Working Paper No.76 / 2023
Working Paper No.76 / 2023
The following working paper examines the current state of security in the Baltic region. It has become clear that there is no going back to the pre-Ukraine crisis balance of power structure. NATO’s expansion into Sweden and Finland can radically transform the political and security landscape in the Baltic region and destroy the established forms of cooperation these states have with Russia. This paper covers: risks and opportunities states face...
On June 23, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states
On June 23, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states.
The organizers of the dialog on the Russian...
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RIAC and The Danish Foreign Policy Society Report #54
While the Arctic is currently undergoing a significant transformation as a result of climate change and global political processes, remains a region of low tension in Russia-West relations, the Baltic Sea region is of a more complex nature. To address the evolving challenges and overcome the differences in perceptions of the Arctic, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Russia Federation need to elaborate on the common understandings of the Baltic ...
On December 5, 2018, Swedish Embassy in Moscow hosted a meeting between Andrey Zagorsky, RIAC member, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and a group of employees from the Swedish Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Ministry and the Swedish National Defence Research Institute.
On December 5, 2018, Swedish Embassy in Moscow hosted a meeting between Andrey Zagorsky, RIAC member, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and a group of employees from the Swedish Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Ministry...
Russia was represented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Boris Kuznetsov, Director at the Centre of International and Regional Policy (Saint Petersburg).
On February 26, 2018,
Danish Institute for International Studies
(DIIS) hosted a roundtable discussion «Security Policy in the Baltic Region: Current State of Affairs and Future Opportunities».
The roundtable was attended by Danish and foreign experts on traditional and new dimensions of security in the region, including the balance...
... causes emanating from the Cold War outcomes. At that, their activities would be legitimate only if their parties manage to evade losses, save face and bring results to both sides, a most complicated and non-trivial task.
First published in "
The Baltic Sea Region: Hard and Soft Security Reconsidered
" (LIIA)
... European Integration at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO). The following report was proposed for discussion at the conference by INSOR and RIAC
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Expert assessments of Russia’s cooperation with the countries in the Baltic Sea Region, and with the Baltic States in particular, traditionally focus on bilateral relations. At the same time, they tend to overlook the membership of these countries in the European Union, with all the attendant obligations in terms of implementing ...