... NATO–Russia Military Crisis Management Group
. Restarting bilateral military-to-military dialogue between the United States and Russia, essential throughout the Cold War, should be an immediate and urgent priority. The focus of these initiatives should be ... ... ISIS and other terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear and radiological materials through a joint initiative to prevent WMD terrorism
. There is an urgent need to cooperate on securing vulnerable radioactive materials that could be used to produce a ...
... expanding in Russia too. In short, OSCE member countries — the most powerful military nations — are hard put to keep the growing terrorist pressure in check. Why is that happening?
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and the West: the New Normal
First, the antiterrorism efforts of Russia and Western countries are largely divided. The parties regard each other as a priority security threat. A significant share of their resources is aimed at mutual containment, not at fighting terrorism. What’s more, there is an obvious asymmetry ...
Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, many analysts of Russia-Middle East relations have emphasized the contrast between Moscow’s generally cooperative relationship with Iran and tense relationship with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. While this cleavage continues to persist, there are signs ...
... delegation arrived in Russia to conduct unofficial, technical consultations on combatting terrorism. The discussion moderated by Vygaudas U
šackas, Head of the European Union's Delegation to Russia, covered comparative estimates of international terrorism threats in Russia and the EU, the dynamics and further direction of political and religious extremism, links between terrorism and migration as well as possible cooperation formats between Russia and European Union in preventing, monitoring and combatting terrorism....
... from there.
For instance, the latest advancements in the fight against ISIS have come after the western air strikes were allegedly intensified. The reason for said intensification, though, was essentially as a reaction after the involvement of the Russians, who started their own air campaign on Syrian territories. There is no denying, indeed, that air attacks from western forces in the period preceding the Russian intervention were either scarce, or often directed in Syria against Syrian elements ...
... could make Syria a nexus for terrorism.
A close examination of the historical record reveals a decades-long mismatch between hostile US rhetoric towards Syria and restrained action. This demonstrates that America’s temporary acquiescence to Russia’s strategy of prioritizing counter-terrorism over regime change in Syria is not as radical a shift in Washington’s Syria policy as many Western analysts have claimed.
Assessing the Likelihood of US-Russia Cooperation in Syria
Despite progress towards the goal of US- Russia ...
... Ilichev. Lavrov expressed support for the idea of providing Russian military technology assistance to Somalia against Al Shabaab. He also urged African countries to coordinate on creating a regional peacekeeping force to contain the spread of Islamic terrorism.
Russia’s tightening relationships with African countries that are isolated from the West make Moscow an ideal candidate to assist Somalia against Al Shabaab. Growing US discontent with Somalia’s unwillingness to hold elections as scheduled ...
... Libya that bolsters its status as an alternative counter-terrorism leader to the United States. It can also create a durable economic partnership with Tripoli that will bolster Russian leverage in the Middle East. Russia-Libya Cooperation and Counter-Terrorism While Russia and the West have been united around the desire to combat Islamic extremism in recent years, Russia’s recognition of Libya as a potential locus for terrorism significantly predated Western assessments. Moscow abstained from the UN Resolution ...
The situation in Afghanistan has continued to deteriorate in recent years, and Russia has been following the developments in this country with alarm. This was the conclusion of leading Russian experts on Afghanistan who took part in the roundtable “Development of the Situation in Afghanistan in 2016” held at the Russian ...
... according to data published by the security services of various nations, as well as by leading research centres across the globe.
Particular attention is paid to assessments of the situation regarding terrorists leaving, and then coming back to Europe, Russia and Central Asian countries; the link between migration and the recruitment of terrorists; and an analysis of the most common factors driving recruitment.
This paper also includes a review of methods used by other countries to combat the recruitment ...
