... province shortly after Washington accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of using chemical weapons against civilians. Fortunately, Russia and the U.S. avoided direct confrontation this time.
Earlier U.S. President
Donald Trump recommended
that Moscow prepare ... ... between future and past wars.
One of the comic books (“
Silent Ruin
”) deals with an imagined conflict between Russia and NATO countries on the territory of Eastern Europe, where Moscow wins tactically thanks to a cyber attack. “Russian Cyber Command ...
... Russia and the increase of the number of nuclear states from two to nine since 1949. Former President George W. Bush’s autonomous withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 2002 did not help. The ABM Treaty was a cornerstone of international security. Without this treaty to hold countries back, Russia started to rebuild and modernize its nuclear arsenal in order to hold off NATO and deter nuclear threats. Vladimir Putin
said
as much in the latter third of his recent address to the Federal Assembly in March, where he explained Russia’s upgraded nuclear arsenal in the hope that the two countries could sit down and talk....
... 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 ... ... incurred, the greater the need for a new order will grow.
Ivan Timofeev:
The Euro-Atlantic Security Formula: The Implications of NATO-Russia Relations to the Baltic Sea Region
In other words, the extremely serious crisis in relations between Russia and the ...
... new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after ... ... to sharply disagree on many critically important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that of the European Union; it will not take any initiatives that might look risky, inappropriate or untimely to other ...
Relations between Russia and the UK have taken a hard knock from recent events.
The poisoning by nerve agent of Sergei and Yulia Skripal has dealt a sharp blow to Russia’s relations with the UK, and with Europe NATO and beyond. And things could get even worse. With further measures being announced as we write, there is increasing talk of a new Cold War.
Yet the situation today is very different, and in some respects even more dangerous. After the Cuban Missile ...
Current US and Russia’s Attitudes toward Disarmament in the Area of Weapons of Mass Destruction
... ... withdrawal from such an important treaty.
Russian concerns over the compatibility of NATO nuclear-sharing practice with the provisions of the NPT
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic... ... the Russian proposal is very low.
Dmitry Stefanovich:
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition and International Security
It appears that the current discordance between the US and Russia...
Revisiting the Harmel’s legacy
Introduction
This article revisits the origins and significance of NATO’s 1967 Harmel report and debates its relevance in the current context of relations between the Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation. NATO-Russia relations are today marked by confrontation and the two sides seem unable to set their relationship on the path toward partnership. Nonetheless, the Harmel report’s 50th anniversary provides a major opportunity to reflect ...
... Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October ... ... 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 ...
... Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October ... ... 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 ...
... and the image of power that the United States provides to the organizations, they will not serve as a legitimate barrier to the continuation of any Russian aggression, whether it is through hybrid aggression or traditional aggression. Ironically, the Russian worldviews that NATO and the European Union view as critical threats to international security and the preservation of sovereignty are exacerbated by the action taken by the current American administration. It is no secret that the Russian Federation seeks to reshape the world order so as to promote its desire for a shift ...