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December 25, 2023. Nikolai Lishin, Deputy Director of the Information Systems Department of the Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the use of foreign generative artificial intelligence algorithms poses a threat to Russia’s national security. See more…

December 20, 2023. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a global framework for the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence summit. The Prime Minister’s address continues to spark debate and action. See more…

December 14, 2023.  Pope Francis on artificial intelligence: it can cause a «technological dictatorship.» See more…

December 14, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that states will not be able to agree on AI until the problem becomes global. See more…

December 11, 2023. British researchers have trained artificial intelligence to accurately recognize keystrokes on a computer keyboard by sound. In this way, it is possible to monitor what a person is typing and even «eavesdrop» on their passwords. In the experiment to test the AI, a smartphone placed next to a laptop with a keyboard was used as a microphone. See more…

December 9, 2023. European Union officials reached a landmark deal Friday on regulating artificial intelligence rules around artificial intelligence (AI) in systems like ChatGPT and facial recognition.  See more…

November 30, 2023. M. Zakharova said that the West is politicizing the field of AI and imposing a struggle in it. See more…

November 28, 2023. AI tools such as ChatGPT are generating a mammoth increase in malicious phishing emails. See more…

November 27, 2023. Special services of Great Britain, the USA and 16 other countries of the world signed an international agreement in the field of artificial intelligence security. See more…

November 24, 2023. The monopoly dominance of Western artificial intelligence platforms in Russia is a dangerous and unacceptable phenomenon, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. See more…

November 22, 2023. The federal project for the development of artificial intelligence will become part of the new national project «Data Economy» in Russia. See more…

November 21, 2023. Researchers have found that ChatGPT is capable of generating false data to support scientific hypotheses. See more…

November 17, 2023. Representatives of global news agency alliances, unions and federations convene GMC roundtable to discuss cooperation, challenges, copyrights and keeping pace with modern technologies, including AI. See more…

November 16, 2023. Mikhail Shvydkoi, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation proposed the creation of an international commission on artificial intelligence. «One of the most serious problems is that we may miss the moment when the artificial intelligence object we are working with becomes a subject. This is a moment that we may not catch.» Shvydkoi proposed to create an international commission on artificial intelligence problems. See more…

November 16, 2023. Chinese intelligence warns about the dangers of artificial intelligence. In an article published on the WeChat social network, the department’s press service said that the widespread use of artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, creates problems that «could fundamentally change the existing national security landscape in the near future.» See more…

November 8, 2023. The head of VTB compared artificial intelligence with nuclear energy, as it is difficult to control. See more…

November 2, 2023. The existence of artificial intelligence entails an “existential risk” that humanity faces, Musk believes. “There is some probability, better than zero, that AI will kill us all,” he believes. See more…

November 1, 2023. 28 countries adopted a declaration on the safe use of artificial intelligence. See more…

October 27, 2023. The participation of a few political leaders in the First International Summit on the Safe Use of Artificial Intelligence in the UK casts doubt on the influence of London on the formation of a common approach to this problem. See more…

October 26, 2023. The UN created an advisory committee on artificial intelligence. See more…

October 26, 2023. The Head of the Information Policy Commission of the Federation Council, Alexey Pushkov, considers the ideological content of artificial intelligence important. See more…

October 24, 2023. EU ‘in touching distance’ of world’s first laws regulating artificial intelligence. See more…

October 24, 2023. Security threats in AIs such as ChatGPT revealed by researchers. See more…

October 23, 2023. Russian who worked in the Israeli special services spoke about the nuances of the Hamas invasion. Ex-IDF fighter: Israel’s intelligence services have become too reliant on AI. See more…

October 20, 2023. Deepfake video with financial analyst Yanku Khudoy who manipulates people into investing in cryptocurrencies. See more…

October 19, 2023. Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Oculus, as well as the TikTok platform, are being investigated by the EU for illegal content and misinformation spread after the invasion of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in southern Israel on October 7th. See more…

October 17, 2023. MISIS University in Moscow has created a neural network to verify the authenticity of facial images in photos and videos in real time via a specially developed web application. See more…

September 26, 2023. Kaspersky Lab proposes to consider at the UN the problem of regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the field of cybersecurity and warns of possible risks. See more…

September 21, 2023. Absurd ‘Ghost town’ slander exposes US’ malicious cognitive warfare targeting China’s economy, international image. See more…

September 18, 2023. FBI repeats warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence. FBI Director Christopher Wray issued a warning, telling a cybersecurity conference in Washington that artificial intelligence, or AI, is «ripe for potential abuse.» See more…

September 16, 2023. The UK government may limit the participation of Chinese delegates in the November summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence. See more…

May 10, 2023. The Pentagon called artificial intelligence the most powerful technology of warfare. See more…

May 10, 2023. Legendary investor compared artificial intelligence to an atomic bomb. See more…

May 10, 2023. Artificial intelligence threatens humanity: dangerous to health? See more…

May 09, 2023. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke about the most dangerous scenarios of using AI against people and society. See more…

April 24, 2023 AI is having a moment. What should the government do about it? See more…

April 22, 2023. Artificial intelligence – coming to a government near you soon? See more…

April 21, 2023. ChatGPT and AI Will Make Humans More Necessary, Not Replace Them. See more…

