On Friday 6 February, the ELN, in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Munich Security Conference, hosted a roundtable discussion on ‘Russia-West Security Relations’.
Samuel Charap, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, argues that unless Russia or the West makes fundamental policy changes, summits wont solve the Ukraine crisis.
Ievgen Vorobiov argues that the divergence between domestic Ukrainian rhetoric and their negotiating stance may compromise the Ukrainian position in the Normandy format negotiations.
Anatoliy Grytsenko argues that the ‘Minsk format’ negotiations are moribund, and instead calls for an expanded ‘Normandy format’ inclusive of the USA and UK.
Steven Pifer, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, argues that sanctions may still bring the Russians to the negotiating table as the Russian economy starts to feel the pain.
As the G20 Summit in Brisbane nears, the European Leadership Network invites experts to offer their perspective on Vladimir Putin and the international community.