Upcoming:  ICEUR Master Class :: Russia's Near East Policy  :: Lecturer: Dr. Evgeny Y. Satanovskiy :: 11 June 2013, 10 a.m.

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ICEUR-Vienna is an independent brain trust providing analysis, intelligence and customized services for clients in business, economic decision making and the academia. Drawing on a wide network of experts and partner institutions, it conducts joint projects with the objective to promote business, economic, political and cultural cooperation between partners from the EU and Eastern Europe. ICEUR strives to fill the gap between the declarations of intent resulting from high-level meetings and realities on the ground by identifying problems and proposing smart

   

solutions. Its geographical core area spans Eastern Europe and, specifically, the entire post-Soviet space. ICEUR´s commitment to non-partisan, issue-oriented applied research and consulting ties in with the Austrian tradition of a neutral go-between which respects the vital interests of the parties as a precondition for conflict resolution and enhanced cooperation.

ICEUR´s approach is comprehensive in that it is based on the insight that neither economic, nor political nor social problems can be resolved independently of each other. Its span of activities ranges from political to market analysis, and the expert meetings organized by the center convene specialists from various fields.

ICEUR´s institutional and company membership assures a solid presence in industrial and financial circles. Its lean management and flexible operation mode makes it more mobile and capable of rapid reaction than many large companies and institutions. Read more

 

  NEWS AND EVENTS

11.06.2013

Upcoming: ICEUR Master Class
Russia's Near East Policy

Lecturer: Dr. Evgeny Y. Satanovskiy, born in June 1959 is the president of the Institute of the Middle Eastern Studies and one of the most active characters in the Jewish society in the Russian Federation.
Since 1990 until this day Mr. Satanovskiy was a visiting professor at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, PIR Center, Shimone Dubnow Advanced School for Humanities and several other European, Israeli and Russian universities. Furthermore Mr. Satanovskiy is a member of the Board of Trustee at The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, member of the advisory board and ex President of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Time: 11 June 2013, 10 a.m.
Venue: Presseclub Concordia, Vienna
Please register: ICEUR Vienna T: (0043) 01-786 32 08 office@iceur-vienna.at

28.05.2013

ICEUR Master Class on Belarus
Belarus: Back from Gone?

In default of recent spectacular occurrences, Belarus has almost vanished from the media radar. Voices that predicted the collapse of the regime have been disproved by its capacity to slow its inexorable gravitation toward Moscow and making occasional gestures toward Brussels, between reformism and conservatism and carrots and sticks in domestic policies. Belarus soldiers on as an outlier in the European landscape.
See interview

26-27.02.2013

ICEUR – Vienna boosts EU-Russian business relations
Despite the gloomy economic outlook and the political hiccups in EU-Russian relations, the 6th meeting of the Vienna Process yielded mileage in both fields. In a frank and lively discussion, the major stumbling blocks preventing tangible progress were addressed and explained against the backdrop of diverging interests.
See Below Zero PDF-Presentation, Tosoni PDF-Presentation,
M. Dmitriev. What is new on the business climate in Russia (Power Point),
M. Kaykov. Social and economic development of the Far East and Baikal region (Power Point),
Meinl Bank. Presentation (Power Point), The Sverdlovsk region. PDF-Presentation
S. Afontsev. Towards a New EU-Russia Agreement: Key Challenges (Power Point).
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03.12.2012

ICEUR Master class presents surprising results on Russian socio-economic development

On 3 December 2012, Russia´s top analyst Mikhail DMITRIEV gave his master class on the relationship between socio-economic development and political trends in Russia. His compelling and penetrating analysis showed that the middle class has become the dominant layer of Russian society and that it has begun to demand a higher and different quality of public services and democratic institutions. Russia is no longer a poverty-stricken country, he maintained, but its citizens are in a process of emancipating themselves from the role of passive bystanders. This contrasts sharply with a pervasive lack of economic and political modernization. Mr. Dmitriev, whose forecasts proved to be accurate in most cases, predicted a turbulent political year of 2013.
See REPORT Of the Experts of the Center for Strategic Research to the Committee of Civic Initiatives.
See Presentation as Microsoft Office Power Point Presentation (PPSX) or as PDF File.

