... through measured, albeit quite modest, de-escalation measures, including progress on the demarcation line in Donbass and along the Russian-Ukrainian border. These measures need not be fixed in some treaty—instead, they could be carried out by the parties ... ... parties concerned, but only after embarking on this path can one reach larger and more ambitious tasks regarding the future of European security. This will also make it possible to finally exclude even a hypothetical prospect of a major armed conflict in ...
... The most obvious example of this is the deployment of elements of the U.S. missile defence system in Europe. Russia repeatedly suggested developing that system together. The American side rejected all of our proposals. The same happened in 2008 when Russia proposed starting joint work on a European Security Treaty that would make it possible to create a single, undivided Euro-Atlantic security space. Our western partners did not even see the point in considering the draft Treaty Russia had submitted.
Therefore, we need to decide what we ...
On April 18, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council hosted the presentation of Security Radar 2019 research, implemented by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Vienna.
On April 18, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council hosted the presentation of Security Radar ...
... global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
The full statement is reproduced below.
A European response to US withdrawal from the INF Treaty
ELN
statement November 2018
President Trump’s declared intention to withdraw the United States from the 1987 US-Russia Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) calls into question not only the fate of this pivotal accord but also the future of nuclear arms control, with potentially grave consequences for European security.
The INF treaty may indeed have been violated. And it may be anachronistic. But it is symbolic of great power cooperation on nuclear risks and it has been a stabilising force in Europe’s security over the past three decades. Europe ...
... strategic stability.
GEOPOLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND
I understand that I may be branded a new “Dr. Strangelove who learned to love the bomb” from Stanley Kubrick’s political satire black comedy from the 1960s. But I believe that not only Russia with economy still suffering from inept reforms, but also all other countries could benefit from reasonable and thoughtful reliance on nuclear deterrence.
At the beginning of my academic career in the 1970s and 1980s, I spent a lot of time and ...
... Chair, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
Igor Ivanov
, President, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Executive Summary
This report offers three different perspectives from various experts in the United States, Russia, and Europe on the state of the European security environment in the aftermath of the Ukraine crisis. These three perspectives reveal different perceptions of the current situation, provide different analyses of where common interests lie, and offer suggestions on how to make best use ...
... capital, natural resources and investment opportunities that could give a boost to the stagnant EU economies. Russia and Turkey are also natural gateways to other regions and other markets that Europe can explore. Finally, one cannot seriously discuss the European security without Russia and Turkey – if our two countries are not a part of the equation, the eastern and the southern EU borders remain chronically instable.
In my view, the time has come to start working together on a new European – or even a Euro-Atlantic ...
... European security and relative stability. The absence of coordinated or at least mutually acceptable actions between Russia and the West, with the tug of war across Ukraine in full swing, will definitely deepen the ESS rift.
georgianpress.ru
Fourth, the European security crisis will have long-term political and economic consequences, as both the EU and Russia are already in search of alternative trade, financial and investment ties, first of all in the area of energy. Corporations both in Europe and Russia are trying to offset the adverse political environment and the centrifugal trends caused by the ...
Russia and the European Union (EU) are currently engaged in a geopolitical struggle for control of the post-Soviet space. While Russia is the current regional hegemon, the European Union and NATO have been trying to gain influence in what Russia refers ...
... United States and Canada. Although the West was initially hesitant about the Finnish initiative of organizing a conference on European security and stability, the success of Finland's policy of neutrality finally convinced them of the necessity of attending ... ... frontiers as well as non-interference in foreign affairs of participating states. The Helsinki Act now seems all but forgotten as Russia now retains control of Crimea and Ukraine is fighting a civil war to maintain its sovereign borders, while constantly watching ...
