It has been twenty years since the Minsk Group was established within the framework of the OSCE to mediate a resolution of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The group was supposed to prepare the way for the convening of a full conference in Minsk to help bring the conflict to a final resolution. But twenty years […]
Read more
Archive | European Security RSS feed for this section
LINKS representative addresses the 2012 Caspian Forum in Istanbul with a call to the region’s leaders to put people at the heart of policies.
December 7, 2012 
0 Comments
The first Caspian Forum, a gathering of politicians, officials, representatives of the business community, and representatives of NGOs and think tanks, focusing on issues related to the wider Caspian Region, was held in Istanbul on Thursday 6 December. LINKS was represented by its Director, Dennis Sammut, who was a speaker on the third panel of the […]
Read more LINKS suggests practical measures for improving OSCE elections monitoring mechanism.
July 15, 2012 0 Comments
LINKS used the opportunity provided by the special Human Dimension Meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to propose some practical recommendations for improving the work of the organisation in the field of elections and election monitoring. The meeting was convened by the Irish Chairmanship of the OSCE, together with its Office […]
Read more Russian leadership mulls implications of NATO’s Chicago Summit
May 23, 2012 0 Comments
The Russian leadership is cautious in its reactions to the decisions of the 25th NATO summit which took place earlier this week in Chicago. Russia which has a relationship with NATO through the NATO-Russia Council was represented by a senior diplomat at the summit, but both President Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev stayed away. Russia continues […]
Read more Graphic pictures from the “Arab Spring” greet NATO MPs at their meeting in Marseille
April 11, 2012 0 Comments
Members of Parliament and experts from NATO countries and partner states in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe started a three-day meeting in the French Mediterranean City of Marseille today, during which they will consider ways to engage with changes that have been happening in the Arab region since January of last year. Graphic pictures from events in […]
Read more Ulyanovsk, and the image of the west as an “enemy” amongst Russians.
April 10, 2012 0 Comments
The Cold War ended more than twenty years ago. Yet to hear some politicians in the United States talk about Russia you would think that it is still in full swing. The problem is however on both sides. The suggestion that NATO may be about to set up a logistics hub in support of its […]
Read more Russia sends professional as its envoy to NATO as relationship matures
April 6, 2012 0 Comments
The appointment of an experienced, professional diplomat as Russia’s new Envoy to NATO is widely seen as a sign that the relationship between the Alliance and its old foe Russia is entering a new stage of maturity. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, 56, will be appointed as the new Russian ambassador to NATO, Kommersant daily […]
Read moreLINKS Photo Archive 1997-2012
|