April 20, 2023. EU prepares to impose new rules on artificial intelligence. See more…

April 20, 2023. Within the framework of the School of International Information Security of the Institute of International Contemporary Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, a round table was held on the topic «Development of AI technologies and risks for international information Security» with the participation of RLASSA Darya Bazarkina and Evgeny Pashentsev. See more…

April 19, 2023. News coverage of artificial intelligence reflects business and government hype — not critical voices. See more…

April 17, 2023. The development of artificial intelligence and its implementation in everyday life can lead to an increase in the scale of misinformation, said the head of Google Sundar Pichai. See more…

 April 17, 2023. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev presented a review of the report on the two–year grant project of the RFBR — VASS «Malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges of information and psychological security in Northeast Asia» at the round table «Support of Russian-Vietnamese research of the RFBR – VASS. Retrospective 2019 – 2023”.

April 17, 2023. In China, AI took full control of the orbiting satellite. See more…

April 16, 2023. The State Duma began to prepare a bill aimed at regulating the use of artificial intelligence technologies. See more…

April 16, 2023. Many countries are concerned about the regulation of generative AI. See more…

April 15, 2023. More than a third of software researchers said consider the development of artificial intelligence does not benefit people and could lead to a «nuclear catastrophe». See more…

April 15, 2023. Japanese authorities decided to study the pros and cons of artificial intelligence. See more…

April 14, 2023. US and China tighten control over artificial intelligence. See more…

April 12, 2023 The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity: Predictions for the Future. See more…

April 9, 2023. ‘We have to move fast’: US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. See more…

April 9, 2023. Where’s the AI Culture War? See more…

April 7, 2023. The government of Russia plans to bring the introduction of AI into the economy up to 50%. See more…

April 1-2, 2023. Leading Researcher of the Department of European Integration Research of the Institute of Europe RAS Darya Bazarkina and Professor of the Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (Japan) Peter Mantello presented joint paper at the international conference “Rethinking Russia in the 21st Century – Challenges and Prospects” in Belgrade (Serbia). See more…

March 30, 2023. Two Reviews of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU by Darya Bazarkina, the Leading Researcher of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the bulletin “European Union: Facts and Comments”. See more…

January 20th 2023. Wealth Management and Artificial Intelligence, the buzz continues for 2023. See more…

January 19th 2023. FBI Director Christopher Wray said that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” See more…

January 19th 2023. AI & automation can revolutionize the cybersecurity industry. See more…

January 18th 2023. Increase in very convincing AI-generated deepfakes’ causing rise in fraud expert hires in 2023. See more…

January 18th 2023. The risks of the malicious use of AI. See more…

January 16th 2023. The possibilities of artificial intelligence in modern warfare are alarming. See more…

January 16th 2023. The MK agency reported that future military clashes could change dramatically due to new technologies. See more…

January 15th 2023. It’s up to us to determine if generative AI helps or harms our world. See more…

January 13th 2023. A group of experts from the American think tank The Brookings Institution warned that the use of deepfakes during armed conflicts will only increase. See more…

January 13th 2023. Future wars will not be won by those with the most advanced technology, but by those who can most effectively integrate the unique capabilities of both humans and machines. See more…

January 11th, 2023. The study of GPT-3 language models revealed the risks of their malicious use. See more…

December 28th, 2022. The majority of Russian citizens trust artificial intelligence, although recognizing such negative consequences of its development as fraudulent activity, data theft, malicious use of artificial intelligence, etc., says the report of Russian Public Opinion Research Center. See more…

December 26th, 2022. Sber Cybersecurity lab complied a new analytical report «Forecast of the impact of promising technologies on the cybersecurity threat landscape”, paying considerable attention to the role of artificial intelligence. See more…

December 20th, 2022. The RIAC published an overview of the second report “Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security”. See more…

November 24th, 2022. President of Russia made a speech at the international conference “AI Journey”. He paid attention to a number of issues related to the development of artificial intelligence, and especially stressed the importance of the safe use and protection of personal data when introducing new AI technologies. See more…

November 24th, 2022. Russian scientists created the concept of “hybrid intelligence” It is a neuronet combining artificial and human intelligence that can train and complement each other. See more…

November 21st, 2022. Professor Evgeny Pashentsev, leading researcher of Institute of International Contemporary Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation gave a lecture “Global Changes, Challenges for Eurasia and Prospects for International Development” to the audience of China Foreign Affairs University, CFAU  as a part of his participation  in the grant project “Opportunities and Risks of the One Belt, One Road Project in the Conditions of Cardinal Changes in the Modern World”, supported by the Ministry of Science of China. See more…

October 24 th, 2022. The XII All-Russian Scientific Conference «Security Psychology and Psychological Security: Problems of Interaction between Theorists and Practitioners» was held at Sochi State University. See more…

September 25 th, 2022. The team of the Italian analytical project «SpecialEurasia» has published a book «The conflict in Ukraine: Geopolitical risk, jihad propaganda and the threat to Europe.»  See more…

September 24 th , 2022. Professor  Evgeny Pashentsev delivered a report «Lessons of the Caribbean crisis and Modernity» at the international scientific and practical conference «On the 60th anniversary of the Caribbean Crisis», organized by the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Peace Foundation. See more…

