... OSCE never limited its activities to human rights protection. For instance, it remains one of very few mechanisms to discuss European security in general, and confidence-building measures in Europe in particular. One should not forget that in 2014, the ... ... OSCE decided at some point to terminate all of its human rights and democracy-related activities, this decision would not make Russia’s position any easier. These activities would simply move to another place—for example, to the Council of Europe, which ...
... Document and the Open Skies Treaty – is in demise and the existing regimes are no longer considered adequate to address contemporary security threats.
There was consensus that the erosion of the nuclear arms control architecture between the US and Russia poses a serious threat to European security, even if the UK and other European states are not direct participants in US–Russia treaties. Following the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the extension at the beginning of 2021 of the New Strategic Arms ...
... International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the young researchers with welcoming remarks.
The second session featured a discussion of the joint RIAC-RUSI report “UK–Russia Security Dialogue is European Security”. Andrey Kortunov and Malcolm Chalmers wrote the report following the RIAC-RUSI workshop held in February 2021 to analyze the Russian and British perspectives on the current state of European security.
Over the past decade, Russia-UK ...
... this new reality.
Does it open up new avenues for co-operation or will the deadlock of recent years deepen into further confrontation?
The Clingendael Institute is pleased to organise a webinar to discuss these and other developments in the field of European security, bringing together an American, Russian and European perspective.
Speakers
Clingendael moderator Bob Deen (Senior Research Fellow and Co-ordinator of the Clingendael Russia and Eastern Europe Centre) will moderate a conversation with renowned security experts:
Heather A. Conley (Senior ...
... Trump (Manchester University Press, 2020).
Stanley R. Sloan
The U.S. will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. How will it affect European security?
U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty, in response to what the Trump administration viewed as Russia's persistent violations of the treaty, will likely have a marginal impact on European security. The treaty's demise will eliminate what the United States has viewed as Russian use of the overflights "not to support but rather to undermine international peace and security," as Secretary of State Pompeo has charged. The ...
On July 16, 2020, an online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states.
On July 16, 2020, an online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations took place,...
... the West.
In the military strategic sphere, no joint efforts were made to absorb the shock of the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. NATO is unable to reach internal consensus about engaging in substantive dialogue with Russian military officials, even as chances for the extension of the New START Treaty grow increasingly slim.
Earlier this year, there was hope that a serious conversation on European security might take place in Moscow during the seventy-fifth anniversary of Victory Day. But those hopes were dashed when commemorative events were postponed because of the pandemic.
Additional economic problems between Russia and the EU are ...
... Policy Society Report #54
RIAC and The Danish Foreign Policy Society Report #54
While the Arctic is currently undergoing a significant transformation as a result of climate change and global political processes, remains a region of low tension in Russia-West relations, the Baltic Sea region is of a more complex nature. To address the evolving challenges and overcome the differences in perceptions of the Arctic, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Russia Federation need to elaborate on the common understandings ...
... United States to strengthen its military deterrence potential while at the same time maintaining its “absolute security” and absolute advantage in the military sphere.
The second reason why the United States withdrew from the INF Treaty was to hinder Russia’s economic development from the outside, as Russia, despite its limited financial resources, will be forced to allocate significant funds to the development of its own missile system in order to maintain strategic stability and parity with the ...
On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 3, 2020, Swedish Ministry of Defense staff, Håkan Andersson and Jörgen Cederberg, as well as Gudrun Persson, Member of Swedish Defence Research Agency, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
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