20.11.2012

New publications. ICEUR Insight Studies Vol.1.
Modern Kazakhstan. Image and Realities

Against the backdrop of its mineral wealth, Kazakhstan has been touted a Central Asian tiger state. In contrast to most other Central Asian countries, it was able to evade civil war and large-scale bloodshed and to assume a leadership position which won international recognition and respect. At the same time, the country could not evade the global financial crisis and its human rights record is far from being immaculate. This volume analyses the economic, political and social dynamic of modern Kazakhstan as seen by insiders and Western experts. Their opinions converge on the assumption that there are hard times ahead but that Kazakhstan has the potential to weather the storm

20.11.2012

New publications. ICEUR Insight Studies Vol.2.
Post-Soviet Conflicts Revisited

Despite the efforts of the international community, most of the armed conflicts triggered by the breakup of the Soviet Union have not been resolved. This volume strives to cast a fresh look at the protracted conflicts and to identify factors promoting or preventing their settlement or transformation. The authors analyze the conflicts from the vantage point of critical citizens of their home countries and draw on their experience as participants in the peace process. The lessons learned from successes and failures of the international community are galvanized into a package of policy recommendations that heed the specific character of each conflict.

05-07.11.2012

ICEUR hosts Italian-Russian business meeting

On 5-7 November 2012 ICEUR organized a meeting between our permanent Russian partners and Italian companies interested in expanding their business activities and entering the Russian market. Our Russian partners presented a package of projects across the board including building and transfer of technical know-how. The discussion of these projects resulted in defining the second step in terms of a follow-up meeting in Moscow at the end of November where the signing of concrete project agreements is expected.
Since the Vienna meeting was confidential, no details can be divulged at this point

29.10.2012

The new dynamic of Russian politics: the ascent of civil society

On 29 October, 2012, an ICEUR-Vienna Round Table addressed the topic The new dynamic of Russian politics :the ascent of civil society.

Participants: Gleb Pavlovski - Tikhon Dziadko - Sergei Parkhomenko
Olga Kryshtanovskaya - Olga Romanova - Konstantin von Eggert

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05.06.2012

05.06.2012.
Business Ventures: Azerbaijan - Austria


This unique business-to-business conference provided a platform for leading Azerbaijani and Austrian business representatives as well as high-ranking Azerbaijani government officials to facilitate the cooperation between Azerbaijani and Austrian business.
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16.03.2012

5th Vienna Process
Investment and capital movement after Russian elections

This special seminar for industrial and financial investors in cooperation with the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IERAS), the Builders Association of Russia (ASR), Renner Institute (RI) and the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV)...
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16.02.2012

Mark Urnov.
Master Class.
Elections in Russia – Implications for economic and domestic politics

Listen to Ö1 Europa Journal
Read the exclusive Interview: Wirtschaftsblatt (Ger.)
Invitation: (PDF). Vita M. Urnov: (PDF).

25.01.2012

Georgy Mirskiy and Andrey Ryabov
Round Table.
Change in Russia: Tectonic Slide or Tempest in a Teapot?


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18.01.2012

Simon Kordonsky. Master Class. Political Thaw in Russia
Venue: Palais Strudlhof, Sigmund Freud Saal, Pasteurgasse 1, 1090 Wien

Read the exclusive interview:
Der Standard (Ger.)
InoPressa (Rus.)
OÖNachrichten (Ger.)
Presentation (Microsoft Office PowerPoint (Rus.))

