... punished for its actions. One Russian participant stated that assisting Ukraine to become a secure state as well as a number of small deals in support of the Minsk agreements could be a good start for restoring EU-Russia relations. However in his opinion Western countries should take a more balanced view on these issues and not blame Russia exclusively for the current crisis.
European Security
The majority of Russian participants agreed that the OSCE was largely ineffective in addressing the modern security challenges and crises in Europe. They claimed that it is vital to start thinking about a new security architecture, which might include reforming and strengthening the OSCE, because it is ...
... which, I think, significant progress has been made. It seems to me that there is a potential, if the politics allow, for the OSCE to demonstrate that they have the capability to develop search instruments for implementing peace agreements on a scale which ... ... Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok will either be rehabilitated as part of an improvement in relations between Russia and the West because in my analysis Russia needs the rest of Europe for economic interactivity, capital investment, specific technology ...
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 in Political Science, shares her opinion on the event, having participated in the Helsinki+40 seminar and ...
On March 11, 2015, RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich was in Stockholm to take part in a seminar “
The OSCE’s Role in Consolidating European Security
” held within the
Helsinki+40
project by the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
, the Swedish Parliament and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (
UI
). The event was attended by Cochairman ...