July 4th, 2022.  Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, leading researcher of Institute of International Contemporary Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Coordinator of the International Research Group on Threats to International Psychological Security through Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence  (Research MUAI), presented a paper “Malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges topsychological security” on the Summer school “Artificial Intelligence and Society, AIS” in the HSE University. See more…

July 4th, 2022.  Evgeny Pashentsev, Coordinator of the International Research Group on Threats to International Psychological Security  through  Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence  (Research MUAI) See more…

July 3rd, 2022. British Army’s YouTube and Twitter accounts were hacked to promote crypto scams. See more…

June 15th, 2022. Malicious use of artificial intelligence was discussed at the UNESCO conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and communication in the digital age” in Khanty-Mansiysk. See more…

May 19th, 2022. Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, visited Positive Hack Days 11, an international forum on practical security. The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry touched upon the topic of Russia’s digital independence and digital sovereignty. See more…

May 17th, 2022. Leading Researcher of the Department of European Integration Research of the Institute of Europe RAS Darya Bazarkina DSc made a presentation «Artificial intelligence in hybrid warfare» at the All-Russian Symposium «Communication Vector — 2022″, organized by Moscow State Linguistic University with the support of the Academy of Political Science and Moscow State Pedagogical University. See more…

May 13th, 2022. The Second Youth Internet Governance Forum Youth RGIF 2022 took place. The forum focused on the most relevant topics: the development of meta universes, cybersports, careers in IT, as well as the presentation of prizes. In the nomination «For Contribution to International Cooperation in IT» the main prize was awarded to Arevik Martirosyan, a postgraduate student of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, for the promotion of the School of International Information Security. See more…

May 1st, 2022. Vladimir Putin signed the Decree «On additional measures to ensure information security of the Russian Federation». In particular, the document obliges enterprises and institutions to appoint deputy heads for information security. See more…

April 28, 2022. Analytical article by Professor EvgenyN. Pashentsev «U.S.: On the Way to Right-Wing Coup and Civil War?» was published. See more…

 April 19th, 2022. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, Leading Researcher at the Center for Digital Studies of the Institute  of International Contemporary Studiesof the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia, Prof. Darya Bazarkina, Professor of the Department of International Security and Foreign Policy of Russia, Faculty of National Security, RANEPA and Dr. Nhich Van Dam (Vietnam), Lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, acted as key speakers at the international seminar «Russia’s Foreign Policy in an Aggravated International Situation». See more…

April 15, 2022. The International Research and Practice Conference «Digital International Relations 2022″ was held. The organizers are MGIMO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and the Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  See more…

April 13th, 2022. The article «Ukraine — an «oasis» for malicious activities of cybercriminals» by S.V. Korotkov, Head of NAMIB Analytical Department, was published. See more…

April 4, 2022. A conference organized by the Center for International Information Security of MGIMO and the School of International Information Security was held at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the event a report «International Information Security: Russia’s Approaches» was presented.  See more…

March 30th, 2022. A member of the NAIIS Presidium, Head of the Department of Security in the Information Environment of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Boyko held a lecture at the Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy on «Russian Federation policy in the field of international information security: goals, objectives, and main directions of implementation». See more…

March 22nd, 2022. Comment by Ambassador Andrey Krutskikh, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security, Acting Director of the Department of International Information Security of the MFA of Russia “Cyberspace: war or peace?” to Newsweek, 22 March 2022 See more…

March 20th, 2022. Zelensky, Putin fake videos provide glimpse of evolving deepfake threat. See more…

March 14th, 2022. Analytical article by Professor Evgeny Pashentsev, Doctor of History, and inaugural Director of the Institute for National Security and Military Studies, professor M. Crosston “Russian Security Cannot be Anti-Russian”. See more…

March 12th, 2022. International Life published articles on information security: «International information law as a regulator of international relations in the sphere of information and communication technologies» and «Diplomatic patch for doctors: health information security on the agenda of international negotiations». See more…

March 10th, 2022 The monograph «Formation of cyberspace security assurance system » by Arevik Martirosyan, postgraduate student of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, has been published. The work is devoted to a comprehensive study of theoretical and practical aspects of the formation of the concept of international information security in terms of cyberspace regulation.  See more…

March 7th, 2022. Centre for International Governance Innovation published a document on “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Military Defence and Security. See more…

March 7th, 2022, Analytical article by Professor Evgeny Pashentsev , “Forcing the Correct Choice: Deterring Right-Wing Radicals and Preventing Threats to Nuclear Facilities in Ukraine” was published. See more…

February 25st, 2022. Brazil’s Bolsonaro ruins in his vice-president over Russia comments. See more…

February 23rd, 2022. SpecialEurasia, Roma 3000 Research Centre and ASRIE Analytica present a joint edition of an operational training course dedicated to Open Source Intelligence and geopolitics, the purpose of which is to provide the necessary and fundamental knowledge for conducting open source analysis and supporting the process of knowledge of geopolitical risk. See also…

February 21st, 2022. Russia and China are going to regulate recommendation systems. Legislative authorities of the countries initiate the introduction of norms affecting algorithms of IT-companies. See more…

February 3rd, 2022. Laboratory of artificial intelligence “DeepMind”, belonging to Alphabet, created an AI that is able to write computer programs at a competitive level. See more…

February 2nd, 2022. EUREISPES CEO Mr. Marco Riccieri will open the session “India And The 2021 Presidency of the BRICS Coordination on February 10th. The Prevailing Orientations of the Internal And External BRICS Cooperation» within the framework of the international conference «The Rise of Asia«. During the session, a joint report «Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges for Psychological Security of BRICS» will be delivered by Prof. Darya Bazarkina and Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev.

