The complexity of Russia’s decision-making process will be at the center of our next book discussion within the Meeting Russia Alumni Discussion Club. This time we are thrilled to conduct an exclusive online presentation of a new report by the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) titled “Russia’s Foreign Policy: The Internal-International Link”, edited by Aldo Ferrari and the MR alumna Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti. MR alumnus Alexander Graef took part in the study and will join Eleonora and an external discussant in this presentation.

Main speakers of the event will include:

Moderator:

• Natalia Burlinova, Head of PICREADI

Speakers:

• Eleonora Tafuro, Research Fellow — Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Centre, Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), editor of the ISPI report, Meeting Russia Alumna (2018)
• Alexander Graef, Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), contributor to the ISPI report, Meeting Russia Alumnus (2017)
• Sergey Utkin, Lead Researcher at the Center for Situational Analysis, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)