Drawing on the lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis, Professor James Nathan argues that negotiating is not a mark of weakness, but a signature of the successful appreciation of national interests.
The European Leadership Network has asked three leading defence & foreign policy experts from the Baltics to offer their perspectives on ‘Hybrid Warfare’.
Anand Menon argues that focusing on the individual rather than on the role of the EU High Representative is flawed, and that Federica Mogherini can only be as effective as is allowed by member states.
Nadia Arbatova, Head of the European Political Studies Department at IMEMO, argues that a shift in international security would be contingent on the West defining a clear strategy vis-à-vis Russia, based on a careful balance between its values and realistic objectives as well as the lessons drawn from the past.
Jan Techau, director of Carnegie Europe, argues that despite its recent problems, the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) will remain a central tool of EU foreign policy.
Janusz Onyszkiewicz examines the background to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and argues that this move is not only morally unacceptable, but also counter-productive.