February 1st, 2022. Dr. Matthew Crosston, Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Modern Diplomacy of the Faculty of Strategic Intelligence and Global Security of the American Military University, gave an interview to the Expert magazine on international security issues. See more…

January 29th, 2022. The RIAC has published an overview of the report “Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security”. See more…

January 5th, 2022. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev’s report on “The US Strategic Provocations before and during the Olympic Games: The Stakes are Growing” was published by the ICSPC. See more…

December 3rd, 2021. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev made a presentation to more than 100 Indian police officers on the topic: «Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: New Challenges for National and International Psychological Security and Smart Policing» within the framework of the retraining program «Artificial Intelligence for Smart Policing» (NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India). See more…

December 1st, 2021. A seminars’ proceedings by young researchers from Cuba, India, Russia, and Vietnam on the topic “Malicious use of artificial intelligence as a threat to psychological security: Northeast Asia and the rest of the world” was published under the editorship of Prof. Darya Bazarkina. The seminars’ proceedings were prepared during the implementation of the grant project “Malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges of information and psychological security in Northeast Asia”, supported by RFBR — VASS, N 21-514-92001. See more…

December 1st , 2021. As part of the implementation of the grant project «Malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges to psychological security in Northeast Asia«, supported by RFBR — VASS N 21-514-92001, an analytical report «Experts on the malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges to international psychological security» was published by ICSPSC. The report prepared by Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev who analyzed the main results of the of a survey of 19 experts from 10 countries: Belarus, Belgium, Cuba, Great Britain, France, Poland, Romania, Russia, Vietnam, and the USA. See more

November 25th, 2021. A round table on the topic «Malicious Use of artificial intelligence and International Psychological Security» was held at the Institute of Contemporary International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. See more…

October 20th, 2021. Professor Evgeny Pashentsev spoke at the Russian-Vietnamese round table «The World Economy after Covid-19: Prospects for Russian-Vietnamese Relations», organized by the Institute of Contemporary International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the Institute of Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam on «Malicious Use of AI and Challenges of Psychological Security in Northeast Asia». See more…

October 8th, 2021. The journal «Russia in Global Affairs» published an article by Prof. Darya Bazarkina and Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev on the topic «BRICS Strategic Communication: Present and Future». See more…

September 28th, 2021. The Italian analysts Guido Keller & Giuliano Bifolchi assessed the role of strategic communication and the so-called «independent» media in the confrontation between Russia and the EU. See more…

September 21st, 2021, an international research seminar on «Modern information Technologies and Conflicts» was held at the Institute of Contemporary International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. See more…

September 16th, 2021. International experts (among them are the EURUCM partners) assessed the course of the elections to the State Duma in Russia. See more…

September 15th, 2021. Dr. Greg Simons, associate professor at Uppsala University, a EURUCM Network member presented a paper at the international conference «The Role of Civil Society in ensuring democratic standards of organization and conduct of elections», organized by the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Russian Society of Political Scientists. See more…

May 28th, 2021.  Springer Nature Switzerland AG has signed a contract with Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev on the publication of the book The Palgrave Handbook of Malicious Use of AI and Psychological Security. The work on the book, edited by Prof. Pashentsev, will involve 25 researchers from 12 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.  Many of the researchers are members of the international expert group Research MUAI. This publication should be the first comprehensive work on this hot topic. Evgeny Pashentsev was previously the editor and co-author of another book published in Palgrave Macmillan: Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations: Tensions, Challenges and Opportunities

May 22nd, 2021. The EURUCM Network member Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, President of the analytical center «Eurocontinent», expert on geopolitics (Brussels) gave an analysis of European security issues at the international conference in Sevastopol. See more…

April 5th, 2021. This policy brief “The Trap of Geopolitics: Rethinking EU Strategic Communication”  by Domenico Valenza was published at the College of Europe at Bruges, Belgium.

 

April 2nd, 2021.  The final declaration of the international conference “Accelerating Actions and Promoting Digital Wellness (DW) in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI)” under the auspices of the UNESCO Intergovernmental «Information for All» Programme has been published, which widely reflects the proposals of the participants of the international expert group Research MUAI. See more…

March 28th, 2021. ASRIE Analytica, published Geopolitical Report Special Issue 2 titled “Partial Legitimacy of the Biden Administration and  What It Means for the USA and the World” written by Professor Evgeny Pashentsev. See more

March 26th, 2021. Members of  EURUCM Network Darya Bazarkina and  Evgeny Pashentsev organized and coordinated a round table on the issues of malicious use of AI at the international conference “Accelerating Actions and Promoting Digital Wellness (DW) in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI)” under the auspices of the UNESCO Intergovernmental «Information for All» Programme.  See more…

March 21st, 2021. The Handbook of Strategic Communication has been published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The handbook  covers an expansive range of strategic communication models, theories, and applications, comprising two dozen in-depth chapters written by international scholars and practitioners.

