On March 11, 2022, at the Estonian Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with ambassadors and diplomats ... ... relations in the context of Russia's military operation on the territory of Ukraine and the European security crisis.
The meeting was attended by Antti Helantera, Ambassador Extraordinary... ... Carsten Sendergaard, Danish Ambassador to Russia; Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation; Piret Reintamm Benno, Minister-Counsellor...
Moscow’s demands of the United States and NATO are in fact the strategic goals of Russian policy in Europe. If Russia cannot achieve them by diplomatic means, it will resort to other methods.
Moscow’s demands ... ... Antony Blinken on January 21 follows on from the previous week’s intensive talks: the first round of U.S.-Russian dialogue on European security issues in Geneva, followed by sessions of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and the OSCE Standing Committee ...
..., constrain and engage Russia in areas of EU interest”. This is, to put it bluntly, a kind of a Bermuda triangle. In these treacherous waters any constructive initiatives are doomed to run aground and sink. Hardly the best scenario for the current European security equation.
3. Globally Russia and the countries of the European Union are being overwhelmed by poly-crises, ranging from pandemics and migration to climate change. The scale and complexity of these security-related challenges is mounting at an alarming rate.
Being closest neighbors, Russia and the EU are ...
... multilateral security arrangements, disputes within NATO and the collapse of arms control treaties, like INF and Open Skies. Both the European Union and the Russian Federation have to adjust to this new reality.
Does it open up new avenues for co-operation or will the deadlock of recent ... ... 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 ...
... Brussels resembled a balancing act based on asymmetrical weaknesses rather than strengths. Russia’s Achilles’ heel was its stagnating and archaic resource-based economic model... ... to steadily decline, and consequently its significance as an economic partner of the European Union.
Igor Ivanov:
Rethinking International Security for a Post-Pandemic World... ... 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...
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.
...
The best possible next step for European countries would be to try to reach out, formally or informally, to Russia to clarify the technical parameters of the proposed moratorium
The Russian moratorium proposal
On 2
nd
February 2019,... ... 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 ...
... attempt to adjust the patently flawed and unconvincing US narrative regarding the preservation of the INF Treaty.
On the other hand, Macron does not want to lose his shot at the now-vacant position of foreign policy leader of Europe, including regarding Russian, which is very important for the European Union. Even less would he wish to surrender the issue of the INF Treaty (with its direct and fundamental bearing on the foundations of European security) to Donald Trump, who has not shown himself to be particularly reliable or benevolent towards Europe.
The French initiative seems to be left hanging. Emmanuel Macron held a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Normandy ...
However, will a world without NATO be better for Russia than a world with NATO?
Catherine the Great is credited with saying that the ... ... membership significantly outweighs NATO membership. However, becoming a member of the European Union is far more complicated than joining NATO. Accession to the European... ... specific issue of their participation in practical everyday decision-making on matters of European security. Each country seeks to gain a seat at the table where the most pressing...
... common horizon.
Ivan Timofeev:
A New Anarchy? Scenarios for World Order Dynamics
— What are Russia's main priorities regarding European Security? How do they differ, in your view, from the EU's main priorities? Which of those differences are insurmountable, which can be overcome and how?
— The existing gap between Russia and the European Union could hardly be deeper. Russian leaders have been obsessed with a large-scale conventional European war scenario....