02-04.11.2011

4th Vienna Process, Vienna Forum on EU-Russia Relations
The fourth meeting of Russian-EU experts in the framework of the Vienna Process took place between 2 and 4 November 2011. The agenda was dominated by questions of Russia’s WTO policy, EU and Russian Norms & Standards and economic cooperation...
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17.10.2011

Round Table. Gleb Pavlovsky and Konstantin von Eggert
Russia: Preparing for Elections

Read Welcome remarks by Dr. Fröschl and Dr. Lobova - Transcription excerpts (PDF, German)
Statement by Konstantin von Eggert (MP3, Russian)
Statement by Gleb Pavlovsky (MP3, Russian)
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27-28.07.2011

ICEUR cooperates with Russian regions
ICEUR supports the development strategy for the North Caucasus and has taken concrete steps to participate in its realization.
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30.06.2011

Gleb Pavlovsky. Master Class
Russian Modernization – The Kremlin escape artists
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24.06.2011

ICEUR strengthens regional ties
In response to invitations and initiatives launched by Russian regions, ICEUR has started to enter cooperative relationships with Stavropol´ Krai and the Dagestan Republic.
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03.05.2011

Alexey Malashenko. Master Class
incl. Book Presentation „Will Russia Become a Muslim Society”
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10-11.03.2011

3rd Vienna Process. Vienna Forum on EU-Russia Relations.
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13-15.12.2010

Visit of Kazakh Partners to Vienna. delegation of ICEUR´s Kazakh partners (Foundation of the First president, Almaty) is scheduled to arrive in Vienna on 13 December.
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17.11.2010

Sergei Karaganov. Master class.
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04.11.2010

Legal Cultures: Kick-off meeting in Vienna
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04.10.2010

2nd Vienna Process. Vienna Forum on EU-Russia Relations.
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12.05.2010

ICEUR Summer School “Russian Foreign and Domestic Politics Today” at the Faculty of Politology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU)
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26.04.2010

The ICEUR-Vienna team is very pleased to welcome our new members. To finde out how you can benefit from the ICEUR-Vienna membership and how to get a member of ICEUR-Vienna, please look here.

26.03.2010

Yavlinskiy master class
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20.03.2010

The ICEUR Dialogue: Studies in Euro-Russian Conceptual History
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15.02.2010

The Vienna Process. Vienna Forum on EU-Russia Relations. Expert platform
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2009...

Archive 2009
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WTO Project: “Russia´s WTO policy: A moving target...”
“Post-Soviet Conflicts Revisited?..“
EURUS Project: “Legal Culture in the EPR Area...“
Kazakhstan Project: “Modern Kazakhstan – Images and...“
Islam Project: “Will Russia Become a Muslim Society?..“
Comparative Cultural Studies...

VIENNA PROCESS: Major results of the 4th expert meeting Read more

The Vienna Process is an NGO-based venture which draws on the professional knowledge of a pool of Russian and European experts with different backgrounds and institutional affiliations, who share the objective of improving the relations between Russia and the EU. Its format and working mode profits from the flexibility and independence of international civic initiatives which are not tied down by high-level politics and institutional constraints, but can also rely on their collective knowledge of relevant institutional practices. The Vienna Process will generate a series of policy recommendations focusing on feasibility and viable solutions.

EU-Russian relations are currently in a business-as-usual mode: A new Cold War which is sometimes conjured up is a distant bugbear and the post-1991 heyday a distant memory. The virtual standstill of the various dialogues, especially in the field of energy and security, is due to different priorities of both partners and to the habit of setting advance conditions in tit-for-tat deals: the energy dialogue is stalled because of the conditionality that Russia join the WTO first. The security dialogue is hobbled by the Russian priority to nest NATO into a new system of European security. In both cases, the preconditions are ultra vires for the other partner, at least for the time being.

The dialogues should be maintained, even if they do not yield immediate and tangible results. They imply permanent contacts and the opportunity to improve mutual understanding. However, it is equally important to support processes and initiatives which are under way in the wake of or independent of the official dialogue channels. They concern “hard” and “soft” areas such as

Security: Trust-building measures in terms of further joint peace-keeping missions or political support for civic initiatives in conflict areas (Caucasus, Moldova) are possible and important
Economy, business: More first-hand practical knowledge and know-how should be fed into the high-level dialogue
Education and human contacts: There is a multitude of grass root civic initiatives to make people from EU member states and Russia meet in the framework of joint educational or internship programs. These initiatives should be strengthened, particularly through facilitating visa procedures for students.