March 15th, 2021. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev have led the work of Russian researchers in the framework of a joint project supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on the topic «Malicious use of artificial intelligence and challenges to psychological security in Northeast Asia». The research project is designed for two years (2021-2022), and its results are planned to be published in academic publications in Russia, Vietnam and other countries.

December 20th, 2020. The Journal “Russia in Global Affairs” published an article by Prof. Darya Bazarkina and Prof.  Evgeny  Pashentsev ‘Malicious Use of artificial intelligence: New Psychological Security Risks in BRICS Countries’.  See more…

December 15th,  2020. Springer Singapore is preparing a book for publication ‘Cognitive Semantics of Artificial Intelligence: A New Perspective’ by Prof. Alexander Raikov, the member of the international group for studies of threats to international psychological security through malicious use of artificial intelligence (Research MUAI) See more…

December 10th , 2020.   An article  Russian Information Presence at the Balkans: Challenges and Prospects  by Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev was published in the bookRussia and Serbia in the Contemporary World: Bilateral Relations, Challenges and Opportunities’ (ed. Bogdan Stojanović,  Elena Ponomareva).  Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics.  2020. See more…

December 5th , 2020.   The book ‘Geopolitics of the Russian Caucasus. The Interests and Influence of the Kremlin and Foreign Actors in the Local North Caucasian Dynamics’ by Dr. Giuliano Bifolchi, director of ASRIE Analytica which is the partner of EURUCM Network, was published by the Italian publisher Sandro Teti Editore. See more 

November 14th, 2020. The panel discussion “Artificial Intelligence and International Psychological Security: Theoretical and Practical Implications” with the participation of members of the international group for studies of threats to international psychological security through malicious use of artificial intelligence (Research MUAI)  took place at St. Petersburg State University as part of the international conference “Strategic Communications in Business and Politics” (STRATCOM-2020). See more…

October 24th, 2020.  Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, coordinator of  EURUCM  Network, and members of EURUCM Network Prof.  Darya Bazarkina, and  Prof. Konstantin Pantserev,    presented their papers at the Mini Track on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: New Challenges for Democratic Institutions and Political Stability at the 2nd European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, 22nd – 23rd October 2020, Lisboa, Portugal. See more…

July 9th, 2020. The Italian magazine L’Eurispes published an article by prof. Roberto De Vita, head of the cybersecurity analytical group  Eurispes (Rome) and Dr. Ing. Biagio Tampanella, expert of the analytical group on the topic: «Smart working: also a national security issue», which examines a wide range of threats to cybersecurity in the context of a coronavirus pandemic. See more…

July 8th, 2020. As part of the seventh international scientific and practical conference «Stratcom-2020″, which will be held on November 12, 2020, a panel discussion takes place on the theme: «Artificial intelligence and international psychological security: theoretical and practical aspects». See more

July 6th, 2020.  The Asian Age (Bangladesh) published the essay “Challenges from malicious use of AI” by Dr. Kanan Purkayastha  where he analyzes some of the research findings from an international group of experts from Cuba, Italy, and Russia, focuses on the risks of the malicious use of artificial intelligence by state and non-state actors to destabilize the psychological stability. See more…

July 4th, 2020. Nova Science Publishers published the book edited by members of EURUCM Network Prof. Darya Bazarkina, Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev and Dr. Greg Simons “Terrorism and Advanced Technologies in Psychological Warfare: New Risks, New Opportunities to Counter the Terrorist Threat». See more…

June 24th, 2020. The journal Russia in Global Affairs published a review by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Chatham House U.S. and Americas Program Professor on the bookStrategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations” (ed. Evgeny Pashentsev). See more…

June 7th , 2020. The ICSPSC published the analytical report “Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for Political Stability and International Psychological Security”  with expert opinions from Cuba, France, Italy, Romania, Russia and Vietnam. See more…

June 3rd, 2020 Nova Science Publishers is completing the preparation for publication of a book edited by members of EURUCM Network Prof. Darya Bazarkina, Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev and Dr. Greg Simons “Terrorism and Advanced Technologies in Psychological Warfare: New Risks, New Opportunities to Counter the Terrorist Threat». See more…

May 24th, 2020.  Marco Ricceri, the General Secretary of Eurispes,  May 26 will present a paper on the role of the Multilateral Development Banks as the engine of reconstruction at the first Zoom international conference by the Shiffers Institute, Moscow.  See more…

May 22nd ,  2020.  Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann published an article “The Franco-German Plan: The Great Illusion ? ” See more…

May18th, 2020.  The Daily Observer (Bangladesh) published the essay by Dr. Kanan Purkayastha  where he presents some of the research findings from an international group of experts from France, Romania, Russia and Vietnam, focuses on the risks of the malicious use of artificial intelligence by state and non-state actors to destabilize the psychological stability of society as well as on relevant activity to neutralize such threats. See more…

May 15th,  2020.  The third volume of the geopolitical report entitled «Coronavirus Pandemics, Huawei 5G Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Psychological Operations» prepared by Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev  was published by ASRIE Analytica (Rome). See more…

May 6th, 2020.  When US leaders talk about the promise of artificial intelligence, one application they regularly discuss is cybersecurity. But experts say European countries have thus far proven to be more measured in their approach to AI, fearing the technology is not yet reliable enough to remove human analysts. See more. See more…

February 14th, 2020.  The Committee of the European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics  (22 – 23rd October 2020,Lisbon) approved the mini-track “Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: New Challenges for Democratic Institutions and Political Stability”. See more…

