“Russia-NATO Relations“: a short review By Smirnova Julia
Do not go with the stream or against it, go the way you need Do not go with the stream or against it, go the way you need. Kozma Prutkov «Friendship and cooperation in the rules of international law» ‘New European Security architecture’ Russian initiative 2009
«friendship and cooperation» «strategic partnership» «equal partners» ? «trust» «dialogue» «confidence, transparency, and predicatability» «strategic partnership»
NATO-Russia Council The NRC provides a framework for consultation on current security issues and practical cooperation in a wide range of areas of common interest. Its agenda builds on the basis for bilateral cooperation that was set out in the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act.
Lisbon summit 2010 NATO’s new Strategic Concept: “a true srategic partnership between NATO and Russia” and their determination to “enhance political consultation and practical cooperation with Russia in areas of shared interests” and to “use the full potential of the NRC for dialogue and joint action”.
Lisbon NRC summit 2010 NRC Summit: “work towards achieving a true strategic and modernized partnership based on the priciples of reciprocal confidence, transparency, and predicatability, with the aim of contributing to the creation of a common space of peace, security and stability.”
«…it’s necessary to involve Russia to “the more widespread global security web” the way which could promote the extinction of the left imperial ambitions ». An Agenda for NATO. Toward a Global Security Web. by Zbigniew Brzezinski// «Foreign Affairs».- № 5.-Sept/Oct 2009 Zbigniew Brzezinski
Samuel Huntington «The Clash of Civilizations» «After the end of the Cold war NATO had one main and precise objective: to provide the existence, not having admitted the return of Russia political influence to the Central Europe»
Common threats Climate change Slavery Drugs Cybercrimes Piracy
Common challenges Epidemic Illegal immigration Poverty China Nuclear weapon
Perspectives
To keep America in, the Soviets out and the Germans down Europe up, Russia with, America in and danger out.
Summary… ?
The degree of confidence between Russia and the leading countries of NATO (each separately) … Dmitry Medvedev and the Pope Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev Angela Merkel and Dmitry Medvedev
… is much higher … Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy David Cameron and Dmitry Medvedev
Anders Fogh Rasmussen and ... than a degree of confidence and understanding between Russia and NATO. Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Dmitry Medvedev
The Internet resourses: http://openbiz.com.ua/politics/news/Ukraina_i_NATO_pojdut_na_neformalnosti.html http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news215905 http://newsme.com.ua/politics/691521/ http://www.inright.ru/tag/id_494/ http://perevodika.ru/articles/8529.html?sphrase_id=32313 http://pda.rian.ru/politics/20101120/298867211.html http://www.nato.int/cps/ru/SID-4F86CB81-F879F6A2/natolive/topics_51105.htm?selectedLocale=ru http://korrespondent.net/world/791756-fotogalereya-obama-i-medvedev-pervoe-svidanie http://fotoden.info/person/Medvedev/?p=44 http://lozero.ru/events/world/1017.html http://www.russianamerica.com/common/arc/story.php/413021 http://news.rambler.ru/7576504/ http://www.rian.ru/politics/20101112/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/mobile/russia/2009/12/091204_russia_nato_resumption.shtml
Thank you