Moscow’s demands of the United States and NATO are in fact the strategic goals of Russian policy in Europe. If Russia cannot achieve them by diplomatic means, it will resort ... ... 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 ...
... 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 termination of the official dialogue between Russia and NATO, and the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.
Alexander Yermakov:... ... 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...
... International Affairs Council and the Embassies of the Chair Countries of the Council of the European Union
Speech at the 11th Meeting in the “EU-Russia” Series held by the... ... and international issues.
We are on the same page when we speak about strengthening European security, countering common threats and challenges, fostering dialogue and... ... intimidated with wild stories of a combined Sino-Russian threat. The strengthening of EU-NATO link puts at risk the neutral status of all the non-aligned non-NATO EU Member-States...
... 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 ... ... Criticism has been on the rise since the publication of
his interview with
The Economist
in November 2019, where he considered NATO brain-dead. He later stood at the same remarks and
insisted on the need of the Alliance to better define its enemies
. The ...
... the INF Treaty is understandable. On the one hand, the French government has no desire to open a new front of opposition with NATO, whose relations with France are complicated as it is and which has already fully aligned with the US on the INF Treaty. ... ... 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 ...
However, will a world without NATO be better for Russia than a world with NATO?
Catherine the Great is credited ... ... membership significantly outweighs NATO membership. However, becoming a member of the European Union is far more complicated than joining NATO. Accession to the European... ... specific issue of their participation in practical everyday decision-making on matters of European security. Each country seeks to gain a seat at the table where the most pressing...
... Scenarios for World Order Dynamics
— What are Russia's main priorities regarding European Security? How do they differ, in your view, from the EU's main priorities?... ... insurmountable, which can be overcome and how?
— The existing gap between Russia and the European Union could hardly be deeper. Russian leaders have been obsessed with a large-scale... ... scenario. This obsession at least partially explains why Russia is so concerned about the NATO enlargement and the US military infrastructure deployment in Central Europe. One...