January 29th, 2020. The first volume of the geopolitical report entitled «Malicious use of artificial intelligence and international psychological security», published by ASRIE Analytica (Rome), is the result of a synthesis of presentations by Russian researchers, members of the EURUCM Network, on the topic of strategic communication and malicious use of artificial intelligence. See more…

December 19th, 2019. Dr Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann published the article «If NATO is in a state of ‘brain death’, then the European Union is in the same state». See more …

December 19th, 2019.  The partner of EU-RU-CM Network ASRIE published Geopolitical Report Vol.4/2019 “Russia-EU Confrontation/Collaboration and Future Challenges”. See more …

December 15th, 2019.  Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev  held a number of public events on the topic of malicious use of artificial intelligence and international psychological security. He spoke at the international conference in RIA Novosti (part 3, min. 52 – 1 hour 2 minutes), at Lomonosov  Moscow State University. and the Higher School of Economics.

December 12th, 2019.  RIA Novosti in Russian and Sputnik in English, French, and Spanish published the review of the eBook «Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations: Tensions, Challenges and Opportunities» (ed. Evgeny Pashentsev)  published by Palgrave Macmillan.

December 10th, 2019.  Dr. Marius  Vacarelu (Romania), Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann (France), Dr. Greg Simons (Sweden), the members of EU-RU-CM Network, took part in the international conference  “The Black Sea Region: A Growing Conflict Zone or a Space for Cooperation”, organised by the Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, the Higher School of Economics National Research University and the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund. See more …

November 15th, 2019.  Palgrave Macmillan published the eBookStrategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations: Tensions, Challenges and Opportunities” under the editorship of Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev and some members of EU-RU-CM Network. See more

November 11th, 2019.  Russian researchers of strategic communication, members of EURUCM Network and RLASSA, took part in a series of scientific events in the UK on the issues of malicious use of artificial intelligence and international psychological security.  See more…

September 9th, 2019. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev presented his paper “Terrorist Psychological  Operations Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies and Their Neutralization”at the 2ndInternational Conference “Countering Illicit Trafficking in Arms in the Context of Fighting International Terrorism”, Moscow. See more…

July 15th, 2019. The Final Document of the International Research Seminar “Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security”. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Moscow, June 14, 2019. See more …

July 12th, 2019. Palgrave Macmillan announced the release of a book titled «Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations: Tensions, Challenges and Opportunities» edited by Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev. The team of researchers from France, Italy, Romania, Russia and the USA (and among them the members of EU-RU-CM Network) took part in this publication. See more…

June 24th 2019. Sputnik published an article about the research on the possible threats of artificial intelligence from the perspective of international psychological security (IPS), which was done by Prof. Darya Bazarkina at the Department for International Security and Foreign Affairs of RANEPA and Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, a leading researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting.  The material is available in English, Spanish and Chinese.

June 18th, 2019. RIA Novosti reported on the results of the research made by Prof. Darya Bazarkina at the Department for International Security and Foreign Affairs of RANEPA and Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, a leading researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, which was published in the journal «Russia in Global Affairs». Also, the preparation  of the forthcoming book «Terrorism and advanced technologies in information and psychological warfare: new risks, new opportunities to counter the terrorist threat», with the participation of researchers from eleven countries, was announced . See more…

June 16th, 2019. The panel discussion “Malicious use of artificial intelligence and international psychological security” at  the UNESCO Conference in Khanty-Mansiysk and the research seminar “Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security”  at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation took place with active support of the EU-RU-CM Network. See more

June 14th, 2019. Members of the EU-RU-CM Network participated in the International Research Seminar «Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security» organized by The Centre for Euro — Atlantic Studies and International Security at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting. See more…

June 11th, 2019.  Within the Second International Conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age” with Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra and UNESCO support, coordinators of the EU-RU-CM Network prof. Pashentsev E. y Dr. Marco Ricceri Panel moderated discussion on “Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and International Psychological Security”. Among other researchers the discussion was attended by members of the EU-RU-CM Network from Russia, Belgium, France, Italy, Romania. See more…

June 10th, 2019. Prof. RICCERI Marco Director General of EURISPES and coordinator of the EU-RU-CM Network presented his investigation on «Impact of AI on Economic and Social Cohesion of Our Communities» at the Second International Conference «Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age» which was held in Khanty-Mansiysk. See more…

June 10th, 2019. At the Plenary Session of the Second International Conference «Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age» Dr. Gregory Simons, Researcher and Associate Professor of Uppsala University and Turiba University presented his speech on“The Dark Side of Social Media: Threats to the Stability of Governments and Society”. See more…

June 10th, 2019. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, Leading Researcher of Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting acted as a member of the Organizing Committee of The Second International Conference «Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age» and also presented paper on “Artificial Intelligence: Current and Promising Threats to International Psychological Security”. See more…

May 17th, 2019. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, leading researcher of ICIS of DA, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University submitted his report «Malicious use of artificial intelligence and new challenges for psychological security of Russia» within the research seminar on «Multipolarity as a factor of world stability and security of the Russian Federation» hosted by the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. See more…

May 12th, 2019. At the Institute of Contemporary International Studies (ICIS)of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian foreign Ministry June 14, 2019. an international research seminar will be held with the participation of members of EU-RU-CM Network. See more…

