... alternatively, we are moving towards “
an age of entropy
”
[9]
, where international politics transforms into a system far more erratic, unsettled and devoid of behavioral regularities.
2. International institutions are playing catch-up
“The Ukrainian crisis – and prior to that, the crisis in the Middle East – underscored the evanescence of many post-Cold war institutions”
[10]
. Such post-Cold War institutions are no longer able to guarantee international security. Meanwhile,...
On 30 June, 2015 at 11:00, the round table ‘Visegrad Europe and Russia Today’ will be held at the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
The round table participants will include ambassadors of all the four countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), Russian experts and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign diplomatic corps.
The RIAC report ‘
Russia and the Visegrad Group: the Ukrainian Challenge
’ will be presented...
... human rights of the Crimean Tatars on the peninsula, who constitute one of the largest diasporas in Turkey, was an important component of the resolution of the Ukrainian problem. The Russian side pinned certain hopes on a balanced assessment of the Ukrainian crisis by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, headed by former Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, who was appointed Chief Monitor of the Mission on April 2, 2014.
EPA / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL ...
Experts at the GLOBSEC 2015 conference are concerned that the crumbling architecture of Euro-Atlantic security post-Ukraine is pushing nuclear conflict to the fore
The international security conference GLOBSEC 2015 in Bratislava that took place between June 19-21 is considered by many to be a kind of "Central European Munich." In attendance are presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers from across Central and Eastern Europe.
Also taking part are high-ranking officials from the...
Prospects for Stationing U.S. Heavy Weapons in Central and Eastern Europe
The “war of words” that is heating up between Russia and individual NATO countries in connection with plans to deploy significant military force in Europe is becoming increasingly strained.
At first glance, such militant rhetoric could be explained by the escalation of the conflict in South-East Ukraine, where the fragile peace regime set up on the back of the Minsk Agreements has begun to erode at an alarming...
Four months after the Minsk II accords, the Ukraine crisis continues to simmer, with occasional violent eruptions. The ceasefire in Donbass has not prevented some 1,000 people from losing their lives since February, adding to the previous fatality count of more than 5,000. Some of the heavy weapons that both sides should have pulled back from the line of contact are still positioned close to that line, and are active.
Despite some technical contacts with the participation of both Kiev and Donbass...
The latest G7 summit was held at the picturesque Schloss Elmau in Bavaria on June 8, 2015. Russia, which is no longer a club member, this time cemented the G7 countries as a common enemy, and even brought back the importance of the Group, which five years ago (with Russia in it) was fading away and losing its ground. The huge impact of the G20 Summit in Toronto, coupled with almost complete silence (even among anti-globalists) with regard to the G8 Summit that preceded it, proves this.
To Be or Not...
... Russian President
’s visit to the Milan World Exposition — Expo 2015. There is no doubt that Putin’s trip to Italy has the primary objective of reaffirming the relevance of Russian-Italian relations under the circumstances of the current Ukrainian crisis, as the Russian President himself firmly stressed in his Moscow meeting with Prime Minister Renzi in March and in a recent interview with Italy’s leading daily
Il Corriere della Sera
. Nonetheless, it is clear that this meeting ...
During times of crisis, maintaining international partnerships is a must for any country. How can this be achieved? First of all, through economic contacts. And as far as Russia is concerned, France remains one of its key economic partners despite political differences and the situation surrounding the Mistral ships, which has generated an avalanche of gossip, insinuations and spin doctoring. We met with
Arnaud Dubien
, Director of the think tank Observo located at the Franco-Russian Chamber of...
... currently not enough information about the visit in the media. Vladimir Putin’s press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the meeting would focus on bilateral relations. Lately Russia has been stuck in a vicious cycle, including the situation with the Ukrainian crisis – the central issue on the Russian agenda regarding the European dimension of its foreign policy.
Russia is trying to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. This means that the systemic problems of European security must be addressed, since ...
