U.S.A.-EU-Russia Tripartite Dialogue: Brussels Stage

What are the reasons behind stagnation in relations between Russia and the “collective West”? What interferes with Russia’s full-fledged integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions? What are the interests that they all share and what could be practical mechanisms to realize them? What should be the partnership program for the coming 4-6 years? These issues were in the limelight at a regular meeting of a group of experts that took place in Brussels on 20 November within the framework of the U.S.A.-EU-Russia Tripartite Dialogue Program. The program is run by the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace.

What are the reasons behind stagnation in relations between Russia and the “collective West”? What interferes with Russia’s full-fledged integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions? What are the interests that they all share and what could be practical mechanisms to realize them? What should be the partnership program for the coming 4-6 years?

These issues were in the limelight at a regular meeting of a group of experts that took place in Brussels on 20 November within the framework of the U.S.A.-EU-Russia Tripartite Dialogue Program. The program is run by the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace.

In the course of three sessions, the experts examined a range of issues including confidence building, prospects of cooperation at trouble spots, the BMD issue, and new threats and challenges to international security. Leading researcher of the Atlantic Council (U.S.A.) Isabelle Francois was the key author of the agenda. The dialogue brought together experts from several prominent research centers of the U.S.A., European Union and Russia.

The Russian International Affairs Council was represented by General Director Andrei Kortunov and Program Director Ivan Timofeyev. Participants on the Russian side were also Director of the Center for Conflicts and Disarmament Studies, MGIMO Professor A. V. Zagorsky, Director of the European Security Center T. G. Parkhalina, and Program Coordinator of the Moscow Carnegie Center V. S. Kurske.

The next meeting within the tripartite dialogue is scheduled for 2013 in Moscow.