Russia-NATO Relations

7 May 2012

Alexander Vershbow, NATO Deputy Secretary General, talks about coming back to NATO again – and what he learnt on his travels.

2 September 2011

10 years later: lessons learnt

The ten years since the 9/11 attacks have thrown up new and challenging security risks. How well have we kept up with them? Has NATO changed enough? In this edition, we look at what the security world has learnt since that historic day.

8 August 2011

NATO and Russia today: interview with Dmitri Trenin

Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, looks at where the NATO-Russia relations are today

20 July 2011

Taking the temperature: what the Russian experts think

How do Russian experts see NATO's evolving relationship with Russia in areas such as missile defence, Afghanistan and other security issues? Here, we present the results of a survey of Russian experts by the independent Atlantic Initiative.

11 July 2011

Time to abandon illusions

Today is the moment for Russia and NATO to end seeing each other through the Cold War prism, argues Fyodor Lukyanov. Twenty first century challenges requires both sides to challenge their 20th century hangovers.

29 June 2011

One step forward...

The relationship between Russia and NATO seems destined to be one of peaks and troughs, argues Konstatin Eggert. But it is Russia's other regional relations which may soon top its security agenda.

29 June 2011

How NATO is perceived in Russia (or lessons in optimism)

Robert Pszczel is NATO's face in Russia. As the head of NATO's Information Office in Moscow, he now both talks about - and listens to opinions on - NATO's evolving partnership with Russia. Here he explains some of the feedback - and why it's positive to be an optimist.

How would Russia’s long-term strategic interests best be served?

25 November 2010

Game, reset and good match?

In April 2010, The Atlantic Initiative conducted an expert survey in Russia to gauge the path of the NATO-Russia relationship. Here we present the results, some of which may be surprising.

1 February 2010

A battle of minds

Same concept, different angles: video 1 - How will the timing of this new Strategic Concept affect the outcome? Will it be able to deal with threats for decades to come? How will it change the way international organizations work together? And what will its changes mean for the men and women in uniform? All of these questions come under scrutiny in this section.

1 February 2010

NATO HQ - time for a makeover?

The importance of the new concept for NATO - For some, the most important changes the Strategic Concept must bring are in what NATO does. For others, it will be how NATO does it - especially in terms of the organisation’s workings. Here we set out the different priorities.

1 February 2010

Jeroen Van der Veer, Vice Chair, NATO Strategic Concept Expert Group

Views and interviews - video 4: What are the personal opinions of some of those connected with the drawing up of the new Strategic Concept? How far can it go? In this section, we offer face to face interviews with some key players.

Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

30 March 2009

NATO at 60: the way forward

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO’s Secretary General, speaking before his final NATO Summit, claims that there are three major challenges facing the NATO Alliance.

26 March 2009

Decision time: NATO's hard choices

Charles Kupchan of the Council of Foreign Relations outlines where NATO has to make some difficult decisions: Russia, consensus and global reach.

18 March 2009

Interview: Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Store

Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, has played a leading role in focusing more attention on the issue of the High North. In this interview, he explains the role of science, cooperation - and Russia.

10 March 2009

Interview: Danish Defence Minister, Soren Gade

Denmark's Minister of Defence, Soren Gade, outlines Denmark's take on emerging High North issues, covering areas such as Greenland, search and rescue, and oil.

JanuarySaakashvili - Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili

18 December 2008

Photostory: 2008 and security in pictures

A look back at some of the key moments in 2008 which impacted on security.

27 March 2008

On the road to the Bucharest Summit

What would the host country of NATO's Summit like to see the event achieve? Romanian President Traian Băsescu highlights the main areas where he hopes progress can be made.

27 March 2008

Rethinking NATO Partnerships for the 21st Century

Ron Asmus argues that NATO's partnerships have to evolve as much, and as quickly, as the security threats they tackle.

1 April 2007

NATO and Russia : Sobering thoughts and practical suggestions

Dmitri Trenin takes a hard look at the NATO-Russia relationship on the fifth anniversary of the NATO-Russia Council and the tenth of the Paris Founding Act on Mutual Relations.

1 April 2007

NATO and Ukraine : At the crossroads

Professor Grigoriy M. Perepelytsia gives his personal perspective on the choices facing Ukraine in its relations with the North Atlantic Alliance.

1 April 2007

Analysis : The NATO-Russia partnership : More than meets the eye

Paul Fritch reflects on developments over the last decade in the relationship between the former Cold War adversaries.

1 December 2005

Maturing partnership

Sergei Ivanov analyses the evolution of NATO-Russia relations since the creation of the NATO-Russia Council.

1 September 2005

NATO-Russia cooperation to counter terrorism

Andrei Kelin describes how NATO and Russia are forging an increasingly effective partnership to combat the terrorist threat.

1 August 2004

Manfred Wörner: NATO visionary

Ryan C. Hendrickson assesses the legacy of Manfred Wörner, NATO's seventh Secretary General, ten years after his death.

1 September 2003

Building hope on experience

Paul Fritch examines how NATO-Russia relations have evolved since the creation of the NATO-Russia Council.

1 September 2003

Explaining NATO in Russia

"Tell us, Gospodin Welberts, What is the NATO-Russia Council really about? Is NATO now ready to take Russia's interests into consideration? Who guarantees us that you won't commit another aggression like the one against Yugoslavia? What comes after the bombardment of Belgrade? Minsk?" These are just routine questions in the daily life of NATO's Information Office in Moscow, [i]writes Rolf Welberts[/i].

1 September 2003

General Totskiy: Russian Ambassador to NATO

General Konstantin Vasiliyevich Totskiy is the first Russian ambassador to be accredited exclusively to NATO. A 53-year-old professional soldier born in Uzbekistan, General Totskiy had previously spent his entire career in the Border Service, originally of the Soviet Union and later of Russia, becoming director of the Russian Federal Border Service in 1998.

1 September 2003

Limits of personal diplomacy

Petr Lunak reviews and compares the memoirs of Strobe Talbott, Boris Yeltsin and Yevgeniy Primakov.

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