... governments asking for their take on the ‘moratorium letter’. In the immediate aftermath, Germany
re-iterated accusations
of Russia being the party responsible for the INF’s demise but said that there would be an analysis of the proposal by NATO and ... ... would probably like to see the intermediate-range missiles issue resolved as part of a broader re-thinking and re-building of European security.
NATO
responded
with a traditional statement about 9M729 being a grave violation of the treaty, and as long ...
... remained just vague political declarations and rhetoric without any substantial practical output. If I were to advise Macron on foreign policy, I would give the French leader four pieces of advice on how to drive the issue of the INF Treaty, as well as European security in general, out of the deadlock.
Avoid Issuing Ultimata
Alexander Savelyev:
Russia — US: On the Brink of a New Nuclear Arms Race
First of all, it would be unwise to follow the United States in demanding that Moscow completely destroy its controversial SSC-X-8 missiles as a prerequisite for any dialogue about a moratorium on ...
..., developing regional cooperation mechanisms and creating inclusive pan-European regimes regulating individual dimensions of European security.
Europe does have a positive experience of "outsourcing" its security issues. For instance, the very ... ... Baltic Sea by aircraft that, as a matter of protocol, had their transponders turned on was ultimately settled not in the NATO–Russia Council, but by a special Baltic Sea Project Team created under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization ...
... the sidelines of the 2019 Paris Peace Forum.
An exclusive interview with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger for the Russian International Affairs Council on the sidelines of the 2019 Paris Peace Forum.
Interviewed by Nikita Lipunov, RIAC Expert.... ... that has been lost among the key stakeholders in Europe and this would then allow, again, to tackle more fundamental issues of European security and that bring about a new gathering of OSCE’s heads of state and government.
What are your expectations from ...
On October 24, 2019, Dostoevsky library hosted a RIAC Urban Breakfast “Arms under Control: will Russia and NATO Agree? Expert Assessment." In the course of the breakfast OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions report «Reducing the Risks of Conventional Deterrence in Europe. Arms Control in the NATO-Russia Contact Zones» was ...
Interview with one of the co-authors of the OSCE Report “Reducing the Risks of Conventional Deterrence in Europe”
On October 24, 2019, the Russian International Affairs Council held a breakfast lecture on the topic “
Arms Control: Will Russia and NATO Reach a Deal?
” timed to the release of the OSCE Report “
Reducing the Risks of Conventional Deterrence in Europe
”. In an interview ...
Measures should be based on existing agreements rather than negotiating a new treaty
The return to an outright deterrence relationship between NATO and Russia involves the danger of an arms race and a number of military risks, particularly in the NATO-Russia contact zones. These risks can be contained by means of sub-regional arms control. Approaches of this kind should comprise sub-regional force limitations,...
... Expert Network
Interview with Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, for the EU-Russia Expert Network website.
— The EU-Russia Expert Network devoted its 10th meeting exclusively to the role that the EU and Russia play in European Security — at a time when there is practically no prospect of common ground emerging. Why do you think this is an important discussion? Where do you see EUREN's value being added in this debate?
Sabine Fischer, IvanTimofeev:
Selective Engagement ...
... 2018,
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Thomas Greminger, Secretary General of the OSCE, and the accompanying European diplomats.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: participation of independent Russian, European, and American experts in the preparation of proposals for OSCE institutional development and the future architecture of European security in general. Andrey Kortunov informed Thomas Greminger about the implemented and current RIAC projects on this topic.
... Report
The ongoing confrontation between Russia and the west has been characterised by competing narratives concerning the origins and development of events. These differing interpretations make coming to any kind of consensus on the future of the European security order extremely difficult.
Prominent European and Russian experts were brought together by the European Leadership Network and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) to examine these narratives, their origins in international law, and to determine how they may be transcended.
In its analysis ...