May 5th, 2019. Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, President of  EUROCONTINENT geopolitical research center, member of EU-RU-CM Network, presented his analysis of the counteraction in geopolitical interests of France and Germany with regard to the prospects of the EU expansion to the Balkans. See more…

April 26th, 2019.  International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting (ICSPSC), the Russian – Latin American Strategic Studies Association (RLASSA) and the European – Russian Communication Management Network (EURUCM Network) organized the panel “Strategic Communication and Media” within the Fifth Annual International Conference “Transformation of International Relations in the XXI Century: Challenges and Prospects” (TIR 5) which was held at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. See more…

April 26th, 2019. Members of EU-RU-CM Network took part in the International research seminar on “EU – Russia: challenges and opportunities for mutually beneficial strategic communication” which was held at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy. The book “Russia’s Public Diplomacy: Evolution and Practice” was presented within the event. See more…

April 25th, 2019. Members of  EU-RU-CM Network and RLASSA attended the round table “Strategic Communication Facing the Contemporary Political Challenges”, which took place in the Institute of Law and National Security of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)  and was moderated by Darya Bazarkina, Doctor of Sciences (in Politics), Professor at the Chair of the International Security and Foreign Policy of Russia and Evgeny Pashentsev, Doctor of Sciences (in General History), Professor, Leading Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting. See more…

14th of April, 2019. Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, President of  EUROCONTINENT geopolitical research center, member of EU-RU-CM Network, published his article on the structure of the cybergeopolitical hierarchy and opportunities to protect the interests of European Union members under conditions of the changes taking place in the Internet space. See more 

9th of April, 2019Dr.Gregory Simons, a researcher at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University commented the meeting of the President of Russian Federation V. Putin and the Prime Minister of Sweden S. Löfven during the International Arctic Forum for «Radio Sweden». See more… 

Apri 8th, 2019. Prof. Darya Bazarkina by invitation of ASRIE (Association of Studies, Research and Internationalization in Eurasia and Africa) and EURISPES (European Institute for political, economic and social research) participated as a main speaker at several academic events, that were held in Rome 1-14 of April 2019. One of the papers was on “Communication Provision of the Countering Terrorism: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Experience” presented at The Centre for International Studies (Centro Studi Internazionali – Ce.S.I.). See more…

4th of April, 2019.  Professor Darya Bazarkina teaching and researching at the Department of International Security and Foreign Policy of Russia (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) and School of International Relations (Saint Petersburg State University) participated in the EGIC conference Advanced Technologies and Terrorism Future Threats: Defence and Prevention speaking on the latest research. See more… 
4th of April, 2019.  Darya Bazarkina, professor at the Department for International Security and Foreign Affairs at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) took part in the seminar Islam and counter-terrorism strategy in Russia hosted by University of Rome Tor Vergata.  As the main guest speaker of the seminar Dr. Bazarkina presented her research ‘Counteraction to ISIS in the Social Media: The Russian Experience‘. See more… 
March 23rd, 2019. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev made presentations in South Africa on the issue of unstable dynamic social equilibriums and various aspects of the malicious use of artificial intelligence. See more…

February 6th, 2019. Mini Track Call for Papers on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: New Challenges for Democratic Institutions and Political Stability at the European Conference on the Impact of AI and Robotics (ECIAIR). 31st October -1st  November 2019 at EM-Normandie Business School, Oxford, UK. See more…

February 5th, 2019. Professor Evgeny Pashentsev held a talk on Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security in Internet at the round table at MIA “Russia Today”. See more…

10th, December 2018. The second part of the Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev interview “The State Strategic Communication“ for the Italian magazine L’EURISPESis published. This part is dedicated to the importance of strategic communication in the context of intensification of migration flows and the actualization of security issues and also the prospects for strategic communication in the context of global changes . See more…

7th, December 2018. Dr. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at Uppsala University participated in a panel discussion on the topic of «Russia’s Reshaped Role in the Middle East: Russia’s Military Involvement in Syria and its Impact», that was held in Washington. See more…

28th,  November 2018. Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev spoke on «Artificial Intelligence and Issues of National and International Psychological Security» at the round table at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. See more…

26th,  November 2018. The first part of the interview “The State Strategic Communication”   with Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, the coordinator of  the EU-RU-CM Network was published in the Italian   magazine L’EURISPES.  Prof. Pashentsev stated his position regarding the substantive content and organizational forms for development of the state strategic communications See more…

15th, November 2018. Dr.Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, President of Eurocontinent geopolitical research center appreciated the idea of creating a European army as an utopia in the material of RIA Novosti news Agency. See more…

14th, November 2018. President of Eurocontinent research center Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann spoke about the existing contradictions in the creation of the  Combined European army on RT International. See more…

10th, October 2018. Prof. Pashentsev took an active part in a number of conferences and round tables in Italy. Among the topics of his speeches: Strategic communication and migration policy, psychological warfare with Daesh, Russian-Italian relations and strategic communication etc. See more…

8th, October 2018. Prof. E. N. Pashentsev gave an interview to Marco Bordoni for Saker Italia on the topic of interstate cooperation in order to solve joint problems. See more…

5th, October 2018. Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, the director of the EUROCONTINENT, center for Geopolitical Studies, member of EU-RU-CM Network said that at least four EU countries — Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy — are becoming less supportive of the anti-Russian orientation of EU policy. See more…

