Is there a future for Belarus as an independent nation, or must it choose between being absorbed by the Poland-Lithuania-NATO constellation of power or by metropolitan Russia?
For centuries, the land on which the contemporary sovereign state of Belarus sits has been a fiercely contested borderland between Poland and Russia. It has changed hands many times over the centuries....
... that the drive towards Europe could be difficult or even fatal. The approach of Ukraine needing to become part of the EU and NATO due to Russian aggression is a temporary one. It only aims to secure the current regime legitimacy and will be no longer ... ... trade partner: according to World Bank data, in 2017 Ukrainian export to Russia was 3 943 217.84 $ (9.08%), by comparison — Poland is the second (6.28%) and import — 7 196 562.10 (14.56%), China is the third (11.41%).
Third, despite the conflict, labour ...
... evolution of cooperation between Russia and Europe becomes especially glaring when we compare the political dynamics of Russia and Poland. When Russian liberals speak of the growing estrangement of Russia from Europe, they typically advance two explanations.... ... 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 ...
... in the event of a crisis appears to be a more significant factor. The same goes for the expansion of NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).
Changes are taking place in Russia as well. Moscow has managed to implement a massive, the four NATO battalions deployed in Poland and the Baltic states and apparently successful, military reform, creating " more compact, mobile, and possibly more efficient armed forces. A number of military units have been restored; in particular, three divisions were deployed on the ...
... constant low-intensity conflicts between the member-states that are managed on daily basis through common institutions, treaties and procedures. Sooner or later we will find a solution acceptable both for national governments and the European Commission.
Poland has asked NATO for additional troops to be deployed. How do you think it will affect the regional security system – would it help it, or would it undermine it?
It is part of the NATO reassurance policy. We have been a NATO member for eighteen years right ...
On November 4, 2016 Center for European Policy Analysis, CEPA, hosted a «
Warsaw Summit 2016 – What’s Next for NATO?
» conference in Warsaw.
The following issues farmed the agenda of the conference: NATO on the Eastern Flank, the development and the future of the Alliance, Russia-NATO relations.
Natalia Evtikhevich
, Programme Manager, Russian International ...
... significantly and left Poland out of the negotiating platforms, which naturally could not have pleased Poland’s leaders.
Poland has gained additional instruments for becoming involved in the Ukrainian process by deepening the interaction between NATO and Ukraine (Poland can successfully play the familiar part of intermediary). Besides, should the destructive processes in the European Union continue, Poland will have a wonderful shot at solidifying its position as an important player, not only in the region, but ...
... day – such as rule of law,
independent judiciaries and a free press
." According to Mr. Obama, these are the values the American-Polish alliance is based on. These words the American President addressed to Andrzej Duda, the President of Poland at the recent NATO summit in Warsaw; these words might have passed unnoticed in the world, but in Poland, they created an uproar. They unequivocally stated that Poland has anti-democratic tendencies, which has already long been discussed in Europe. The current state ...
... defence (BMD) base at Deveselu, Romania, had been put into operation. This marked the second phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) announced by Barack Obama in 2009. Immediately thereafter, construction of a similar base in Redzikowo, Poland began
as part of the third EPAA phase
. These events force us once again to reflect on the potential threat that the United States’ current plans to deploy BMD in Europe poses to Russia’s national security.
Aegis Ashore
EPAA replaced ...
... officers and journalists, among them Polish Presdient Andrzej Duda, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, foreign and defense ministers of Poland, presidents of Croatia and Montenegro, foreign ministers of Italy and Norway, as well as other officials from NATO and neutral European countries.
The discussants focused on NATO strategy in the eastern and southern flanks, its evolution in the nuclear and conventional areas, relations with Russia and other post-Soviet states, countering international terrorism,...