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No doubt, the ELN paper compares favorably with the tritely emotional stories seen in the media, first of all coming from the Baltic states, thanks to its brevity and detailed listing of even minor episodes captured in the press and relate to NATO-Russia military encounters at sea and in the air. Since the authors also give references to these sources, the document appears helpful at least as a digest, despite the authors' emotional comments, conclusions and recommendations.
The policy brief ...
Tatyana Parkhalina, Dmitry Danilov and Andrey Baikov discuss the situation
NATO and Kiev representatives are to meet in Brussels on 2–3 December 2014 for political consultations on Ukraine’s full membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. But how realistic is such a discussion in the light of the current internal ...
... relations have developed since the Cold War. It seems clear that there has been a major ramping up of the level of Russian military activity in 2014 compared to 2013. Certainly that spur has been reported first by individual national governments and also by NATO in terms of scrambling aircraft and the level of activity that has been observed. If you go further back before 2013, then obviously there was a period when there was no activity of that kind.
I think one of the important distinctions to make is ...
NATO will consider the possibility of further expansion in the Balkans
The issue of NATO expansion has once again been put on the agenda. There has been talk recently about possible membership for three states located on the Balkan Peninsula. In addition,...
... goals. Should the cease-fire be allowed to break down completely, the danger of a big war in Ukraine will immediately reappear.
This scenario must be absolutely barred, as it risks escalation to a full-scale military confrontation between Russia and NATO. However, mere avoidance of war is not good enough. The perilous political dynamics in Eastern Europe need to be reversed. To do that, the following immediate steps are in order.
1. Deploying OSCE military observers, in sufficient numbers and appropriately ...
... as well, and what effect is Russia being threatened with?
In my opinion, the opposite is true, since it is Russia that holds all the cards. There are things with which Russia can respond to the sanctions. If necessary, Russia can completely block all NATO cargo deliveries to Afghanistan, close the airspace, and withdraw from arms agreements that are disadvantageous for us. These are very painful and sensitive issues for the West. And I believe that if Russia had made them clear straight away, there ...
Russia Direct sat down with Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin to discuss the new wave of the sanctions war between Russia and the West, the recent NATO summit in Wales, common external threats for Russia and the West such as Islamic State, and the odds of success for the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement.
Although Russia and Ukraine seem to have begun taking steps to resolve the Ukraine crisis ...
... said with a good reason there are as many opinions as there are lawyers. But certain things are indisputable. Either you refrain from supplying weapons to Libya and thereby honor the UN Security Council resolution, or you sell them… It was both NATO countries and some countries of the region that have abused the embargo. The United States is positioning itself as the citadel of freedom, but quite often it is very far from truth, to put it mildly... In other words, the international system is ...
... Mikhail Troitsky
A summit of the North Atlantic alliance will take place on 4-5 September 2014 in Wales. In the light of the unstable international situation brought about by the Ukrainian crisis and the worsening of the Middle East conflict, the NATO summit is attracting increased attention from the international public and prompting a large number of forecasts. What can we expect from this summit of the heads of the member countries in this major military alliance? Mikhail Troitsky, Candidate ...
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Estonia on September 3, 2014. The visit will mark one of the key stages in the preparation of the NATO Summit in Wales (which will take place on September 4–5) and partial redesign of the European security architecture.
After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, NATO experienced a goal-setting crisis. Instead of communism, NATO’s enemies ...
