SARATOV Expert media holding. The School of Future International Journalism.” (Pervaya Liniya Information International Relations Experts at the National and Education Portal)
BEST PHOTOGRAPH ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: 3% 2% Nikita Perfilyev — (5 PAPERS EACH) (4 PAPERS) “Photos Taken at Euromaidan (an Event that Altered the Fate of an Entire Nation)” PAPERS WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, (Ridus Information Agency) JAPAN, KYRGYZSTAN, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. NOVICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALIST: NUMBER OF FEMALE NUMBER OF MALE Ilya Vedeneyev — “The Dialectics of Betrayal” APPLICANTS APPLICANTS (Voennoye obozrenie)
Marina Starodubtseva — “The Struggle for a Global Alternative” (Rosbalt % Information Agency) 50% 50 (В 2016 Г. – 48%) (В 2016 Г. – 52%)
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In 2018, the Russian International Affairs Council consolidated its position as one of the most respected sources of information on international relations. RIAC consistently places among the leaders in the Medialogia ranking of expert think tanks and holds regular round tables at the Rossiya Segodnya press centre, in which the Council’s partners leading experts take part.
RIAC saw an increase in its citation rate in 2018, with a total of 4673 references in the media this year, up 15 per cent from 2017. At the same time, the number of reports specifically about the activities of the Russian International Affairs Council also increased.
RIAC has established partner relations with a number of leading Russian internet media. In 2018, projects were either launched or continued with Gazeta.ru, Expert.Online, the International Affairs magazine, the education portal “What was to be Demonstrated” and the educational and awareness building project Laba.Media. Articles and analytical pieces by RIAC experts are frequently published in Kommersant, Rossiyskaya gazeta, RBC, Nezavisimaya gazeta, The Moscow Times and on the Lenta.ru website. RIAC also develops cooperation with leading Russian news agencies: Rossiya Segodnya, TASS, Interfax and Sputnik. In addition, the Russian International Affairs Council collaborates with popular media outlets from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, France, Germany, Austria and other countries. RIAC experts regularly appear on leading Russian and international television to give their take on international affairs issues.
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AVERAGE MONTHLY BY LOCATION The RIAC website is Russia’s most visited analytical 59,1 % TRAFFIC IN 2018: internet resource on international affairs. The website Russia publishes between 10 and 15 expert opinions daily on 6,6 % 3,4 % burning issues in world politics in Russian and English. North Northern RIAC developed a new format for its service platform America 7,3 Europe Eastern for the professional community in 2018, attracting 50% Europe 252 000 more visitors to the site than in 2017. Over 3 million PEOPLE people visited the site in 2018. 6,4 % Western Europe 2,5 % 10% 2% East Asia GENDER AGE 1,9 % 35% Southern Europe 3,4 % < 18 16% Central Asia 18–24 0,6 % 1,7 % 25–34 Africa South Asia 35–44 1,2 % South and 57 % 43 % 45–54 Central America 4,3 % > 55 and the Caribbean Western Asia 0,4 % Australia 12% and Oceania 23%
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