03/03/2022
The strengthening of the partnership between Russia and Iran depends on overlapping security interests; bilaterally, regionally and on the world stage.
Russian Foreign Policy and Security
The Foreign Policy and Security research axis whithin Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center analyses the relations of Russia and the Eurasian States with the rest of the world, with a special focus on security issues.
Tatiana KASTOUEVA-JEAN
Director of Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center
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Dimitri MINIC
Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Anne SOUIN
Project Officer, Russia / Eurasia Center
Pavel BAEV
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Bobo LO
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Julien NOCETTI
Associate Fellow, Russia / Eurasia and Geopolitics of Technologies Centers
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03/02/2022
The escalating crisis in Ukraine in the winter of 2021-2022 has returned US-Russia relations to center stage.
23/09/2021
Since 2014, Russia’s policies toward Kaliningrad Oblast—its westernmost region located between Lithuania and Poland and physically cut off from Russia’s main body—have undergone notable transformation. One crucial change was the inception of a policy aimed at remilitarization, which has...
28/06/2021
This report analyses Western-Russian relations and proposes a way forward for conducting dialogue with Russia. It offers an analysis of Russia’s relations with NATO and the EU, an overview of the bilateral relations of various Western countries with Russia, a glimpse of China’s role, and an...
03/05/2021
The extraordinarily troublesome year 2020 tested many international institutions and bilateral ties, but few experienced sharper challenges than the complex relations between Russia and Turkey, which have a strong impact on crisis developments in Europe’s immediate neighborhood.
08/04/2021
This paper argues that Russia’s soft power should be understood as a niche soft power, microtargeting some specific audiences based on four particularisms:
15/03/2021
The charge of "fascism" has become a strategic narrative of the current world order.
08/12/2020
When analyzing the global state of play around artificial intelligence (AI), Russia so far looks like an “outsider” compared to the two technological leaders, the United States and China.
11/09/2020
Since 2014, Russia has notably intensified its policies in Africa, joining the race for local markets and opportunities presented by the rapidly growing and transforming continent.
29/07/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a harsh spotlight on the state of global governance. Faced with the greatest emergency since the Second World War, nations have regressed into narrow self-interest. The concept of a rules-based international order has been stripped of meaning, while...
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Jun
2017
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Moscow-Washington: assessing Obama’s legacy, anticipating Trump’s policy By personal and non-transferable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
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20
Apr
2017
from 16:00 to 18:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
The Internet: a new Russian “weapon”? By personal and non-transferable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
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10
Mar
2017
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Russia and Information Warfare: Aims, Tools and Implications for the West By personal and non-transferable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
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21
Feb
2017
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Silovik Stockholm Syndrome: Russia's security agencies as drivers, beneficiaries, and victims of Putinism By personal and non-transferable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
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24
Nov
2016
from 09:00 to 17:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
International Seminar - Russia 2016: Return of Great Power Strategy? By personal and non-transferable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
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15
Dec
2015
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Russia’s Foreign Policy: Offensive or Defensive Stance? Closed-Door Seminar - By personal invitation
A closed seminar organized by the Russia/NIS Centre, with Fyodor LUKYANOV, Editor in Chief of the journal "Russia in Global Affairs", Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (Moscow).
06
Oct
2015
from 12:45 to 14:30
- Dinners and Luncheons
Russia’s International Positioning Les Mensuelles Ifri/Entreprises
These luncheon-debates are dedicated to corporate and individual benefactor members. By personal invitation only.
21
May
2015
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Ukrainian Theatre as a Test for the Russian Military and Geopolitical Ambitions Closed Seminar - By personal and non-transferable invitation
A closed seminar with Pavel BAEV, Research Director and Professor at the Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, and Associate Research Fellow at Russia-NIS Center at Ifri.
07
Oct
2014
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
"New Turkey" Economic and geopolitical challenges
During the last eleven years, as its accession process to the European Union did not move much forward, Turkey, under the lead of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, asserted itself as a regional power. It counts today 77 million inhabitants and reports a GDP of 820 billion USD (2013)...
09
Sep
2014
at 12:45
- Dinners and Luncheons
Which international positioning for Russia after Crimea? Les Mensuelles Ifri/Entreprises
A luncheon debate with Thomas GOMART, Vice President for Strategic Development, Ifri.
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30/09/2020
French president’s ‘trust-building’ with Russian leader has failed
09/09/2020
The poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with the Novichok nerve agent has dealt a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's strategy of rapprochement with Russia, which troubled some EU allies, analysts say.
11/02/2020
Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written based on the experience of Kyiv Post staff writer Anna Myroniuk, a native of Donetsk, on a trip to Paris at the invitation of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sponsored a visit by Ukrainian journalists in early February. In Paris, the...
08/09/2019
Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron senses an opportunity to bring Russia's Vladimir Putin back in from the cold and potentially help usher in peace in Ukraine, an ambitious -- and risky -- undertaking that Western allies might not welcome.
19/12/2017
RT, dubbed as an "organ of influence and deceitful propaganda" by President Emmanuel Macron in May during a joint news conference with Vladimir Putin, has now launched RT France. Has France become the latest front in Russia's information war?
11/10/2017
King Salman received at the Kremlin with his 1,000-strong delegation, including 100 businessmen. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's official visit to Moscow is the first visit to Russia for a Saudi head of state. Can this visit be seen as the signal of a shift in the region or is it just...
01/03/2017
3 questions to Mark GALEOTTI, Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague, Director of Mayak Intelligence consultancy.
29/11/2016
3 questions to Stephen SZABO, Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy.
29/11/2016
3 questions to Andrey KORTUNOV, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
08/12/2014
The weekend meeting between the French and Russian presidents has given France a chance to become "the new Germany" for Russia, which lost its last Western ally after a falling-out with official Berlin, analysts say.
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