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Current projects

Legal Culture in the EPR Area: Realizing a priority of the Austrian Foreign Trade Concept
Adoption and Implementation of the European Charter of Basic Rights (ECBR) in Kazakhstan
Muslim identity in an open society: the case of Chechen refugees in Austria
Problems and practices in EU-Russian business
Russian concepts of state and law: As a first issue of the ICEUR Insight Studies

Projects under expert review

Kazakhstan in Flux: Chances for Europe
The Elites in Belarus and their Attitudes Towards Democratization, Economic Liberalization and Closer Relations With the EU
Totalitarianism, Populism and Democracy
The ICEUR Dialogue: Studies in Euro-Russian Conceptual History

ICEUR is committed to the organization of educational programs as a means to advance cross-cultural learning and understanding, mutual knowledge transfer and mobility. ICEUR seminars and training sessions address primarily students and academic staff and are held in both Austrian and Russian locations. They are organized jointly with such prestigious academic institutions as Moscow State University, the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and the Russian State University of Humanities (RGGU). As a collateral effect of this co-operation, the exchange of research and teaching staff is promoted and joint research projects initiated. ICEUR training seminars address a wide range of interested groups and have a flexible and customized format. Specialized fact-finding seminars and on-site internships are offered to business people, journalists or administrators. Capacity building programs for professionals from NIS countries cover such issues as European legal and political standards or the European experience in building civil society. ICEUR has started its educational programs with two summer schools in Moscow held in July and September, 2009, in Moscow.
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Upcoming Publication:
MODERN KAZAKHSTAN – PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES

In this new ICEUR-Volume leading experts and members of Kazakh civil society assess the prospects of modernization in contemporary Kazakhstan.



H.-G. HEINRICH, L. LOBOVA (eds.)
Legal Systems in Transition

New ICEUR publication

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ICEUR Studien #2-2011

RUSSISCHE DEMOKRATIE ZWISCHEN MEHRHEIT UND MACHT

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ICEUR Studien #1-2011

RUSSIA & THE WTO: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EUROPEAN BUSINESS

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Working Papers #4

RUSSIA AND THE WTO: EXPERT DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES

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H.-G. HEINRICH, L. LOBOVA, A. MALASHENKO

Will Russia Become a Muslim Society?

The somewhat provocative title of this volume relates to the lingering fears of Islamization which are widespread also in Russia.

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Working Papers #3

EU-RUSSIA NEW DEPARTURES AND OLD HABITS

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H.-G. HEINRICH, L. LOBOVA (eds.)

Belarus: External Pressure, Internal Change

This volume is a synopsis of various perspectives as well as a trans-boundary and interdisciplinary analysis of the Belarusian model.

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Working Papers #2

CRITICAL OPTIMISM: RUSSIA AND EUROPE COPE WITH THE CRISIS


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Working Papers #1

BACKGROUND, SHAPING FACTORS AND ORIENTATIONS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY- INSIDE VIEWS

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K. TANAEV, H.-G. HEINRICH,
ICEUR Team, FEP Team

Georgia & Russia: Contradictory
Media Coverage of the August War


As a first contribution to ICEUR’s media work stream, a joint ICEUR-FEP team has authored a research paper on “Contradictory Coverage of the August War” Read more

 

 

Apart from its publications, ICEUR´s information activities include spot analyses on current problems and hot issues in EU-NIS relations. Top experts from EU and NIS countries as well as ICEUR staff writers are among the contributors. The focus of these analyses is on structures and structural change as opposed to comments on current events.

Sergey Kulik. Institute of Modern Development (INSOR). Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the CIS economic space. The groundbreaking INSOR initiative: authorized abridged version. Read more as PDF

Andrey RYABOV. Russian Modernization Strategy: Political Goals, Realities and Constraints. Read more

Alexey MALASHENKO. Islam in Russia: Religion and Politics. Read more

Bernhard FELDERER. The Crisis of Financial Markets and the Real Economy. Read more

Sergej KARAGANOV. Russland im euro-atlantischen Raum (deu). Read more

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