..., like all wars it has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, cities and houses reduced... ... realities—the Paris Charter, the Conventional Forces in Europe Agreement (CFE), the NATO-Russia Founding Act, and so on. There was a surge of trade, investments, tourism and civil society interaction between the East and the West. Unfortunately, it turned out that the two sides had very different perceptions about very fundamental dimensions of international security and global governance.
In the West, they assumed that the future...
... war can hardly be thwarted, not to mention article that seek to explore a purported coup in Kiev, the crushing response of the West, or even the looming nuclear conflict of global dimensions.
We shall try to find an answer to a number of interwoven questions,... ... going on and what could happen to the Ukrainian issue in the near future?
Andrey Kortunov:
Is There a Way Out of the Russia-NATO Talks Impasse?
Starting off with Moscow’s plans and intentions. Anyone who is slightly familiar with the structure of power ...
... Advancing Strategic Stability
For decades, strategic stability between the United States, NATO, and the Soviet Union/Russia included a mutual recognition of vital interests,... ... remains a potential flashpoint for catastrophic miscalculation between Russia and the West, and this tension threatens security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region... ... Commission on Missing Persons, United States
Ambassador Richard Burt
Chairman, Global Zero USA, United States
Evgeny Buzhinskiy
Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board; Vice-President...
... a somewhat different future.
“J’Accuse…!”
RAND Report “Russia’s Hostile Measures in Europe”
Before making accusations against Russia, the authors of the report make a series of important qualifications in their introduction that significantly ... ... within the near abroad in order to pull these countries into its sphere of influence;
increasing cooperation and trade with Western Europe;
undermining enlargement of the European Union and NATO into the post-Soviet space.
It is assumed that Moscow will use “measures short of war” as a tactic. This term was introduced ...
... both in Russia and in the U.S.
In late March, the U.S. Army Cyber Institute at the West Point released a series of science fiction
comic books for military personnel... ... comic books (“
Silent Ruin
”) deals with an imagined conflict between Russia and NATO countries on the territory of Eastern Europe, where Moscow wins tactically thanks... ..., the NATO leadership questioned these official figures.
In 2017, from 70 to 150 thousand troops participated in the Zapad maneuvers,
according to the estimates of the...
... the right place to begin. We need to start now.
The chasm between Russia and the West appears to be wider now than at any point since the Cold War. But, despite stark... ... — and those responsible for carrying them out are determined to strike again. Thousands of people have been killed in Ukraine since 2013, and more are dying in renewed... ... military confrontation by improving military-to-military communication through a new NATO–Russia Military Crisis Management Group. This initiative should accompany efforts...
