On September 4-7, 2016, Helsinki became the venue for the 5th meeting of young leaders on Ukraine and security in the Euro-Atlantic.
The participants discussed the outcomes of the NATO summit in Warsaw, new guidelines in the Finnish foreign policy, cybersecurity, the meaning and future of the Helsinki principles and many other issues. They also met with representatives of the Finnish ministries and agencies and took part in a series of roundtables.
The event was attended by young leaders from Russia...
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
The political process in the Ukraine has become as hot as the scorching weather the country has been experiencing of late. Discussions about the latest trends at home and around the world and what it all means for the future of Ukraine have reached fever pitch. The recent NATO Summit in Warsaw, the attempted coup in Turkey, the complicated dynamics of the development of Ukraine’s relations with important...
Northeast Asia after the Ukrainian Crisis: Threat to Regional Security Evgenii Vyacheslavovich Gamerman Researchers have yet to understand the reasons behind the background and characteristics of the driving forces of the Ukrainian crisis. The key feature of what is happening ...
... sharp escalation in Ukraine could trigger a full-scale conflict with both Russia and the USA involved. Such developments could lead to unpredictable consequences, for example, a split within the North Atlantic Alliance over possible interference in the Ukrainian crisis.
Back in 2015, the Obama Administration preferred to impose sanctions and use possible supplies of lethal weapons to Kiev as the next potential step in the event of escalation. At the same Victoria Nuland and the Russian Deputy Foreign ...
On July 11–12, 2016, Moscow became the venue for the 162nd Bergedorf Roundtable titled “Russia and Europe: What Unites Us, What Divides Us?” 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...
... levels of economic interdependence allowed Moscow to take a benign view on mounting political problems with Brussels— these problems were perceived as negligible or, at least, affordable compared to fundamental reciprocal economic interests.
The Ukrainian crisis and the subsequent EU sanctions against Russia proved this perception wrong. Of course, in Moscow the European decision on sanctions was interpreted as caused by the US pressure, but there are reasons to believe that the Russian side ...
After Russia’s annexation of Crimea, many policymakers in Europe concluded that it had been a mistake to let Russia get away with the 2008 Georgian war. “We were not clear enough on Georgia, that’s why they moved to Ukraine,” was the gloomy conclusion. In all likelihood, similar conversations took place also in Moscow. “We were not clear enough in Georgia, that’s why they moved to Ukraine,” people would say, having in mind the expansion of Western outreach...
German-Russian International Affairs Dialogue (GRID) is a joint initiative of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Körber Foundation (Körber Stiftung). The project is aimed at discussing and analyzing the current state of Russian-German relations and the role both countries play in the global arena.
The project is based on the discussion within the joint German-Russian working group, that meets twice a year in Berlin and Moscow and confidentially discusses the current international...
Question: Who has provoked the Ukrainian crisis? Was Moscow aware of the geopolitical, economic and reputational price it would have to pay for Crimea’s reunification with Russia? Do you think it was too high in the context of Russian-Ukrainian relations? Is there a lasting solution ...
... Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which began in 1983.
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Results of Helsinki+40 Project Presented at
OSCE PA Anniversary Session
And we are seeing something similar happening today: against the background of the Ukrainian crisis and worsening relations between Russia and the West, the OSCE continues to be the only multilateral platform for taking collective decisions to resolve the crisis that is supported by all sides – Russia, Ukraine, the United States,...
