It is impossible to return to the glorious past. The illusion that it is possible is depriving us of our future
Introduction
The collapse of relations between Russia and the West after 2014 put an end to the idea of Greater Europe. The area of common security and cooperation from Lisbon to Vladivostok, or even wider – from Vancouver to Vladivostok – remains on paper in numerous documents that are gradually being buried in archives. The almost 40-year ‘post-Helsinki’ ...
On April 11-12, 2018, Vienna hosted an International Advisory Board meeting of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (ROCPE).
On April 11-12, 2018, Vienna hosted an International Advisory Board meeting of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (ROCPE).
The meeting focused on the future of European security architecture ...
... March 20-23, 2018, Cadenabbia, Italy, hosted the third German-Russian expert meeting on security issues in and around Europe.
On March 20-23, 2018,
Cadenabbia
, Italy, hosted the third German-Russian expert meeting on security issues in and around Europe.
The meeting is held annually with the support of Konrad Adenauer Foundation and aims to compare the positions of Germany and Russia on a wide range of issues of international security, identify coinciding and diverging interests, and define possible areas for cooperation between the two countries.
The third expert meeting was held in the context of the formation of a new government coalition in Berlin, along ...
On February 17, 2018, the roundtable «Co-operative Security in Europe: Priorities of the New OSCE Secretary General» was held within Munich Security Conference under the auspices of Center for Security Studies (CSS) ETH Zürich), with the participation of OSCE secretariat.
On February 17, 2018, the roundtable ...
... and together with a group of former and current senior officials and experts from across the Euro-Atlantic region – the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG) – believe that, despite significant differences, the United States, Russia, and Europe can and must cooperate on areas of vital common interest. Together in Munich, we will be presenting and discussing our ideas to improve the security of all people living in the region, beginning with reducing nuclear and other military risks.
Statement ...
... January 22, 2018, in Berlin, Friedrich Ebert Foundation with the support of German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Centre for OSCE Research, and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) held International Conference «From Cold War to New European Security System: Steps Towards De-Escalation».
On January 22, 2018, in Berlin,
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
with the support of German Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Centre for OSCE Research
, and the
Institute for Peace Research and Security ...
Fifth Task Force Position Paper Released
Fifth Task Force Position Paper Released
A group of prominent Members and Supporters of the Pan-European
Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
,
including former foreign and defence ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Italy and Finland
has joined forces to appeal to the leadership of the ...
... remaining and new security challenges in the Euro-Atlantic, mechanisms to stimulate wider public dialogue and deepen cooperation on European security issues between think-tanks. Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, participated ... ... situation with the Euro-Atlantic security was getting worse and worse. Indeed, today we have arguably reached the lowest point in international security since the end of the Cold War. Still, do we have any reasons to be optimistic about the future? I think ...
... Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions (
OSCE Network
), the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and
International Relations (
RAS
IMEMO
) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
) held a seminar “European Security: Challenges at the Societal Level.”
The participants of the seminar discussed the draft report prepared by the OSCE Network and addressed the following issues: the future of the European order; Russian and Western interests in ...
... afraid of? Russia’s concerns are most fully formulated in the BMD-related materials of the
2012 Moscow Conference on International Security
. They boil down to the following points:
The third and now cancelled fourth phase of the EPAA threatens ... ... continues. Also, the number of ships capable of BMD missions and the number of interceptors continues to grow.
U.S. BMD assets in Europe coupled with BMD in the Asia-Pacific Region are elements of global BMD intended, above all, to protect the United States....
