Transcript THE POLITICS OF EUROPEAN SECURITY (SEST-582-01)

PSS:
Model NATO 2009/2010
NATO-Russia Relations:
Russian Perspective
NATO-Russia Relations
“I believe that of all of NATO’s relationships with
Partner countries, none holds greater potential
than the NATO-Russia relationship. Yet I also
believe that none is so much burdened by
misperceptions, mistrust and diverging political
agendas.”
NATO-Russia Relations
“In spite of NATO's aggressive
actions, we cannot break with the
Western countries…”
NATO-Russia Relations
Main Goals:
• Brief Overview of NATO-Russia Relations
• Cooperation or Confrontation
• To outline Russia’s foreign and security policy
goals vis-à-vis NATO
• Q&A
NATO-Russia Relations: Brief Overview 1
• London Declaration
• What about CEE countries/caught between a
rock and a high place/PfP
• Enlargement as a bitter sweet/Paris
Declaration/the PCA
• The Balkans
• Kosovo => Russia leaving the PCA
• Slow rapprochement - KFOR
NATO-Russia Relations: Brief Overview 2
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9/11
Rome Declaration => NATO-Russia Council
The big bang NATO enlargement
Intensifying cooperation with Georgia and
Ukraine
• Bucharest Summit
• August War in Georgia
• Resetting the NRC
Putin’s NATO Policy
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Putin’s push for stability
9/11 – high expectations
Color Revolution/ Bush’s Doctrine/ Iraq
Oil Prices
Russia becoming more assertive & Sovereign
democracy
The main tenets of Russia’s NATO
Policy
• NATO is an illegal organization; any out of area
operations need the UN SC blessing
• NATO is enlarging at the expense of Russia’s
security
• NATO seeks to exclude Russia from the
security dialogue in Europe
Where do we go from Now
• War in Georgia; Ukraine’s uncertain future
• Putting Enlargement on the back burner
• Medvedev’s Security Initiative: Should we
listen? – indivisible peace; stop the
deployment of NATO’s military assets in CEE
Opportunities and Perils of NATORussia Relations
Q&A
Thank you for your attention