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Russia
EWI played a key role in the 1980s managing tensions between NATO and the Soviet Union, and has since worked to build a sustainable relationship of trust between Russia, its G-8 partners, and the world’s new rising powers.
We are, according to both U.S. and Russian National Security Advisers, the preferred avenue of unofficial and semiofficial communication between the two powers.
Our Russia program consists of two main initiatives:
The U.S.-Russia Constructive Agenda
This initiative, launched in April 2007, is designed to help reverse the recent deterioration in U.S.-Russia relations, while building confidence between the nations and helping to find win-win solutions in critical areas of strategic stability and security.
Engaging Russia as a Problem Solver in a Multipolar World
Since Russia’s G-8 Presidency in 2006, EWI has developed several initiatives to leverage Russia’s influence and aspirations to ensure global security. These multilateral projects include Public-Private Partnerships to combating terrorism, energy security, and a new Euro-Atlantic security architecture
Commentary
Redrawing the Global Energy Blueprint
Writing in the European Voice, Danial Bochkarev considers whether the Russian president's proposal to change the energy system strengthens the case for making the International Energy Agency more global.