With Russia-West tension high, ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear evaluates the progress made on mitigating the risk posed by hazardous military incidents and the implementation of ELN recommendations.
We have crossed over to a new nuclear era in which cyber capabilities transform the nuclear risks.
Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Secretary General of the OSCE, argues that it is high time that our political leadership realizes that politico-military matters can no longer be dealt with as a sideshow but are once again taking centre stage – whether we like it or not.
Dr William Hill, Former Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, examines the role of unrecognised state authorities in international relations and conflict resolution, arguing that their agency is a crucial factor for consideration when writing policy on Europe’s frozen conflicts.
ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear argues that a resumption of Open Skies Treaty flights between Russia and Georgia is in the best interest of both, outlining a status-neutral method to overcome previously irreconcilable national positions.
Maxim Starchak writes that the Russian annexation of Crimea and military support to south eastern Ukraine has led, deliberately or accidentally, to a new Cold War in Europe. Starchak argues that there are lessons from the arms control of the first Cold War.