Since Russia’s G-8 Presidency in 2006, EWI has worked with Russia to build a worldwide security network that engages governments, business and civil society to fight terrorism. EWI has been facilitating series of international working groups focusing on public-private cooperation in the areas of critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and countering terrorism financing. EWI’s annual Worldwide Security Conference has become a recognized platform to engage Russia, China and other Asian countries along with US and Europe in comprehensive debate on building a worldwide security network involving governments, business and civil society in fighting terrorism.

EWI has partnered with the private sector to raise awareness about the role of illegal trade in precious gems and metals in terrorist financing. In 2007 and 2008, EWI, partnered with the Russian government, Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining and metallurgical giant, the Platinum Group Metals Association, and the World Customs Organization to raise awareness among policy-makers in Europe and the U.S. about the role of such trade terrorist financing. Contributing to the process of developing and framing international solutions to the problem were prominent publications such as Metal Fingerprint: Countering Illicit Trade in Precious Metals and Gemstones, by Alexander Perelygin, Albert Selin and Vladimir Ivanov,  Narcoterrorism, and A Draft Convention on Illicit Trade in Precious Metals and Precious Gems by Jonas Hartelius.

In September 2008, Francis Finlay, member of EWI’s Board of Directors, and Vladimir Ivanov, head of EWI’s Moscow office, testified before a UN conference to review anti-terrorism strategies and gained substantial support for the initiative.

At the session, Finlay and Ivanov related EWI’s experience facilitating working groups on public-private partnerships. The panel, chaired by Russia's UN chief of mission Vitaly Churkin, also included the EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, UNICRI Director Sandro Calvani, and representatives of Citigroup, Finmeccanica, and the German Union of Industrialists. The discussion engaged an audience of more than a hundred diplomats, experts, and media leaders and showed that a networked response is globally recognized as a key strategy to fight terrorism, and that efforts are growing to overcome barriers to cross-sectoral cooperation in this area.  

In April 2009 EWI started consultations between the U.S., Russia, China and India on a quadripartite joint threat assessment on cyber and information security. EWI will work with all four governments to identify threats to national and international information and communications infrastructure and explore cooperative strategies to secure such infrastructure.