... political differences? Aside from the crisis in Ukraine, what else was discussed?
Dmitry Danilov
, PhD, Head of the Department of European Security at the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert, shares his commentary.
The context ... ... meeting would focus on bilateral relations. Lately Russia has been stuck in a vicious cycle, including the situation with the Ukrainian crisis – the central issue on the Russian agenda regarding the European dimension of its foreign policy.
Russia ...
The 2015 Riga Security Seminar devoted to the problems of preserving and strengthening security in Europe in the context of the Ukrainian crisis took place on April 9–10. The seminar was organized by the
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
and the
European Leadership Network
, with the support of the
Friederich Ebert Stiftung
and the U.S.
Nuclear Threat Initiative
...
... at this moment? Is the organisation capable of playing the role of the main instrument for preventing and resolving crises in Europe?
The choice of instruments at the OSCE’s disposal for responding to crisis situations in Europe is quite broad. It’s ... ... 1990s, when the Organisation often had to improvise but at the same time played a more prominent role in resolving crises.
The Ukrainian crisis has shown that the OSCE has forgotten to make flexible and creative use of the potential that it has. In the ...