... Russia’s informational impact, which, in the light of the scandal concerning “Russian interference” in the 2016 presidential election, has turned into a new “major threat” for political circles in Washington.
The dispute involving key American think tanks, including RAND Corporation, extends to more general questions about the role of information in international relations. However, it poses a very practical question to Russia at the same time: what should Russia do about “Russian propaganda”?...
... of the global analytical centers rating «Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017». The full version will be published on May 1, 2018.
On January 30, 2018, the University of Pennsylvania made a presentation of pre-launch version of the
global think tanks rating
«Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017». The full version will be published on March 1, 2018.
Russia ranks 8th (130 organizations — an increase of 8 over the previous year) among the countries with the largest number of think ...
On November 29-30, 2017, Rome hosted a forum for European and Mediterranean think tanks under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) with the support of Think Tanks and Civil Society Program, University of Pensilvania....
The concept of the "public intellectual" has a rich and colorful history. It began in the early twentieth century, when the new mass media catapulted intellectuals who were able to write for the general public to semi-stardom. The first wave included figures like Walter Lippmann—who coined the term "stereotype" and is widely considered the founder of media studies—and by the 1950s, public intellectuals as a species had become a powerful and influential force in the American cultural...
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
at the University of Pennsylvania has released its annual
Global Go to Think Tank Index Report
, the most comprehensive ranking of the world’s top think tanks. The program conducts research on policy institutes ...
On August 26, 2016, in Canberra, Director of the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University Michael Wesley and Director of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrey Kortunov signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
The parties discussed potential priorities in view of cooperation between the two organizations including international food security and comparative analysis of the R2T concept interpretations. The bilateral agreement was based on the outcomes...
....-Soviet defense and space (missile defense) talks. (Biography is taken from Mr. Courtney’s RAND Corporation profile) Interview was conducted in Moscow, on April 17th 2016. Ilya Kravchenko: Mr. Courtney, being representative of one of the leading Think Tanks not only in the US but in the world, what interesting insights can say about structure or funding of the Think Tanks? William Courtney.: Think Tanks currently serve to solving many issues. Many countries have branding problems. Think Tanks ...
In June 2015 the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) published a report entitled “Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine: Breaking the enemy’s ability to resist”, by András Rácz, a senior research fellow at the institute
[1]
. As the title indicates, the subject of the paper is the phenomenon of “hybrid war”. Following Russia’s accession of Crimea and the start of military actions between Ukrainian security forces and units of the non-recognised Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in 2014...
This year one of the leading American think tanks EastWest Institute celebrates 35 years of its existence. Alongside the grand date EWI is welcoming new CEO, former US Ambassador
Cameron Munter
. Given his extensive diplomatic career in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, India and ...
On June 3, 2015, RIAC received a delegation of European Commission to discuss a future joint project on advancing the dialogue between Russian and European think tanks and general issues of Russia-EU relations.
The EU team included Michel Martino, International Relations Officer at European External Action Service; Jutta Pomoell-Segurola, Program Manager at Service for Foreign Policy Instruments; Outa Hermalahti,...
