... Cold War, Russia experienced a tremendous identity trauma. In the West, by contrast, an identity of the victor took shape, one whose system of ideas, institutions, and political and economic structures enjoyed undeniable superiority.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Architecture: Five Questions and Five Answers
In reality, European security began to splinter along multiple lines.
First
, NATO’s eastward enlargement. Moscow reacted with restraint to the accession of former Warsaw Pact allies and even the Baltic countries into the Alliance, particularly since it was not accompanied by the deployment of significant US or other major NATO ...
On April 8, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Institute of World Politics and Economics (IWPE, Serbia), held a roundtable on “The Balkan Region in the Eurasian Security System.”
On April 8, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Institute of World Politics and Economics (IWPE, Serbia), held a roundtable on “The Balkan Region in the Eurasian Security System.” ...
... project determines the need to create a new structure with different principles and foundations. First of all, the new structure should be based on the interaction of several players and not be reduced to the dominance of one of them, like the US role in NATO. In this sense, it is symbolic that consultations on the Eurasian security issues began precisely between Russia and China—two major powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council. Thus, the very first steps in creating a new structure are already taking place on the principles of dialogue and the ...