5th, October 2018. The US are more active in cyberspace and have a much larger arsenal of tools for espionage on a global scale comparing to other countries, said Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, the president of the Eurocontinent, Center for Geopolitical Studies, while commenting on the situation with the accusations of Russian special services for conducting cyber-attacks against several Western countries. See more…

20th, September 2018. Russian researchers –  EU-RU-CM  members, took part in a series of round tables, seminars, submitted lectures on the issues of international security, development of modern technologies and their role in the psychological warfare. The academic events took place Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Sao Paulo. See more…

12th, September 2018. Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, the director of the Center for Geopolitical StudiesEurocontinent, believes that the proposal of the European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker to move to the decision making in common foreign policy and security policies is intended to speed up the process of adopting EU sanctions against third countries. See more…

6th, September 2018. According to Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, the director of the Center for Geopolitical StudiesEurocontinent, London uses incidents in Salisbury and Amesbury to damage the international image of Russia in order to strengthen NATO and prevent a possible rapprochement between Russia and the European Union amid the Brexit. See more…

6th, August 2018.Selcuk Colakoglu, Professor of International Relations and a Director of the Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, analyzed the possible geopolitical consequences of the BRICS expansion, revealed the reasons for Turkey’s interest in the organization, and assessed how Ankara’s possible joining BRICS is perceived in the East and the West in the interview with Eurasia.Expert. See more…

22nd, June 2018. The EU-RU-CM Network members will take part in the section «Information Security of the State in the Circumstances of the Global Information and Psychological Warfare» in the framework of the VI international  conference «Strategic communications in business and politics» STRATCOM-2018 which will be held  November 22-23, 2018 at Saint-Petersburg State University. See more…

8th, June 2018. The EU-RU-CM Network members will take part in the mini track on Psychological Warfare, New Technologies and Political Instability in Contemporary World  which will be held within the framework of  the 14th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, 28 February — 1 March 2019,  Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Mini Track Chair: Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev.  See more…

7th, June 2018. International Conference  Journalism across Borders: The Production and “Produsage” of News in the Era of Transnationalization, Destabilization and Algorithmization will take place in  September 26 – 28, 2018 at the Institute of Media and Communication Science, Technische Universität Ilmenau (Germany). Among the conference co-chairs —  Martin Löffelholz, the director of IMCS  and member of EU-RU-CM Network. See more…

6th, June 2018. Dr. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at IRES (Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies) at Uppsala University, said to TRT world about Putin’s visit to Austria. See more…

5th, June 2018. The EU-RU-CM Network members September 3- 5th will take part in the international round table New warfare theatres, methods and instruments from a Russian perspective, which will be held within the framework of the X National Congress of the Brazilian Defense Studies Association (ABED), September 3-5, 2018. in São Paulo. See more…

5th, June 2018. Dr. Greg Simons, Associate Professor at Uppsala University told to PressTV about possibility of resuming nuclear activities and Iranian upgrading of the power installations, including the process of increasing its uranium enrichment capacity. PressTV 05.06.18 (2.40 – 9.40) See more…

31st, May 2018. May 31, at the Institute of International Contemporary Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian foreign Ministry, a Discussion Club meeting was held. The event was attended by leading experts of the Institute of Contemporary International Studies (ICIS). Prof. Evgeny Pashentsev, a  leading researcher at the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies and International Security at ICIS delivered a speech on «Revolutionary changes in modern technologies and their impact on socio-political processes and the system of international relations». See more…

29th, May 2018. Selcuk Colakoglu, Professor of International Relations and Director of The Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies has published a report about MIKTA’s (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia) opportunities to expand the global governance role of middle powers. See more…

18-19th, May 2018. Moscow hosted the «International forum  «Marx-XXI», dedicated to the 200th  anniversary of Marx’s birth with the participation of EU-RU-CM Network    members. See more…

About the Association

The general idea of the joint initiative of  Communication Management Section of the Central and East European Studies Association and the European  Institute of Political, Economic, and Social Studies (Rome)  is to create an expert community in the form of a permanent European network, specialized in studies of ways and methods of Media and Communication Management, as a support to the relations between Europe and Russia, to promote the exchange of information and documents, to eventually conduct research in common. 

The communication and media aspect of future international development will  be more and more topical, different kind media manipulations could do a lot of harm, its true as well the more or less objective media coverage of the local and global issues, accurate and responsible communication management will work for a democratic, civil society oriented and progressive alternative.  It seems very important not to polish the reality but to avoid the situation between Russia and EU when the media coverage, the public perception of these relations is worse than the objective situation. The academic research, the correct estimation of communication risks, educational media literacy and communication management programmes and the correspondent practical consultancy done on the international basis, by the international teams of experts could  supply a positive  impulse for the further development of the mutually beneficial relations between EU and Russia which are so  important for the international stability, peace and prosperity.  

EURUCM Network Coordinators:

Evgeny N. Pashentsev (Russia), DSc., professor, a leading researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, Director of the International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, a coordinator of the section “Communication Management in Politics and Business” at the Central and East European International Studies Association.

Marco Ricceri (Italy), General Director of the Institute for Political, Economic and Social Studies (EURISPES), the Honorary Doctor of Science of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences.