On June 30th, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a private one-day ELN Seminar on Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons in the NATO-Russia Relationship.
The seminar brought together a range of senior political, military and diplomatic figures from both NATO countries and Russia, as well as analysts from across the continent. More details on the event will appear on this site shortly.
Olivier de France observes that despite the firm commitments made at the 2014 Newport Summit, NATO must continue to re-evaluate its capabilities in order to fully legitimate any future use of force by the alliance.
Ivanka Barzashka, Timur Kadyshev, Götz Neuneck, and Ivan Oelrich call for ooperation and transparency on missile defence to avoid a dangerous cycle of action and reaction in Europe.
Ana Palacio explains that Ukraine’s current conflict shows a critical reality: the Atlantic Community and Russia need each other. She thereby calls on the US and Europe to not leave Putin with a free hand.