... Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with ambassadors and diplomats from a number of EU countries.
The discussion focused on the future of Russia-the EU relations in the context of Russia's military operation on the territory of Ukraine and the European security crisis.
The meeting was attended by Antti Helantera, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Finland in the Russian Federation; Carsten Sendergaard, Danish Ambassador to Russia; Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation; Piret Reintamm Benno, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Estonia. The meeting was moderated by Margus Laidre, Ambassador of Estonia to Russia.
... means, it will resort to other methods.
The meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken on January 21 follows on from the previous week’s intensive talks: the first round of U.S.-Russian dialogue on European security issues in Geneva, followed by sessions of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and the OSCE Standing Committee in Vienna. The extremely tough talks that took place last week in Europe didn’t end in a public scandal or definitive rupture,...
... and Madrid will oppose them and the United States in the transatlantic dialogue
2021 has been rich in negative events for European security: the world has witnessed the collapse of the Open Skies Treaty, American-French discord concerning AUKUS, the ... ... strengthening European sovereignty. The rhetoric of the document and its author is genuine textbook-realism. But now for the entire European Union.
Objectives of the French Presidency
, are not articulated directly but are quite visible—making the EU more ...
..., constrain and engage Russia in areas of EU interest”. This is, to put it bluntly, a kind of a Bermuda triangle. In these treacherous waters any constructive initiatives are doomed to run aground and sink. Hardly the best scenario for the current European security equation.
3. Globally Russia and the countries of the European Union are being overwhelmed by poly-crises, ranging from pandemics and migration to climate change. The scale and complexity of these security-related challenges is mounting at an alarming rate.
Being closest neighbors, Russia and the EU are ...
... multilateral security arrangements, disputes within NATO and the collapse of arms control treaties, like INF and Open Skies. Both the European Union and the Russian Federation have to adjust to this new reality.
Does it open up new avenues for co-operation or ... ... confrontation?
The Clingendael Institute is pleased to organise a webinar to discuss these and other developments in the field of European security, bringing together an American, Russian and European perspective.
Speakers
Clingendael moderator Bob Deen (Senior ...
... Russia’s share in the global economy to steadily decline, and consequently its significance as an economic partner of the European Union.
Igor Ivanov:
Rethinking International Security for a Post-Pandemic World
The EU’s weaknesses mostly stemmed ... ... the extension of the New START Treaty grow increasingly slim.
Earlier this year, there was hope that a serious conversation on European security might take place in Moscow during the seventy-fifth anniversary of Victory Day. But those hopes were dashed ...
... certainly gave new impetus to the debate. Although it is not always easy to decode the intentions of the US President, his indifference for transatlantic relations offered the EU some more room for action. This does not mean that the US commitment to European security faded away. But it signals that the US expected from the EU to play a bigger role in that regard. President of France Emmanuel Macron has been the first leader of an EU member-state to give a personal tint to this new role. He believes ...
On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
RIAC guests were informed about Council’s current projects in the field of European...
... remains a matter of great importance for Berlin.
France
in comparison has seemed
more interested
in seeking a solution. Paris would probably like to see the intermediate-range missiles issue resolved as part of a broader re-thinking and re-building of European security.
NATO
responded
with a traditional statement about 9M729 being a grave violation of the treaty, and as long as this ground-launched cruise missile remains in existence, there will be no discussions. When this subject was raised in an ...
... unconvincing US narrative regarding the preservation of the INF Treaty.
On the other hand, Macron does not want to lose his shot at the now-vacant position of foreign policy leader of Europe, including regarding Russian, which is very important for the European Union. Even less would he wish to surrender the issue of the INF Treaty (with its direct and fundamental bearing on the foundations of European security) to Donald Trump, who has not shown himself to be particularly reliable or benevolent towards Europe.
The French initiative seems to be left hanging. Emmanuel Macron held a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Normandy ...
