Measures should be based on existing agreements rather than negotiating a new treaty
The return to an outright deterrence relationship between NATO and Russia involves the danger of an arms race and a number of military risks, particularly in the NATO-Russia contact zones. These risks can be contained by means of sub-regional arms control. Approaches of this kind should comprise sub-regional force limitations, limitations of military exercises, transparency and inspection rules for rapid deployment...
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Interview with Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, for the EU-Russia Expert Network website.
— The EU-Russia Expert Network devoted its 10th meeting exclusively to the role that the EU and Russia play in European Security — at a time when there is practically no prospect of common ground emerging. Why do you think this is an important discussion? Where do you see EUREN's value being added in this debate?
Sabine Fischer, IvanTimofeev:
Selective Engagement ...
... confrontations. These technologies are rapidly evolving and entirely uncontrolled.
The risks of nuclear accident, misjudgement or miscalculation have not been higher since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Complacency should not be an option. It is not only European security at stake.
Simply coercing an adversary will not restore stability. Politically unrealistic appeals for transformed behaviour will not build trust. An accelerating arms race makes both trust and safer behaviours harder to achieve.
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... European diplomats.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: participation of independent Russian, European, and American experts in the preparation of proposals for OSCE institutional development and the future architecture of European security in general. Andrey Kortunov informed Thomas Greminger about the implemented and current RIAC projects on this topic.
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The ongoing confrontation between Russia and the west has been characterised by competing narratives concerning the origins and development of events. These differing interpretations make coming to any kind of consensus on the future of the European security order extremely difficult.
Prominent European and Russian experts were brought together by the European Leadership Network and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) to examine these narratives, their origins in international ...
... relations is a crisis of mutual trust. The situation can only be resolved by maintaining dialogue and cooperation
The Minsk II agreements remain the only viable solution to the crisis in Ukraine. If Minsk II fails, there will be no Minsk III
The new European security system needs to be Russia-inclusive. A number of Russian participants expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the OSCE and its ability to contribute to European security
Russia and the EU should come up with a positive agenda that ...
... Ministry Alexei Meshkov, a RIAC member, Diplomatic Academy Rector Eugeny Bazhanov and Rossotrudnichestvo Deputy Director Alexander Radkov, the event attracted young diplomats from Slovenia, Germany, Poland, Hungary and other countries.
At session “
European Security, New Threats and Challenges
,” Dr. Yevtikhevich spoke on construction of Greater Europe, continental challenges, Russia-West cooperation options, as well as openings for Track 1.5 and Track 2 cooperation.
