This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship having become very problematic due the ongoing Ukraine crisis and sanctions.
Here RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich, PhD in Political Science, shares her opinion ...
... confrontation, the sanctions being vestiges of the past and hardly effective as foreign policy tools since they damage both Russia and European countries. Many said that the OSCE seems the least efficient organization in the Ukraine context.
It was the third Helsinki+40 seminar, the first one held by ... ... will take place in Belgrade next May.
Within the framework of this project RIAC organizes an
essay contest for young experts
.
Helsinki +40 seminar #3 - UI/Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, 11 March 2015
On November 18, 2014 in Washington, DC, the German Marshall Fund of the United States held seminar “
Helsinki+40: the Significance for Transatlantic Relations
”, the second one in the series initiated by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly within
project “Helsinki+40.”
Last September, a similar event
took place in Moscow
. The Washington session was attended by GMF President Karen Donfreid, OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, Cochairman of “Helsinki+40” ...
RIAC Report #16
The dramatic developments in Ukraine in 2014 have once again demonstrated the relevance of the cooperative crisis management tools and mechanisms of the OSCE.
Issues of strengthening and reforming the OSCE are once again part of the European agenda.
The 40th anniversary of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe represents an important milestone in the development of the ...
As part of seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE" organized jointly by the Russian International Affairs Council and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE PA members visited MGIMO-University to meet Russian undergraduates and postgraduates.
The gathering was addressed by Joao SOARES, Chairman of the OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee ...
On September 25, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held the international seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE" with participation of the OSCE PA representatives, top European politicians and civil society leaders, Russian parliamentarians and key experts.
The event was opened by the project co-chair ...
Interview with Andrei Zagorski
In the run-up to the international seminar “Helsinki +40: Prospects for strengthening the OSCE”, which will be held by the Russian International Affairs Council, we talked to Professor
Andrei Zagorski
of MGIMO University, head of department at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and RIAC expert, about the role of ...
The first in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 series of international seminars aimed at fomenting reform of the OSCE takes place this Thursday, 25 September, in Moscow.
The event, hosted by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), will bring together OSCE parliamentary leaders, top Russian lawmakers, OSCE experts and academicians to evaluate the Organization's past and chart lines of action to ensure its continued effectiveness.
Titled ...
Article by Javier Ruperez, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)
Right After the War
No Peace Treaty was signed to certify an end to World War II in Europe and validate the territorial changes it caused on the continent. Hasty military arrangements taken by the victorious powers ...
On July 3, 2014, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted the workshop "Helsinki +40: the Past, the Present and the Future" to discuss the Russian position and Russian interests in the OSCE, prospects of this international body, and the activities to be reflected in a future RIAC report on the issue.
The event has been meant as a preview to the international workshop on the OSCE to be held by RIAC with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ...
