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Sergey Rogov

Academic Director of the RAS Institute of US and Canada, RAS Full Member

Alexey Gromyko

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC member

In June 2020, the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISCRAN) and the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IERAS) served as co-organizers of the international project “NATO-Russia Expert Dialogue on Military Risk Reduction in Europe.” About 40 renowned experts, former high-ranking politicians, diplomats and military personnel from the United States, Russia and other European countries took part in the following 20 online seminars. After five months of work, the project members developed a document that was presented to the broader public. These recommendations are supported by more than 150 experts from many countries, including 16 former foreign and defence ministers, 24 ambassadors and 27 retired generals and admirals. The recommendations’ fundamental idea is to deter military escalation between Russia and NATO and take urgent measures to ensure the confrontation does not escalate into a military conflict or major war. The concrete proposals set out in the document, if implemented, even incompletely, can contribute to the broader process of normalizing relations between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance in the future.

Recommendations of the Participants of the Expert Dialogue on NATO-Russia Military Risk Reduction in Europe

In June 2020, the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISCRAN) and the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IERAS) served as co-organizers of the international project “NATO-Russia Expert Dialogue on Military Risk Reduction in Europe.” About 40 renowned experts, former high-ranking politicians, diplomats and military personnel from the United States, Russia and other European countries took part in the following 20 online seminars. After five months of work, the project members developed a document that was presented to the broader public. These recommendations are supported by more than 150 experts from many countries, including 16 former foreign and defence ministers, 24 ambassadors and 27 retired generals and admirals. The recommendations’ fundamental idea is to deter military escalation between Russia and NATO and take urgent measures to ensure the confrontation does not escalate into a military conflict or major war. The concrete proposals set out in the document, if implemented, even incompletely, can contribute to the broader process of normalizing relations between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance in the future.

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