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Event | 28 June 2017

ELN Research Director participates in the OSCE Structured Dialogue meeting

Defence OSCE Security Euro-Atlantic Security

On June 28, 2017 ELN Research Director Łukasz Kulesa participated in a Special Session of the Structured Dialogue, conducted in Vienna during the 2017 OSCE Annual Security Review Conference.

As an introduction to the discussion, Łukasz delivered a presentation on minimizing the risks from divergent threat perceptions, military doctrines and force postures. In his presentation, ELN Research Director discussed his food-for-thought paper prepared for the Structured Dialogue, based on previous ELN research into military incidents and de-escalation.

The Structured Dialogue on the Current and Future Challenges and Risks to Security in the OSCE Area is a process launched at OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg. It addresses challenges and risks in the politico-military sphere and explores possibilities of reversing the negative trends in the European security.

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