... them.
The unresolved conflict in Ukraine remains a potential flashpoint for catastrophic miscalculation between Russia and the West, and this tension threatens security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region more broadly. A political resolution remains ... ... Donbas region, to improving prospects for constructive Ukraine-Russia dialogue more broadly including on Crimea, and to improving Euro-Atlantic security.
Governments have a shared responsibility to work together to mitigate the risks. In the mid-1980s when ...
Russia and Europe continue to call on each other to fix problems that only exist because they need to serve their national interests
People on the ground are often far better at getting to the heart of the matter than theoreticians who spend their whole lives trying to understand it. Around 500 years ago, in the first half of the 16
th
century, Emperor Charles V wrote these very words: “My cousin Francis [
King Francis I of France – translator
] and I are in perfect accord – he wants Milan, and...
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
We have crossed over to a new nuclear era in which cyber capabilities transform the nuclear risks. A successful cyberattack on nuclear ...
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
Today, the United States, NATO, and Russia continue to severely curtail dialogue on crisis management in the Euro-Atlantic region, depriving ...
On September 14, 2017, Riga, Latvia, hosted an international seminar “The West and Russia: Changing Euro-Atlantic Security Landscapes?”. The seminar was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. LIIA Director Andris Spruds chaired and mediated the event.
On September 14, 2017, Riga, Latvia, hosted an international seminar “The ...
... blocs, today’s international relations are much
more diverse. The rise of China and other centers of power will have a growing
impact on the Euro-Atlantic region in the future, while Russia will be a
significant military-political player in both the West and the East.
The first
three variables - that we will conditionally denote as ‘X,’ ‘Y,’ and ‘Z’ - are
traditional for the Euro-Atlantic security narrative and are well-developed in
terms of specific numbers and concepts. The next three variables - that we will
call ‘α‘ ‘β,’ and ‘γ’ - are much more difficult to operationalize and are
therefore less clearly ...
... dying in renewed fighting today. Innocent refugees are fleeing the devastating wars in the Middle East and North Africa. And Western-Russian relations are dangerously tense, increasing the risk that an accident, mistake, or miscalculation will precipitate ... ... is to identify and pursue concrete, practical, near-term initiatives designed to reduce risks, rebuild trust, and improve the Euro-Atlantic security landscape. There are five key areas that such initiatives should cover.
— We must reduce the danger of ...
... attended by CEE presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers, U.S. and European top officials, business leaders, foreign policy experts and journalists.
RIAC was represented by its Program Director Ivan Timofeev, who took part in “Russia and the West” debate with Senior Vice President at the Center for European Policy Analysis Edward Lucas, Stratfor founder George Friedman and AFK Sistema Chief Economist Eugeny Nadorshin. The event program also included presentation of RIAC’s report ...
... Alekseenkova:
Chaos and Play without Rules: On the Current
Crisis of Confidence in Trust in Relations
between Russia and the West
Even before the Ukraine crisis, Russia and the United States were divided on a host of local issues. But they were all discussed ... ... weapons. That informal procedure has been violated.
As a result,
we are sleepwalking towards the dismantlement of the system of Euro-Atlantic security laid down by the Soviet Union and the United States. One can argue long and hard about who threw the first ...
