... William Hill. RIAC Website Editor Anastasia Tolstukhina discussed with the author the evolution of relations between Russia and NATO, the reasons behind the crisis between East and West, Russia’s place in the world politics and other questions. William ... ... (Washington DC); he retired from Foreign Service after serving in various European countries, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the OSCE.
You have visited Russia many times. What’s your impression of Russia today?
William Hill’s “No Place for Russia: ...
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— Militarily, sustained communication between the West and Russia is critical to reduce potential miscalculations.
— The OSCE Vienna Document could play an important role in ensuring transparency and military-to-military dialogue. Both sides should ... ... needs to focus on technical elements (exchange and inspections, military transparency), political elements (preservation of the NATO–Russia Founding Act) and confidence building measures (Russia and NATO demonstrating strategic restraint and declaring ...
... these three trends has led to the Helsinki order being occasionally short-circuited. The emergence of numerous conflicts in Europe and on its periphery has cast doubt on the principle of non-interference and peaceful settlement of disputes. In 1999, the OSCE member states from NATO countries launched air strikes on another OSCE member state, Yugoslavia. NATO countries conducted a number of interventions in the Greater Middle East, including Iraq, Libya, and Syria. Russia used the Georgia pacification operation to assert its ...
... disincentives for the other side to consider.
4. Contemplate a NATO-Russia crisis management group.
The current state of the NATO-Russian Council (NRC) does not look exceedingly optimistic. For a variety of reasons, this body is not going to be completely ... ... liberalization or even for a non-visa regime for Russian students, scholars and civil society leaders.
7. Come up with a new plan for OSCE.
Today the German Foreign Ministry starts a fight for a place of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. This ...
... truly move forward. Several Russian participants, however, emphasized the need to more directly link the settlement of Ukraine to a way forward on European security more broadly, whether through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) format or something else. Agreement that the NATO-Russia founding act remains in place and should continue to do so (although NATO members might argue that Russia’s actions in Ukraine violate it) is one possible starting point. So is having both officials and experts discuss how escalation dynamics ...
... truly move forward. Several Russian participants, however, emphasized the need to more directly link the settlement of Ukraine to a way forward on European security more broadly, whether through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) format or something else. Agreement that the NATO-Russia founding act remains in place and should continue to do so (although NATO members might argue that Russia’s actions in Ukraine violate it) is one possible starting point. So is having both officials and experts discuss how escalation dynamics ...
... region?
Could peacekeeping forces be deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh, for example, where tensions appear to be heating up, or in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, if political settlements could be forged in these regions? Would it be possible to deploy a joint NATO-EU-Russian peacekeeping force, somewhat similar to the peacekeeping deployments in ex-Yugoslavia in 1995, under OSCE auspices, in the southern Caucasus?
And how would this possibility impact the Russian-controlled northern Caucasus?
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In the aftermath ...
OSCE member countries — the most powerful military nations — are hard put to keep the growing terrorist pressure in check.... ... that happening?
The threat of terrorism and extremism will undoubtedly be among the priorities on the agenda of the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels. The organization’s members justly consider terrorism to be one of the most formidable challenges. Many ...
... outside powers. We suggest nevertheless that experience from the Helsinki process in Europe and the modalities of work of the OSCE could be useful for regional actors who want to pursue this objective, and we stand ready to support this process.
Signed
... ... to Russia (UK);
Alexei Gromyko
, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS) (Russia);
Anatoliy Adamishin
, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the UK, President of the Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation,...
... the EU policy. And it gained a victory over Moscow’s project.
Of course, it would be wrong to perceive this complex issue in a simplistic manner and draw a one-sided picture. However, here are just a few examples to illustrate the findings.
The OSCE, as a coordinator of the international observation of presidential and parliamentary elections, has always assessed them “correctly,” just as Washington and Brussels saw fit. The elections were recognized as free, democratic, without violations and all ...
