Search: Helsinki +40,International Security (14 materials)

 

Celebrating without Russia

This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship having become very problematic due the ongoing Ukraine crisis and sanctions. Here RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich, PhD...

20.07.2015

Needed as Never Before: the Future of OSCE in a New Era of Old Challenges

Over the course of the last forty years, the OSCE’s “area of responsibility” remains a zone of protracted conflicts. Certainly, the amount of violence in the region is less acute in comparison to other hot beds across the globe; however, the number and nature of potential conflicts on its territory give reason enough for careful consideration and urgent action. Be it dormant hostilities in the Balkans or Transnistria, the smoldering stand-off in Nagorno Karabakh, or the frozen conflicts...

29.06.2015

The OSCE's Role in a Changing World: New Steps for the Future

... Helsinki Accords were signed, the CSCE’s three “baskets,” or main spheres, were agreed upon: politico-military, economic-ecological and humanitarian dimensions [2] . This comprehensive understanding went far beyond traditional notions of international security. Thus already at the time of its establishment, the OSCE was able to step into the future. It was its first breakthrough achievement. The achievement of a balance between the two systems and the desire to maintain it was one of ...

29.06.2015

Alignment with the ICC: a Case to Enforce Helsinki Decisions

The Helsinki Final Act of 1975 was a political breakthrough in Cold War Europe. Despite being hardline adversaries, the West and the Communist bloc managed to agree on common principles for the conduct of foreign and domestic policy. These principles included sovereign equality, refraining from the threat or use of force, and respect for human rights. The Helsinki Final Act helped European countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain to overcome their divide. After 1991, the CSCE/OSCE was the spearhead...

29.06.2015

SMART Strategy for OSCE in a Changing World

... transformation of the international system. New centers of power are rising, the impact of the information revolution on mankind’s activities is growing dramatically, and regional integration processes are intensifying. Most of the traditional international security threats are still present, while new challenges to the world community are on the horizon. In an era of growing “turbulence” [2] in world politics and amidst a global shift of influence from the West to the East, we ...

29.06.2015

Helsinki +40 Seminar Held in Stockholm

... September 2014 and the second by the Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington in November 2014. The next gathering will take place in Belgrade next May. Within the framework of this project RIAC organizes an essay contest for young experts . Helsinki +40 seminar #3 - UI/Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, 11 March 2015

12.03.2015

OSCE PA, German Marshall Fund and RIAC Discuss the Impact of Helsinki Act on Transatlantic Relations

On November 18, 2014 in Washington, DC, the German Marshall Fund of the United States held seminar “ Helsinki+40: the Significance for Transatlantic Relations ”, the second one in the series initiated by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly within project “Helsinki+40.” Last September, a similar event took place in Moscow . The Washington session was attended by GMF President Karen Donfreid, OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, Cochairman of “Helsinki+40” project Joao...

20.11.2014

Strengthening the OSCE. Building a Common Space for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation, an Indivisible Security Community from the Atlantic to the Pacific

RIAC Report #16 The dramatic developments in Ukraine in 2014 have once again demonstrated the relevance of the cooperative crisis management tools and mechanisms of the OSCE. Issues of strengthening and reforming the OSCE are once again part of the European agenda. The 40th anniversary of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe represents an important milestone in the development of the organization and provides an occasion for a frank discussion about the problems...

07.11.2014

RIAC and OSCE PA Held International Seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE"

... crises and should remain an actor within practical politics. The "Helsinki+40" project is a platform for discussing international security and scenarios for building a new security architecture. The seminar was part of the OSCE PA project timed ... ... held in July 2015, in parallel with the 24th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. International Seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE"

26.09.2014

OSCE Faces a Choice

Interview with Andrei Zagorski In the run-up to the international seminar “Helsinki +40: Prospects for strengthening the OSCE”, which will be held by the Russian International Affairs Council, we talked to Professor Andrei Zagorski of MGIMO University, head of department at the Institute of World Economy and International ...

24.09.2014
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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