About the Center

An institutional platform for international matters

CISI provides a controlled operating framework for decisions requiring trust, access and accountability.

ProfileStrategic initiativesInternational coordinationRussia · Global South

Our mandate

The Center for International Strategic Initiatives prepares and supports projects at the intersection of public, corporate and institutional interests.

CISI acts as a trusted coordinator: assessing the environment, defining the solution architecture, engaging the required level of representation and maintaining a unified framework for stakeholder interaction.

The Center's principal geographic focus connects Russia and the Global South. Each initiative is considered within its political, economic, sectoral and institutional context.

The public website provides general information only. The participants, project substance and working communications remain within the agreed framework.

Working standard

Three unconditional principles

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Confidentiality

Information, participants and the substance of our work remain within the agreed framework.

02

Precision

Decisions are based on verified information and careful assessment of consequences.

03

Responsibility

The Center is accountable for the quality of coordination and agreed commitments.

Leadership

Majd Kotrach

Director General of CISI. The Center brings together an international team with deep sector expertise, practical experience and a network of trusted relationships.

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