It is time for us to quit constantly complaining about the treachery of the West, and stop dwelling on who cheated us and how in the 1990s
The new cold war between Russia and the West is characterized by the absence of a clear ideological confrontation. This constitutes its fundamental difference from the era of bipolarity, when the Soviet Union and the United States were irreconcilable ideological enemies. Both sides offered universal ideological doctrines to the world. Ideology served as an important...
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October 2017 in Moscow
. The mood was grim: participants were unanimous that the current state of bilateral relations is dire and in danger of spiraling down further. In Russia, that country’s representatives reported, the conventional wisdom...
Signs are that U.S.–Turkey relations will see further upheavals in the short and medium term
U.S.–Turkey relations are going through one of the most difficult periods in their history. On October 8, 2017 all the U.S. diplomatic missions
across Turkey
stopped issuing non-immigrant visas to Turkish citizens. Ankara responded in kind by suspending the issue of visas on U.S. territory. Washington’s actions are of course far more damaging, but Turkey refuses to “yield” to their colleagues oversees...
... role of conventional arms control stated in the national security strategies of Russia and Great Britain under the changing multipolar world; nuclear arms control and the future of the nuclear arms reduction treaties; analysis of North Korea threats to international security and elaboration of common approaches to decrease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Tom Plant, Director of Proliferation and Nuclear Policy ...
On November 9-10, 2017, London hosted a Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group meeting. The Group was created to discuss practical steps to decrease the armed conflict threat in Europe and to prevent global nuclear war.
On November 9-10, 2017, London hosted a Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group meeting. The Group was created to discuss practical steps to decrease the armed conflict threat in Europe and to prevent global nuclear war.
The Group consists of the heads of states, ministers of...
How to move the world away from the brink of a nuclear apocalypse
Dmitry Stefanovich:
Nuclear-Cybernetic Systems
September 20, 2017 was marked by a historic event that took place at the UN General Assembly: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was opened for signing. Like the rest of the official and unofficial nuclear powers (as well as a number of their allies), Russia announced in advance that it would not support this international agreement as it does not correspond with...
... necessarily effective in a globalizing world, the Russian Federation has adopted these hybrid strategies as a new and concrete measure in preventing a loss of power. The international community realizes that this new methodology poses serious domestic and international security and stability risks. A continuation of these actions may serve to undermine the democratic and liberal order that much of the west has cemented into the perceived status quo. Due to Russia’s undeniable power and influence, affected ...
Fifth Task Force Position Paper Released
Fifth Task Force Position Paper Released
A group of prominent Members and Supporters of the Pan-European
Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
,
including former foreign and defence ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Italy and Finland
has joined forces to appeal to the leadership of the countries in the Euro-Atlantic area to
halt the downward spiral in West-Russia relations and manage its risks...
OSCE member countries — the most powerful military nations — are hard put to keep the growing terrorist pressure in check. Why is that happening?
The threat of terrorism and extremism will undoubtedly be among the priorities on the agenda of the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels. The organization’s members justly consider terrorism to be one of the most formidable challenges. Many of them have fallen victim to terrorist attacks. The threat is fueled by the crisis of statehood and conflicts in the...
Western media, including official Pentagon news outlets, have been citing a US Central Command report to the effect that “the largest-yield conventional bomb” has been used against a regional Islamic State cell in Afghanistan. What does this mean?
Western media, including
official Pentagon news outlets
, have been citing a US Central Command report to the effect that “the largest-yield conventional bomb” has been used against a regional Islamic State cell in Afghanistan. What does this mean?...
