... recognise Russia as a sponsor of international terrorism, potentially acquires a new meaning.
Nevertheless, the containment of Russia in itself is neither a new feature for the alliance nor a surprise. More notably, the rhetoric about China, which first ... ... the provision on the principled development of the situation in the Indo-Pacific for the security of the Euro-Atlantic. The NATO summit was also attended for the first time by representatives of regional partners—Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and ...
... necessarily bring the desired results. First, it is entirely possible that the requirements for candidates may be revised at a future NATO summit. The western expert community is already actively discussing proposals to “make an exception” for Tbilisi so that ... ... attention to Ukraine with a similar idea in mind.
Second, the existence of unresolved, albeit mostly frozen conflicts along Russian borders itself creates multiple large-scale national security threats. It is entirely unreasonable, to say the least, ...
There are growing fears inside the European Union that Donald Trump’s pragmatic approach of cooperation with Russia will further strengthen the position of those in EU member states who criticize Brussels
The NATO Summit, held on July 11–12, 2018, gave Brussels and the EU countries good reason to fear any decisive steps that Donald Trump might take with regard to Moscow. There were even suggestions that the unrelentingly tense atmosphere between the NATO ...
On July 18, 2018, at IIA Rossiya Segodnya, International Multimedia Press Center, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table on the outcomes of NATO summit.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Sir Adam Thomson, Director, European Leadership Network, and Dmitry Danilov, Head of the Department of European security, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, took part in the event.
The ...
... collective defense and security.
Should the Georgia – process be finalized soon, how do you see Russia – NATO dialogue moving forward from this point? This very aspect of our relations seems to be most sensitive militarily.
Dmitry Danilov:
NATO–Russia Council: What Are the Outcomes?
I accept that it is a sensitive part of the relationship between NATO and the Alliance at the moment, but we’ve just had a NATO summit in Brussels. There has been no particular substantial move forward in terms of membership accession with regards to Georgia or the Ukraine. And there are very good reasons for that, including those that I have already described to you as the ...
... significantly after 2014. The summit in Newport, which took place that year, was basically about adopting NATO to the Ukraine crisis as an emergency, whereas in Warsaw we are talking about a more permanent change. And the change is particularly visible towards Russia and towards the so-called Eastern flank, when we see a major strengthening of deterrence and defense potential of the alliance. Of course, there are also developments on the Southern flank, which were reflected in NATO Summit communique, but the role of NATO in the South to deal with terrorists or migration is much less clear than in the East.
What are the possible implications — are we going to have a new Cold War?
At this point, it’s important to ...
... raises doubts that the European Union, acting in accordance with the Communiqué, will easily make the decision to lift or substantially mitigate the anti-Russian sanctions.
Space for Compromise
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Dmitry Danilov:
NATO Summit: Initial Results
Russia
stated
that it considers the deployment of NATO’s battalions in Poland and in the Baltic countries, and a brigade in Romania to be a breach of the Russia–NATO Founding Act signed by the President of Russia and the heads of state of ...
...?” held by the Russian International Affairs Council and the Korber Foundation. RIAC website editor Maria Smekalova asked
Stefanie Babst
, Head of Strategic Analysis Capability to the NATO and Chairman of the Military Committee, about the latest NATO summit results, prospects of Russia-NATO copperation and the bloc’s reaction to Brexit.
Could you comment on NATO Summit outcome?
Well, overall I think the allies are very happy with the conduct of the Warsaw summit. In particular, because everything that was prepared for the ...
The NATO Summit that took place in Warsaw on July 8–9, 2016, twenty-five years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, was ... ... defence on the eastern borders, but in its expanded, 28-member form.
The balance between deterrence and cooperation in NATO–Russia relations established in Lisbon in November 2010 within the framework of the NATO–Russia Council has been completely ...
