... and somewhat challenging. The country is in the zone of interest of the USA and the Russian Federation, as well as Europe. This makes it a point of contention between powerful... ... international institutions, such as Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), etc. In this article, I aim to look at the global structure and the roots of... ... revolution. Institutionally, this path implies the country’s aspiration to join the EU and NATO. Recent amendments to the Ukrainian constitution legitimize this drive.
The European...
However, will a world without NATO be better for Russia than a world with NATO?
Catherine the Great is credited with saying that the ... ... membership significantly outweighs NATO membership. However, becoming a member of the European Union is far more complicated than joining NATO. Accession to the European... ... achieved by strengthening the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), developing regional cooperation mechanisms and creating inclusive pan-European...
... writes Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
To this day, Russia is a convinced supporter ... ... of maintaining peace and stability on the European continent, NATO and its individual member countries, under the far-fetched ... ... Founding NATO-Russia Act, the START Treaty are destroyed.
The OSCE potential, which we considered as a core role in building ... ... Group on Venezuela, which has slipped under pressure from the European Union on biased and non-constructive positions.
In short,...
... troubles, Europe and the US are not withering away. It would behoove Moscow to avoid escalations.
Looking at the West today, a Russian who witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago sees a striking picture. Political America is gripped in a cold ... ... energy sector. Security matters will have to take a back seat: Europeans cannot decide alone on the issues that fall within NATO’s competence. The OSCE is essentially irrelevant, and the Russia-NATO communications line is but an add-on to the US-Russian one. Yet, a few EU ...
NATO has returned to foster a position that is much distrustful, suspicious of Russia
On November 19, 2018, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a presentation of “No Place for Russia: ... ... (Washington DC); he retired from Foreign Service after serving in various European countries, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the OSCE.
You have visited Russia many times. What’s your impression of Russia today?
William Hill’s “No Place for Russia: ...
Russia and the West must both be ready for compromise solutions based on reciprocity
... ... existing relations including between Russia and the Baltic states and between Russia and NATO.
— Dialogue on Ukraine would be facilitated by engaging new actors skilled in... ... between the West and Russia is critical to reduce potential miscalculations.
— The OSCE Vienna Document could play an important role in ensuring transparency and military-to-military...
... Given such circumstances, the growing, prosperous, and stable European Union was inevitably turning into an attractive aspiration.... ... ‘their’ NGOs. This is a major blow to civil society throughout the OSCE space.
However, the EU’s appeal also had a flip side. By ... ... partnership with the EU went hand in hand with the expansion of NATO and the build-up of the Alliance’s presence. It is at this ... ... the ambitions of the countries of modernism, namely, the US and Russia. It is wrong to say that Washington went out of its way ...
... opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or... ... important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that of the European Union; it will not take any initiatives that might look risky, inappropriate... ... Russian students, scholars and civil society leaders.
7. Come up with a new plan for OSCE.
Today the German Foreign Ministry starts a fight for a place of a non-permanent...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations between the U.S. and ... ... election interference. These include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as... ... along with Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany?
Would a peacekeeping mission under OSCE auspices prove acceptable if Kiev, Moscow and the eastern Ukrainian autonomists...
On February 9, 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation hosted a Roundtable “
EU and Russia: ... ... international organizations of the United Nations family is a matter of fact and self explanatory. In contrast, the crucial nature of the relationship with European and Euro-Atlantic... ... remains an open question how to reverse the situation.
Failed attempts to make the OSCE an umbrella security organization in the Euro-Atlantic
Project Four. Moscow would...
