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The US visit by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic must be considered primarily in the context of the Individual Partnership Action Plan between the Republic of Serbia and NATO), signed in January 2015. This comprehensive document established a framework for the parties’ collaboration and step-by-step alignment in all areas: military technical cooperation; regional cooperation; economic, legal and law enforcement ...
On May 27, 2015 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the Valdai International Discussion Club , will hold an open webinar entitled “Russia and NATO: Enemies Once Again?” The newest publication in the Valdai Papers series is devoted to analysis of the concept of New Atlanticism, the alternative Atlantic security system that has been developing since the end of the Cold war. On May 13–14,...
... the West increasingly growing in number. And Ukraine has at last provided the top military brass with an excellent chance to assert their importance. The mini-arms race in the Baltic was launched in April 2004 when Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined NATO. As a matter of fact, the alliance was strengthened by the non-signees of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), which means they may any time deploy unlimited weapons as close as 200 kilometers from St. Petersburg. Of course, the Baltic ...
... states that signed the 1920 Treaty signee have the right to freely enter the archipelago for any commercial, scientific and other nonmilitary activities. As a result, at times the USSR Consulate in Spitsbergen has been manned by persons non grata in NATO or other U.S.-allied countries, because the Norwegians were powerless under law to turn them down. Hence, the legal aspect of this case seems quite clear. But this is exactly why questions arise about the Norwegian Foreign Ministry’s motives ...
... own with solid parliamentary support. Consequently, the coming arrangement will again be a coalition, although its composition may change. Question number one for Moscow is definitely Helsinki's foreign and defense policy, as well as the attitude to NATO membership. However, these issues are not likely to conquer the electorate. As in other North European countries, Finland belongs to the community of advanced nations, the so-called golden billion . Hence, its main interests lie in the same track ...
... Moscow Time and such a big machine, without any measures to reduce its observability, is naturally visible from the ground at a distance of over 300km. A Su-27 took off to perform a visual identification. This is standard procedure: the main task of NATO aircraft based on a rotation system in the Baltic region is to intercept and visually identify Russian aircraft. Often, after transmitting back to base the state to which the unknown aircraft belongs and its tail number, the interceptor returns to ...
... and the development of the situation in south-eastern Ukraine have had an immense impact on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s agenda. The argument in Russian political circles and part of the expert community that the United States and NATO were planning to capture Sevastopol and turn it into a naval base is not taken serious by NATO member-states, and is rejected outright by the majority of the elite. The dramatic crisis of confidence between Russia and the West that has peaked with ...
... Sept. 25 . Russia Direct: What lessons should the OSCE and the world learn from the Ukrainian crisis? Andrey Kortunov: It seems to me that the Ukrainian crisis has revealed the extreme weakness of European security institutions, including the Russia-NATO Council and other NATO and EU agencies. Of course, in comparison with these organizations, the OSCE did pretty well in Ukraine regardless of its flaws. Yes, it was not so fast. Yes, it came too late. Yes, it did little. Yes, it might not be effective ...
On March 27, 2015 Robert Pszczel, Director of NATO Information Office in Moscow met RIAC Board of Directors who informed him about current RIAC projects on European security, Russia's relations with leading NATO member-states, Greater Europe prospects and mechanisms of restoring confidence between ...
Is there any connection between Russian military exercises and NATO military manoeouvres? Over the past year or so (less than a year, in fact), Russian troops have conducted a series of major military exercises, many of which were unplanned and even unexpected. In 2014 alone, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian ...
