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Event | 13 July 2016

ELN and the Russian International Affairs Council co-host seminar on EU-Russia cooperation

EU NATO Russia Russia-West Relations Euro-Atlantic Security

On July 13 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the European Leadership Network (ELN) held the seminar “Strategic Analysis of Russia-EU Cooperation and Prospects for Russia-NATO Relations” in Moscow.

ELN Research Director Lukasz Kulesa and Research Fellow Joseph Dobbs presented the findigs of ELN report “The Strategic Case for EU-Russia Cooperation” and discussed the future of EU-Russia and NATO-Russia relations in Moscow.

According to the seminar report, the event was attended by ELN Research Director Lukasz Kulesa and Research Fellow Joseph Dobbs; Head of Strategic Assessments Section of RAS Center for Situational Analysis Sergey Utkin; Head of European Security Section at RAS Institute for European Studies Dmitry Danilov; Head of Integration Processes Chair at MGIMO Nikolai Kaveshnikov; Army General (Ret.) Vyacheslav Trubnikov, Member of IMEMO Board, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Vice President; RIAC Member Vitaly Zhurkin, Honorary Director of RAS Institute for European Studies; Russian Ambassador to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg Mark Entin (2012-2016), and other experts on relations in the Russia-EU-NATO triangle.

The debate was moderated by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich.

The videos for both sessions of the seminar can be found here and here.

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