ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear makes the case for the US-Russia agreement on military encounters in Syria. As the only document regulating encounters between the US, its allies, and Russia over an active war zone, its preservation is essential.
Five scenarios of instability that could worsen the ongoing Russia-West confrontation and how they could be preemptively managed.
The ELN showcases military encounters between Russia and the west in light of international law and bilateral agreements.
In the most comprehensive public study of its kind, the ELN examines existing the agreements for avoiding dangerous military incidents between NATO countries, NATO partners, and Russia before outlining definite mechanisms for their improvement.
Report on the workshop on Avoidance of Hazardous Military Incidents between NATO and Russia, held in Brussels, 21-22 September 2016 The European Leadership Network has been investigating for some time the issue of close encounters between Russian and NATO militaries. On 21st-22nd September, in...
ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear examines the intelligence failures of the 1983 Able Archer military exercises, arguing that those same failures, centred on a lack of empathy, are being repeated in the current NATO-Russia confrontation.