NATO and Russia: Partnership or Peril?

Discusses the need for a pan-European security architecture that includes NATO & Russia (& other post-Soviet countries), whose relationship has seriously degraded. Problems with the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) center on the lack of serious dialogue about the key contentious European security i...

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Published in:	Current history (1941) 2009-10, Vol.108 (720), p.299-303
Main Author:	Trenin, Dmitri
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Afghanistan Alliances Arms Control Central Asia Cold War Councils Foreign Policy Foreign relations Georgia (Republic of) Georgia, Transcaucasia History of international relations International Cooperation Missile defense NATO North Atlantic treaty organization Peace Post-Cold War Postcommunist Societies Russia Russian Federation Transatlantic relations Treaties Trust Ukraine
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Summary:	Discusses the need for a pan-European security architecture that includes NATO & Russia (& other post-Soviet countries), whose relationship has seriously degraded. Problems with the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) center on the lack of serious dialogue about the key contentious European security issues; the need for confidence-building measures is noted, using the Republic of Georgia's & Ukraine's respective NATO bids to illustrate. It is argued that the NRC must expand its agenda to include strategic missile defense & conventional arms control. Further, the emergence of NATO-Russian confidence & cooperation might then extend to Afghanistan, while NATO might want to rethink its lack of recognition of the Moscow-based Collective Security Treaty Organization, which is focused on Central Asia, as well as engage with the Shanghai Cooperative Organization. In addition, it is suggested that Russia should be part of any diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue. Ultimately, NATO & Russia must pursue engagement & consider all dimensions of Eurasian security. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:	0011-3530 1944-785X