This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between Russia and NATO, namely in the Baltic region. The authors argue that steps to ensure military stability are not only possible, but are also mutually beneficial.
This new ELN policy brief looks at ways to reduce the risk of military confrontation between Russia and NATO, namely in the Baltic region. The authors argue that steps to ensure military stability are not only possible, but are also mutually beneficial...
Interview with Mitchell Belfer, President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre
Mitchell Belfer is President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre, a Rome-based organization that is engaged in building political and economic bridges between European countries and the Gulf states. Mr. Belfer is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Terrorism and Security at the Metropolitan University Prague (Czech Republic) and Editor-in-Chief of the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies...
On September 5–6, 2019, in Vienna, FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe held the second closed scenario forecasting seminar “Looking beyond the Horizon of 2024” on the long-term future of Russia.
On September 5–6, 2019, in Vienna, FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe held the second closed scenario forecasting seminar “Looking beyond the Horizon of 2024” on the long-term future of Russia.
An international group of experts from Austria, Germany, the United...
The meeting was organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German political foundation, and GLOBSEC, a Slovak think tank.
On August 29–30, 2019, OSCE Secretariat in Vienna hosted a meeting of an international expert group on the formation of a new security system in Europe.
The meeting was organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German political foundation, and GLOBSEC, a Slovak think tank. The meeting was attended by experts on European security issues from Europe and the USA, as well as employees...
... experts, and other representatives of the Russian expert community and Russian business are taking part in the meeting.
In addition, the Ambassadors of Russia to Austria and Austria to Russia, the EU Ambassador to Russia, and senior officials of the European Union and the Government of Russia are taking part in the discussions. Maxim Akimov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, addressed ...
Moral Hazard. It sounds like the name of a failed town in a Clint Eastwood western. We all live there now.
– The Wall Street Journal (2008)
In the past several weeks the world’s financial markets have re-entered into higher volatility mode as the ongoing trade dispute between the two largest economies is dashing hopes of speedy improvement in US-China relations. The uncertainty afflicting the markets is further exacerbated by the contradictions between the Trump camp and the Fed, with increasing...
Is it high time that we restore the political unity of Europe on the basis of pragmatism?
In the euphoria of the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall long 30 years ago quite a few hopeful predictions were made for restoration of political unity of Europe, for a Europe whole and free, practically as a matter of course. But all those hopes and pan-European enthusiasm, they generated were not to come true.
One has to admit, that European elites have proved themselves unprepared, both politically and...
The main issue for Moscow in the Middle East in the years ahead will be the implementation of a shift from a military-political approach to an economic one or in other words from risk based approach to opportunity-oriented
Since the start of the Russian military operation in Syria in 2015, the configuration of political forces in the Middle East began to undergo major changes. The dominance of the United States as a key security provider in the region, which was the issue since 1990s and accelerated...
... There is the situation in Syria and the threat of a new escalation in Idlib and new flows of Syrian refugees into Europe, which has been made worse by the recent decision of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to suspend the agreement with the European Union on migrants. The future of relations with Iran following the sharp aggravation of U.S.–Iran relations and the threat of the Iranian nuclear deal falling apart entirely. And the future of European security after attempts to save the Intermediate-Range ...
... two presidents decide to meet on August 19 in France? Can we use the term "reset" about the French-Russian relations?
“Reset” is probably too strong a word to be used here. Still, France is a member of both the Atlantic alliance and the European Union and it is not going to question the integrity of both institutions by launching its separate ‘reset’ with Russia. However, both presidents hope to benefit from the meeting. For Emmanuel Macron this is another opportunity to claim the ...
