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The first panel of the conference "The OSCE peacemaking experience: What lessons and challenges for the EU" from left to right: James Nixey (Chatham House), Gunnar Wiegan (Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional co-operation and OSCE at the European External Action Service); Andreii Deshchytsia (Special Represnetative of the incoming Ukrainian Chairmanship of the OSCE), Dennis Sammut (Director, LINKS), Padraig Murphy (Special Representative of the Irish Chairmanship of the OSCE) and Dimitriy Danilov, (Head of the European Security Studies Department, Institute for Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences.) Picture courtesy of the European Policy Centre.

“It is time to convene the Minsk Conference”.

December 11, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

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 […]

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dennis Sammut, European Security, Minsk Process, OSCE

Graphic pictures from the “Arab Spring” greet NATO MPs at their meeting in Marseille

April 11, 2012 by Editor 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 […]

Arab Spring, Art, European Security, Mediterranean, Middle East, NATO, North Africa

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko

Russia sends professional as its envoy to NATO as relationship matures

April 6, 2012 by Editor 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 […]

European Security, Regions, Russia

European Security, NATO, Russia

Speakers at the EPC Roundtable meeting in Brussels on 16 March 2012, from l to r James Appathurai, Amanda Paul, Khazar Ibrahim and Dennis Sammut

LINKS Director suggests “NATO PfP plus” for Azerbaijan

March 20, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

The European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels on Friday, 16 March 2012, hosted a round table discussion on the theme “Azerbaijan and the Euro-Atlantic Security Architecture”. Speakers at the event were HE Khazar Ibrahim, Head of the Mission of Azerbaijan to NATO, NATO’s Special Representative to the South Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, Peter […]

Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Security, LINKS

Addressing the security challenges in the South Caucasus

April 2, 2011 by Editor 0 Comments

Events in the Middle East and North Africa risk the EU taking its eye off the ball as regards its eastern neighbourhood, particularly the South Caucasus region, argue Dennis Sammut and Amanda Paul in this Policy Brief published in March 2011 by the European Policy Centre in Brussels. Any kind of destabilisation of the regions […]

Caucasus, Reports by LINKS people

Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Security, Georgia, South caucasus