Today, the Korean peninsula is one of the most militarized places on the entire planet. It is here where the interests of large powers like the US, China, and Russia intersect. The range of forces that could be deployed in a possible conflict (within a fairly limited space on a rough terrain) is truly impressive.
Yet, the prospects of a large military conflict are doubtful. Chances of an easy victory are too small for all potential parties. But if such a confrontation does take place, what would...
The results of NATO summit in Warsaw seen from a Western perspective – by
Lukasz Kulesa
, Research Director at the European Leadership Network.
Was Warsaw NATO summit substantially different from any other NATO summits that had been held before?
I think NATO had to change the way it operated very significantly after 2014. The summit in Newport, which took place that year, was basically about adopting NATO to the Ukraine crisis as an emergency, whereas in Warsaw we are talking about a more...
The NATO Summit that took place in Warsaw on July 8–9, 2016, twenty-five years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, was never going to bring about any kind of political or diplomatic intrigue: NATO is returning to its roots, that is, strengthening collective defence on the eastern borders, but in its expanded, 28-member form.
The balance between deterrence and cooperation in NATO–Russia relations established in Lisbon in November 2010 within the framework of the NATO–Russia...
On July 7-9, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC member Dmitry Trenin, Director of Carnegie Moscow Center, took part in the international Experts'
Forum
held in Warsaw on the margins of the NATO summit and made their reports to the prominent audience.
Sponsored by the Polish Institute of International Affairs and the GLOBSEC, the CEE largest security forum, with assistance of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Atlantic...
On July 1, 2016, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö. Despite the Ukrainian crisis, the events in Syria and attempts by Western countries to isolate Russia, the Russia–Finland partner dialogue, as well as political contacts and trading and economic cooperation between the two countries never ceased. Vladimir Putin and Sauli Niinistö exchanged opinions on key issues of the international agenda, including the prospects of...
On June 23, 2016, RIAC held a
seminar
on fighting terrorism in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Talatbek Masadykov, former political affairs officer at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, spoke to RIAC website editors about solving the Afghanistan problem, the validity of criticism of the Eurasian Economic Union and the multi-faceted approach to working on international issues.
At the RIAC meeting Hekmat Karzai, Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan said that the Afghani people expect...
The President of the Russian Federation’s recent
visit
to China was one of the most successful Russia–China top-level meetings in terms of practical content. The visit was also notable for the unusually high level of thinly disguised anti-American rhetoric on both sides and the adoption of an important joint political statement that may make a difference to Moscow and Beijing’s dialogue with the United States on strategic matters.
In addition, the text of the joint Russia–China...
... Secretary-General. It was her only public appearance in Moscow.
The event was opened by RIAC Vice President
Vyacheslav Trubnikov
and New Zealand Ambassador to Moscow Ian Hill.
Ms. Clark shared her views on the UN future, as well as key problems of international security and development, which gave rise to a free discussion with participation of RIAC members and experts, academic leaders and researchers from RAS institutes, universities and think tanks.
Finally, Ms. Clark answered questions of Russian ...
The End of the Long Peace
Valuable Advice from Washington and Warsaw
In November 2015, Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), which also has an office in Warsaw, published a report titled "Frontline Allies: War and Change in Central Europe" produced by the U.S.-Central Europe Strategic Assessment Group
[1]
devoted to foreign and defense policies of the CEE countries
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, implications of the recent developments for U.S. national security interests, and American...
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In early 2016, the Saudi
Gulf Research Center
published a report in Arabic subtitled “An Arab Gulf Union is the Future” dedicated to Gulf regional security.
The report is important not only because the problem of regional security in the Middle East has recently become a favorite discussion topic, but also because the Jeddah-based Gulf Research Center is chaired by businessman Abdulaziz bin Othman bin Sager. He is considered to be close to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s...
