On July 31, 2014, websites of the Russian International Affairs Council,
European Leadership Network
,
Polish Institute of International Affairs
and
International Strategic Research Organization in Ankara
placed the
statement of Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
on mechanisms for crisis settlement in Europe in the Ukraine context.
Authored by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, former UK Defence Secretary Des Browne, former Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, as well as by Ambassador...
... stall heavily, leaving Europe divided. Moreover,
the word “Europe” began to be increasingly used to indicate the European Union, leaving a substantial part of European countries in a type of “gray zone.”
Pan-European Specificities
... ... not easy. Given the repeated instances of the bloc mentality, this has become an even more difficult problem in the field of international security. Solving it requires thinking unconventionally. Nominally responsible for issues of comprehensive security ...
On April 29, 2014 the
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
hosted a seminar on Baltic security sponsored by the
Nuclear Threat Initiative
(NTI) and
European Leadership Network
(ELN). The final session was devoted to relations between Russia and the West against the backdrop of Ukrainian events.
The event was moderated by Andris Spruds, Institute Director. At the final session spoke Ian Kearns, ELN Director; Sergey Utkin, RIAC expert, Head of Strategic Assessments Section at RAS Center for...
... crisis differs from the 1994 situation both in nature and causes. But should the crisis escalate, security threats both for Ukraine and its neighbors are, perhaps, no less serious than two decades ago. Logic and common sense suggest that Russia, the European Union and the United States must act together not only from considerations of humanism and compassion, but in pursuit of their own national interests. There is still time to get back on the road where we made the first steps twenty years ago,...
On January 24, 2014 RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and MGIMO-University Pro-Rector Artyom Malgin, a RIAC Member (Russian-Polish Group on Difficult Issues), took part in the Russian-Polish roundtable on transparency of military exercises, European security and advancement of relations between Russia and Poland. The participants also discussed the latest analytical papers on bilateral relations prepared through cooperation between independent expert groups of the two countries.
The event was...
On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the
German Marshall Fund
and
EURISC ... ... represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University.
The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil society. Interdependence is growing ...
The Atlantic Council of the United States issued report "The United States, Russia and Europe: Trilateral Security Dialog in Absence of Strategic Partnership" prepared by Isabelle François, the Council's senior fellow.
The publication was preceded by two working meetings of experts in Brussels and Moscow with participation of RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
Report "The United States, Russia, and Europe: Trilateral Security Dialogue...
Related Regional Security Concerns
Achieving a modernized conventional arms control arrangement in Europe requires new thinking and a new approach to addressing regional security. The task is not easy and it will likely take time, but initiating the process cannot wait if it is to contribute to long-standing American efforts towards strengthening European security. The development of a new arrangement is particularly challenging at a time when Moscow seems to be removing itself from ongoing cooperative...
Bratislava Global Security Forum GLOBSEC 2013
The Prime Minister of Slovakia and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad group countries almost did not mention Russia at the opening of the Global Security Forum in Slovakia. The Forum is a recognized platform for coordinating the foreign political agenda of the Visegrad Group – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic. This year it has been its eighth meeting.
The Visegrad policy-makers in their statements at the opening session basically...
... Libyan crisis is obvious evidence of united Europe’s political impotence, while for others it is a bitter lesson and signal for action. Does European defense have a present, let alone a future? Will the project form a nucleus for a modernized European Union or highlight new faults and provoke internal disputes? As yet, there are no clear answers to these questions, but these Euro-defense dilemmas cannot be ignored, as they constitute a significant factor in European and international politics....
