The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) will join the European Leadership Network and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in supporting the work of the newly formulated Leadership Task Force working on the theme of European-Russian Relations: A Cooperative Greater Europe by 2030. 

The Task Force will bring forward proposals to allow all countries of the region to focus more effectively on meeting the emerging political, economic, and security challenges of the 21^st century. It will have trust-building as a central theme in its deliberations, and will set out a rationale and vision for a cooperative Greater Europe by 2030 and a range of practical steps necessary to move the international relations of the continent in that direction.

The Leadership Task Force will be supported in its deliberations with analysis from the PISM, ELN, and RIAC.

The Task Force membership is as follows:

Des Browne, Former Defence Secretary (UK) (Co-Chair);

1. Igor S. Ivanov, Former Foreign Minister, President, Russian International Affairs Council, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) (Co-Chair);
2. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Former Foreign Minister, (Poland) (Co-Chair);
3. Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov, Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of the World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, General of the Army, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (Russia);
4. Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Development,  Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Russia);
5. Ana Palacio, former Foreign Minister (Spain);
6. Malcolm Rifkind, former Foreign and Defence Secretary (UK);
7. Volker Ruehe, former Defence Minister, (Germany);
8. Tarja Cronberg, Member of the European Parliament (Finland);
9. Ruslan S. Grinberg, Director of RAS Institute of Economics, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia);
10. Alexei Gromyko, Director of European Programs at the Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russia);
11. Pierre Lellouche, former Secretary of State for European Affairs and Foreign Trade (France);
12. Özdem Sanberk, former Permanent Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, (Turkey);
13. Anatoliy Torkunov, Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (Russia);
14. Vitaly V. Zhurkin, Director Emeritus of the RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Full Member (Russia).