... Ukraine seeking to minimise the Soviet Union’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism or accusing the Soviets of crimes to exonerate those who sided with Hitler against Stalin.
Thus, as a result of the Ukraine conflict, the gulf between Russia and the European Union is wide, deep and growing. The Russian government does not expect the lifting of EU sanctions for a long time and, even then, it is hard to expect business as before. Putin’s idea of a “greater Europe from Dublin to Vladivostok”,...
... States – directly empowered by and connected to their presidents and prime ministers. To ensure broad membership and transparency across Europe and within existing structures, the Leadership Group should include a representative from the OSCE, the European Union, the Eurasian Economic Union, and NATO.
The Leadership Group’s first priority would be to address the current crisis. It should then propose ways to improve existing structures – for example, by substantially reforming and empowering ...
... that creation of a common space consisting of both Ukraine and Russia appears to be the most realistic option for moving forward on the “Crimean question”, which is extremely sensitive for all the parties to the conflict.
That is why the Ukrainian crisis is, at the end of the day, “a family affair” between the European Union and Russia and only, to some extent, a headache for the United States. For the US, it is more a matter of geopolitics than of vital national interests. To a degree, the White House might stand to gain from the conflict because it helps ...
Scenarios of How the Crisis may Unfold
Scenarios of How the Crisis may Unfold
The Ukrainian crisis presents the most serious and dangerous challenge to European security since the collapse of Yugoslavia and the ... ... something closer to hard line national statehood. Ukraine is the nexus where the interests of such key players as Russia, the European Union and the United States have clashed, making this purely domestic crisis turn into a regional and even global issue....
On October 27-29, 2014 Bulgarian Sofia hosted a session of young experts’ group on Ukraine crisis and Euro-Atlantic security to discuss the Ukraine situation and ways to have it rectified.
Organized by the European Leadership Network for Multilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (ELN), Munich Security Conference, Nuclear Threat Initiative, RIAC and Carnegie Foundation, the event gathered participants from Russia, Ukraine, Europe and the United States who differed on many basic issues but...
In recent years, historical animosities and uncertainties in the global security landscape have hindered efforts to develop a fresh approach to Euro-Atlantic security. The crisis in Ukraine has exacerbated the problem, further undermining cooperation, increasing tensions and widening differences on a host of security, political, economic and other issues.
To address the crisis and engage a new generation of analysts and problem-solvers, the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
,
European...
... military observers, in sufficient numbers and appropriately armed, along the lines of engagement in Donbass, starting with the Donetsk area, and along the Ukraine-Russia border adjacent to it;
2. Reaching an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, with the European Union's active participation, on the gas price for Ukraine, and on the associated issues, such as a schedule for the gas debt repayment, which would allow Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine this coming winter;
3. Starting a political dialogue,...
... been the main success that the OSCE has managed to achieve to date? In your opinion, what is the main obstacle to resolving the crisis at the moment?
I think the OSCE has used virtually every tool in its toolbox to try to prevent, avoid and resolve the Ukrainian crisis. We have an office in the country with a project coordinator in Ukraine who’s been there for some time and who has been in touch with, on a regular basis, with the leaders of the government, with NGOs and with parliamentarians and ...
On July 31, 2014, websites of the Russian International Affairs Council,
European Leadership Network
,
Polish Institute of International Affairs
and
International Strategic Research Organization in Ankara
placed the
statement of Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe
on mechanisms for crisis settlement in Europe in the Ukraine context.
Authored by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, former UK Defence Secretary Des Browne, former Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, as well as by Ambassador...
... European post-Cold War modernism has brought forth a geopolitical classic redux rather than a postmodern Wider Europe.
The Ukrainian crisis of the ESS is specific for its unprecedented political and economic features. First, it has been caused by the ... ... political crisis, only exacerbating the conflict between business interests and security policy.
Soft Power Failure
Regarded by the European Union as the key method in ensuring security when political aims are drastically different, soft power no longer seems ...
