... boundary bulwark in the West’s confrontation with the East. Understanding its value for the West and relying on significant successes in implementing socioeconomic reforms, Ukraine will more insistently demand a speedy integration into the bodies of NATO and the European Union. Although Ukraine is unlikely to become a full member of either the European Union or NATO in the foreseeable future, cooperation with these organizations will become intense and multifaceted.
Andrey Kortunov:
Europe and Russia: Four Scenarios for the New Cycle
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... and Security-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe should be revisited and possibly reapplied to the region. This type of engagement could serve to improve existing relations including between Russia and the Baltic states and between Russia and NATO.
— Dialogue on Ukraine would be facilitated by engaging new actors skilled in conflict resolution. A peacekeeping arrangement under the auspices of the UN should be welcomed by all parties. Ukraine, Russia, the EU and the US need to remain engaged in agreeing on the ...
... to the European world and order that existed 15, 20 or even 30 years ago. In that European order, there was no conflict over Ukraine, no sharp Eurozone crisis, no migration crisis on the present scale, no Brexit, and no rise of right-wing populism. That ... ... to wit, that for a quarter-century Russia has not been able to insert itself adequately into the European (EU) and Atlantic (NATO) structures as a full participant or equal partner. One can debate who bears responsibility for this failure, but the fact ...
... cent of the financing of European security. Therefore, regardless of whether or not the Russian side promises gas transit via Ukraine, the problem of security in exchange for access to the gas market will remain.
Sir Christopher Harper:
NATO Is Too Strong to Be Destabilized by One Particular U.S. President
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. Trump did not mention anything during the meeting about easing sanctions against Russia. We can thus conclude that the European Union’s fears were unjustified in this instance. However, there is a feeling inside the European Union than the United ...
... the 1990s; today it needs to build on this visionary and pragmatic tradition. But at least since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, it has become clear that Germany’s partnership for modernization [
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] with Russia has failed, and the special ... ... field that can be dangerous for the security in Europe. Here it needs more German and other European member states leadership in NATO to minimize these risks.
What are the preconditions for a new relationship?
As long as Russia’s leadership has no interest ...
... issues and disputes.
A number of key issues and disputes are already proving difficult to resolve, not even considering the added problem caused by accusations of mutual election interference. These include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as the nature of the conventional and nuclear arms race that has been escalating at least since the turn of the 21st century.
In June 2017, Moscow canceled talks with Washington in protest against the new political and economic sanctions ...
... policies in the region, and the European Union must therefore seek coordination with NATO. What is more, due attention should be paid to the Ukrainian factor by supporting the implementation of the Association Agreement, maintaining the prospects of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union and NATO, providing support in military and technical interaction, working on a new format for resolving the Russia–Ukraine conflict and stimulating investments into the Ukrainian economy.
Having analysed various articles from this section, we can arrive ...
... NATO agenda. However, Washington has indicated that it is still seeking to strengthen its influence in these two countries in spite of the lukewarm attitude to the idea on the part of Paris and Berlin and the signs of Britain drifting away from the European Union.
A tour with guarantees
On the eve of the Warsaw summit US Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to Georgia and Ukraine to reassure the governments there of continued
Washington’s
support. The reason is that the “aggressive” wing of NATO (above all Poland and the Baltic countries which are demanding the
deployment
of permanent NATO bases on their territories) is grappling with the tactical task of “reviving NATO’s mission” by “containing” Russia.
At ...
On the April 20 the NATO-Russia Council convened in Brussels for the first time in almost two years. Two weeks earlier, the Netherlands held a consultative referendum on the Association Treaty of the European Union with Ukraine. Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, shared his views on results of the ...
... sceptical about European integration and underscore the special importance of strengthening NATO’s military presence in Central Europe. Of particular risk to continued political... ... will not be as strong as it was under the previous governments.
Relations with the European Union will clearly cool as well, a consequence of the systemic Euroscepticism... ... development of cross-border interregional and European projects, which could also include Ukraine.
In addition, Poland will likely try to foster a closer relationship with Romania...
