Among the hopes and expectations that the election of President Biden has triggered, further enlargement of NATO is, for security in Europe, one of the most significant and problematic. In advance of the NATO Summit in June, Nick Williams argues that NATO’s door must remain open but further enlargements should wait until stricter conditions are defined and fulfilled.
The next phase of the EU’s Eastern Partnership will be launched this week. The approach set out so far fails to deliver – at this week’s summit, leaders should address the gaps.
Ahead of the Munich Security Conference 2020, the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group stresses the need for a political solution to the armed conflict in Ukraine.
Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and ELN member, provides his country’s priorities for the 2019 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
To support Ukraine against Russian aggression and deter further escalation, NATO and the EU should look to World War II history and borrow a page from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Roger Hilton argues that European policy makers will have to formulate a new approach, including considering additional sanctions, to counter Russian actions and support Ukraine.