... Cold War” and their belief in the ‘end of history’. As a result, Western countries completely flouted the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act on the immutability of the post-war borders, and departed from their promise to disband NATO in parallel with the disbanding of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation. Moreover, the Western camp continues with NATO enlargement to the east, ignoring Russia’s interests and its protests. They continue to squeeze the strategic space around Russia,...
... on the ground several tens of thousands of men strong at a cost of $4.1 billion per year. Since the US made clear that it would not sustain its military aid package to Afghanistan should Kabul choose not to sign the US Bilateral Security Agreement, NATO finds itself at a difficult fork in the road.
In view of its findings and deductions, CNA advised the United States to keep both international military advisers and troops in Afghanistan, until “at least 2018”. The report read, “Our ...
... of Russia and Ukraine towards Europe have two basic differences. Moscow has proposed an institutional allegiance toward only two structures built on European multilateral mechanisms, i.e. toward the OSCE and the Council of Europe. As for the EU and NATO, the two other main structures, Russia has become content with only surface-level institutional involvement which implies multifaceted exclusive cooperation with the right to dispense harsh criticism and, frequently, stand in opposition. In contrast ...
The “Grassroots” Policy Continued
The Russian-Belorussian "West 2013" exercise and its NATO counterpart, "Exercise Steadfast Jazz", which practically coincided this autumn, were given particular prominence in the context of the relationship between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance at the close of this year’s political ...
No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. Henry A. Kissinger The biggest struggle that will need to be done is to keep KSF story within NATO to stop it become Kosovo Army. In the current situation, potential Kosovo army, can not be compared to the capacity and strength of the Army of Serbia, which is perhaps the strongest in the region and capable of defending the country from a much ...
On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the
German Marshall Fund
and
EURISC Foundation
, the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University....
Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia. Novak Djokovic, world tenis player No 1 In NATO bombing of Yugoslavia which began on 24 March, 1999. more than 2,000 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded. There were severely damaged infrastructure, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, media houses and monuments...In addition ...
... confrontation, but rather will take the form of economic, technological and political competition. In this context, the states involved will be ever less prepared to opt for compromise in upholding their national interests within international organizations. NATO’s increasing activity in the Arctic will lead to transfiguration in relations in the area of international security, with new challenges and opportunities emerging for Russia.
The Arctic is becoming a new area of NATO’s influence, an ...
... deliver the strike without delay, but on the other, there are voices against it. Some regional powers – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc. – are working to provoke Western states to attack Syria. A lot of activity is coming from certain European NATO members, especially France, which is investing a remarkable level of effort in the matter.
I think the Americans would benefit from waiting until the G20 summit, since they are ready militarily but not politically. A lot will depend on the report ...
... of its five transformation waves? What is the Smart Defense approach and what are the key mechanisms for its implementation? How is the development of partnerships linked with the bloc’s main transformation and reform projects? How will Russia-NATO relations develop taking into account factors affecting mutual perceptions? The article attempts to answer these and other questions.
Experts and politicians have been buzzing about the NATO crisis for more than 40 years, beginning from the 1966 ...
