... organized by the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation. The event brought together political analysts, diplomats, economists, and social activists from over 20 countries, who discussed a number of Eurasian and global development issues.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, made a speech at the meeting of the club in which he underscored that the dramatic drop in prices for commercial minerals and international trade slowdown put ...
... members with an American Working Group delegation, established by the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
and the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
, to draw up recommendations on shaping the American foreign policy towards Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia as a whole.
The American delegation was composed of John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of the CIA; Meghan O'Sullivan, former Deputy National Security Advisor on Iraq and Afghanistan; Andrew Weiss, Vice-President for Studies at the Carnegie ...
... Timofeev was in Venice at high-level international conference "Along the Silk Roads" sponsored by the
Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
.
The discussants focused on the "One Belt One Road" initiative and its importance for future Eurasian infrastructure, as well as for the geopolitical and geo-economic environment.
The speakers' list included Foundation's President Romano Prodi, Italian ex-premier Enrico Letta, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and Minister for Integration and ...
... two decades after the collapse of the USSR, the phrase “the post-Soviet space” is still widely used in expert and political discourse, despite attempts to replace it with another definition”
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such as the “Newly Independent States” or “Eurasia”.
At first glance, the concept of the “post-Soviet space” is firmly tied to the idea of a state of transition. It records a reality that emerged after the disintegration of what was once a unified state. However, during the time since the ...
The Eurasian axis of Russian foreign policy has been given several impetuses over the last two years. The most important of these has been the sharp deterioration in relations with the West against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis. In response to such changes,...
Russia in Eurasia: SWOT Analysis
Russia and Eurasia: Main Trends
The Eurasian vector is one of the key areas of Russian foreign policy today. Partnerships with major Asia-Pacific and South Asian countries, as well as cooperation with the CIS countries, has traditionally ...
On November 9-11, 2015, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev was in Astana at the first session of the Astana Club created for discussion of key Eurasian problems and trends by international analysts. The new platform partners with the Russian International Affairs Council,
German Council on Foreign Relations
,
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
and
Carnegie Endowment ...
The tapestry of ancient Silk Routes
The ancient maritime and overland Silk Routes have been revived. Its modern incarnation, driven by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R), stands on the verge of connecting the Eurasian landmass, East Africa and Western Europe into a single trading matrix.
Many Asian communities were defined by the ancient Silk routes. The Knanayas of the Malabar Coast, for example, were notable players in the western segment of the Maritime ...
... challenge and opportunity of our time. My remarks feature three dimensions: 1) migration sustaining the world of work today — in other words why immigration to Russia; 2) greater labour and skills mobility in coming years: prospects for Russia and Eurasia; and 3) challenges and opportunities for a viable law and policy regime on migration governance for Russia and Eurasia.
1) Setting the Context: Migration Today
Migration today is indisputably key to sustaining the world of work in the Twenty-First ...
... the economy (Trans-Atlantic integration projects, plans to deliver American gas to Europe, etc.). So we can say that, in the modern world, the Euro-Atlantic space includes the Western states located in Europe and North America.
8. On the other hand, Eurasian integration and cooperation are gathering momentum. I am referring to the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the New Silk Road project. It has become fashionable to say that Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok ...
