Connections
Contents
Norms versus Interests: The Ambiguous Nature of NATO’s Democratic Conditionality in Armenia
The South Caucasus Between Russia and the West: How Pragmatic are the Stakeholders’ Approaches?
Sailing the South Caucasus through Troubled Waters towards Regional Integration
Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine
Eurasian Economic Union and the Difficulties of Integration: The Case of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Return to Babel: The Race to Integration in the Southern Caucasus
Abstract:
This article reflects the discussions during a September 2018 conference in Sofia, sponsored by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division. Its focus is on the defense and deterrence posture of NATO and the European Union in Eastern Europe. Special attention is given to the development of the Bucharest Initiative (B9) and its influence on the Western Balkans and Black Sea Region. The authors propose a Program for Readiness and Interoperability, oriented to the C4ISR area. This is based on the defense posture and in the context of the developments in NATO and the European Union for improved readiness and interoperability with partners that, together with enhanced cooperation in education and training for the de¬fined B9+ region, will act as instruments to implement this cooperation and improve the deterrence and defense capability on the Eastern Flank of NATO and the EU, while at the same time strengthening resilience to hybrid threats.
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European and Eurasian Security: Viewpoints from Russia
Connections presents diverse views on defense and security by authors from NATO and partner countries from the Partnership for Peace and beyond. For this particular issue we invited authors from universities and research centers of the Russian Federation to express their views on curr...
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