... truly move forward. Several Russian participants, however, emphasized the need to more directly link the settlement of Ukraine to a way forward on European security more broadly, whether through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) format or something else. Agreement that the NATO-Russia founding act remains in place and should continue to do so (although NATO members might argue that Russia’s actions in Ukraine violate it) is one possible starting point. So is having both ...
... truly move forward. Several Russian participants, however, emphasized the need to more directly link the settlement of Ukraine to a way forward on European security more broadly, whether through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) format or something else. Agreement that the NATO-Russia founding act remains in place and should continue to do so (although NATO members might argue that Russia’s actions in Ukraine violate it) is one possible starting point. So is having both ...
Alexander Nikitin held a lecture and presented his report “International Intervention in Conflicts: UN, OSCE, EU, NATO, CSTO Peacekeeping Policies”
On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, Alexander Nikitin, Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Institute for International Research MGIMO and Head Research Associate of the Institute of World Economy ...
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a speech at the conference session that focused on transnational threats to European security
On June 27–29, 2017, Vienna hosted
OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
to reflect on the work undertaken by the organization over the past year.
Along with the representatives of OSCE participating States and the organization top management, representatives of leading partner organizations ...
... possess? Or will the Donbas region separate from the rest of Ukraine?
Is a new format for the Minsk talks needed? Should the U.S., and possibly Turkey, join the Minsk talks along with Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany?
Would a peacekeeping mission under OSCE auspices prove acceptable if Kiev, Moscow and the eastern Ukrainian autonomists could agree? What would be the conditions needed for both sides to accept peacekeepers, if a settlement can be reached?
Southern Caucasus
A Roadmap for U.S.-Russia Relations....
OSCE member countries — the most powerful military nations — are hard put to keep the growing terrorist pressure in check. Why is that happening?
The threat of terrorism and extremism will undoubtedly be among the priorities on the agenda of the ...
Prague event is mostly focused on "Countering fragmentation and polarization: Re-creating a climate for stability in Europe."
On May 18–19, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic hosts "
OSCE Security Days
" — annual expert meeting devoted to the discussion of security issues in the Euro-Atlantic.
The event has been organized since 2012, with the most recent held in Berlin, in 2016.
Prague event is mostly focused on "Countering ...
... Russia for the gradual reduction of strategic nuclear weapon systems, as well as the control and limitation of conventional weapon systems; o Setting up a demilitarized corridor between the eastward-expanded NATO and Russia; o Revaluating the OSCE; starting a new ‘Helsinki Process’ to create a new policy of détente and a renewed ‘Paris Charter’; o Stopping any further territorial NATO expansion; opening negotiations between NATO and Russia to build a new transatlantic security ...
... socioeconomic situation in Transnistria. At the same time, however, the preservation of these trade preferences squarely ties the PMR economy to those of the European Union and Moldova
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. Meanwhile, the United States, the European Union and the OSCE – observers and mediators in the peaceful settlement process – are turning a blind eye to the actions of Ukraine, which is violating its status of guarantor nation by isolating Transnistria (by building defense fortifications and making ...
... lines.
We are aware that many previous attempts to create such a system have failed, and it cannot be imposed on the region by outside powers. We suggest nevertheless that experience from the Helsinki process in Europe and the modalities of work of the OSCE could be useful for regional actors who want to pursue this objective, and we stand ready to support this process.
Signed
Adam Daniel Rotfeld
, former Foreign Minister, (Poland) (Task Force Co-Chair);
Igor S. Ivanov
, former Foreign Minister, President,...
