... "decentralized" Ukraine? How much autonomy should eastern Ukraine 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....
... April 11, 2011. URL:
http://mfa-pmr.org/ru/GTm
(in Russian).
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. Transnistria: Who is the Boss Now? URL:
http://totul.md/ru/newsitem/838005.html
(in Russian).
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. In this format, Moldova and Transnistria were the parties to the conflict, Russia and Ukraine were guarantor countries, the OSCE was the mediator and the European Union and the United States were observers.
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. Nina Shtanski: Interaction between Russia and the EU in Transnistria Settlement: From Consultations to Coordination. URL:
http://regnum.ru/news/1572044.html
(in Russian)....
... with Russia on these two stumbling blocks but there is still a lot to be done. European Leadership Network Director
Ian Kearns
has shared his expert opinion on how these issues might develop in future with RIAC.
What has been achieved according to the OSCE mandate in Ukraine?
I think one of the most important things that have been achieved at this particular moment in time appears to be ceasefire which is functioning and which is being monitored at least to some degree on the ground. Most people still have question ...
... Copenhagen to take part in seminar “Flaws in the OSCE Legal Status: Challenges in a Crisis Environment” held by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Danish Institute for International Studies.
The participants focused on the status of the OSCE Ukraine mission, problems generated by the lack of a charter, steps to the OSCE reform and adoption of statutory documents, and use of the consensus principle.
The speakers’ list included head of Danish delegation to the OSCE PA Peter Juel Jensen,...
... director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and RIAC member, responds to this question in a quick comment to the RIAC team.How effective is the OSCE mission in Ukraine? What steps are being taken in terms of resolving the crisis? We’ll be able to judge how effective it is when we see the results. In the meantime it’s important that the OSCE turned out to be needed, and that it’s seen as ...
