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Key foreign policy outcomes for 2016

14:20 09.01.2017

Key foreign policy outcomes for 2016

1. The outgoing year 2016 was a difficult one for world politics and international relations. The international situation remained tense. Acute contradictions between states and associations of states with regard to fundamental issues of the world order remained unchanged. Blood was shed in entire regions, where statehood and the legitimate …

Brexit challenge for the UK: British expert opinion

15:43 29.12.2016 Anastasia Tolstukhina

Brexit challenge for the UK: British expert opinion

Institute of Commonwealth Studies Director, Professor Philip Murphy Certainly Britain is entering a new phase of its historical development after Brexit. London has to shift its relations with the outer world and to come forward as an independent player from the EU. Institute of Commonwealth Studies Director, Professor Phillip Murphy …

Ifri's Russia/NIS Center is pleased to announce a new issue of "Russie.Nei.Visions"

11:40 04.10.2016

Ifri's Russia/NIS Center is pleased to announce a new issue of "Russie.Nei.Visions"

Vladislav INOZEMTSEVRussia's Economic Modernization: The Causes of a FailureRussie.Nei.Visions No. 96, September 2016 In this short study of attempts that have been made in recent years to modernise the Russian economy, the author explains why they have all ended in failure. Unlike most experts, he focuses on politics and ideology. …

Russia’s Asia Strategy: Bolstering the Eagle’s Eastern Wing

14:46 14.06.2016

Russia’s Asia Strategy: Bolstering the Eagle’s Eastern Wing

PDFRussie.Nei.Visions, No. 94, June 2016Among Russia’s strategic priorities, Asia traditionally played a secondary role compared to the West. In the mid-1990s, then Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov initiated a rapprochement with China and India. Then, in 2014, deteriorating relations between Russia and the West prompted Moscow to begin its "great pivot …

First Sukhoi Superjet 100 delivered to CityJet

12:48 25.05.2016

First Sukhoi Superjet 100 delivered to CityJet

Venice, Italy, May 24 2016, - Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and SuperJet International (a joint venture between Leonardo-Finmeccanica Company and Sukhoi Holding) celebrated the delivery of the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to CityJet, which becomes the first European SSJ100 customer. The Irish airline will lease 15 SSJ100 aircraft with …

Romano Prodi 3.0 The third (and best) phase of Prodi’s political life

15:44 30.03.2016 Igor Pellicciari

Romano Prodi 3.0 The third (and best) phase of Prodi’s political life

The lectio magitralis of Romano Prodi in Moscow on the 17. March 2016, organised by the journal International Affairs, was one of those events that will be remembered for a long time to come by those who attended and had the chance to meet the former European Commission President and …

Sergey Lavrov’s article "Russia’s Foreign Policy: Historical Background" for "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine, March 3, 2016

17:28 23.03.2016

Sergey Lavrov’s article "Russia’s Foreign Policy: Historical Background" for "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine, March 3, 2016

International relations have entered a very difficult period, and Russia once again finds itself at the crossroads of key trends that determine the vector of future global development.Many different opinions have been expressed in this connection including the fear that we have a distorted view of the international situation and …

Global Energy Prize

15:12 23.11.2015

Global Energy Prize

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rodney John Allam, chairman of Global Energy’s International Award Committee. How will world energy develop? Interview. Host - Yury Minaev, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Affairs journal....

Russia wants strong Europe

13:00 21.08.2015

Russia wants strong Europe

"The policy of forcing artificial choice between Russia and the European Union is neither any useful' for Russia nor for the target countries of the Eastern Partnership," emphasizes Alexey L. Fedotov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic. The Russian Federation has had an impressive …

Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya 24 TV on a special edition of the Formula of Power programme, 70th Anniversary of the United Nations, Moscow, August 14, 2015

1:01 19.08.2015

Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya 24 TV on a special edition of the Formula of Power programme, 70th Anniversary of the United Nations, Moscow, August 14, 2015

Question: What is so specific about the UN Anniversary Session dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Organisation apart from the anniversary itself? What is the format and what resolutions is it likely to adopt? What do you personally expect from this session? Sergey Lavrov: Directly before a …

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