... implementation of tasks both from a strategic and psychological point of view [
ii
].
From a functional point of view, strengthening the Russian deterrence arsenal is very likely to be a key NATO activity in the near-term. It is familiar to the alliance from the ... ... fuel]. Turkey does not provide military assistance free of charge, but thematic exports have increased [
iii
].
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
Second, due to internal reshuffles, the alliance’s borders in Central and Eastern Europe—Slovakia, Poland, Romania, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, as well as the US grouping in Europe—are being strengthened....
... Away at Four Gordian Knots. CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
In October 2018, a select group of Russian and American experts met at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Their meeting, convened ... ... Affairs Council (RIAC), aimed to discuss four topics central to U.S.-Russian relations: the conflict in Ukraine, the future of the European security order, the war in Syria, and the question of interference in other states’ political processes. The attendees ...
On November 8 in Berlin Friedrich Ebert Stiftung headquarters hosted a presentation of the report on Ukraine’s future scenarios prepared by an international group of experts in 2016-2017.
On November 8 in Berlin
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
headquarters hosted a presentation of the report on Ukraine’s future scenarios prepared by an international group of experts in 2016-2017.
The authors of the report, as well as German experts on Ukraine and German Federal Office authorities took part in the discussion...
... press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the meeting would focus on bilateral relations. Lately Russia has been stuck in a vicious cycle, including the situation with the Ukrainian crisis – the central issue on the Russian agenda regarding the European dimension of its foreign policy.
Russia is trying to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. This means that the systemic problems of European security must be addressed, since the Ukrainian crisis was the result of this systemic crisis of European security. For this to happen, all third parties must be involved – not ...
On April 22, 2015, RIAC held its first open
webinar
on the nuclear element in Russian-American relations. To sum up the event, RIAC expert
Alexey Fenenko
, Leading Researcher at the RAS Institute of International ... ... views on the dangers of modern military conflicts and their similarities to the wars of 17th–18th centuries used by the European royal households to divide the continent.
What commonalities can we find between the conflicts in Iraq, former Yugoslavia,...
Russia's European neighbors are increasing their defense budgets, which is quite logical because Ukraine is on fire and many are wary of Moscow. A new arms race in Eastern and Northern Europe is looming, although limited in scale.
This April, the Stockholm International ...
... 2015 Riga Security Seminar devoted to the problems of preserving and strengthening security in Europe in the context of the Ukrainian crisis took place on April 9–10. The seminar was organized by the
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
and the
European Leadership Network
, with the support of the
Friederich Ebert Stiftung
and the U.S.
Nuclear Threat Initiative
.
The ... ... government officials and the heads of NGOs from Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as by EU and NATO representatives. Speeches were given by the ...
... Seminar “Helsinki+40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE” that took place in Moscow on Sept. 25
.
Russia Direct: What lessons should the OSCE and the world learn from the Ukrainian crisis?
Andrey Kortunov:
It seems to me that the Ukrainian crisis has revealed the extreme weakness of European security institutions, including the Russia-NATO Council and other NATO and EU agencies. Of course, in comparison with these organizations, the OSCE did pretty well in Ukraine regardless of its flaws.
Yes, it was not so fast. Yes, it came too late. Yes, it did little. Yes, it might not ...
... agreement, including Ukraine’s constitutional reform and the resumption of Kiev’s control over the entire Ukrainian-Russian border, will probably never be implemented. The most one can hope for is that the conflict is frozen and people stop dying.... ... ceasefire’s formal entry into force suggests.
If the truce sticks, it will be the first negotiated arrangement in a newly divided Europe, leaving Russia almost alone on the east, with much of the rest of Europe supporting Ukraine. This split can grow much ...
... “Helsinki +40: Prospects for strengthening the OSCE”, which will be held by the Russian International Affairs Council, we talked to Professor
Andrei Zagorski
of MGIMO... ... capable of playing the role of the main instrument for preventing and resolving crises in Europe?
The choice of instruments at the OSCE’s disposal for responding to crisis... ... improvise but at the same time played a more prominent role in resolving crises.
The Ukrainian crisis has shown that the OSCE has forgotten to make flexible and creative...
