New Cracks in EU Front on Russia, Think Tank Warns of IS Push in Central Asia
Plus, tough talk from Moscow on gas for Europe, and prosecutors want Seselj back in The Hague. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 19 January 2015
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed in Donetsk city and surroundings damage caused by recent shelling. The SMM together with the Joint...
51st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
On 20 January 2015 the 51st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office for the South Caucasus. The...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes Declaration by participating States calling for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine
BELGRADE, 20 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today welcomed a Declaration adopted by representatives of the OSCE’s 57 participating States at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and the full implementation of...
Security of Europe and Asia are indivisible, says Mongolia’s Foreign Minister outlining priorities of Mongolian Chairmanship of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 20 January 2015 – Mongolian Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren today outlined priorities of the Mongolian Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation for the first trimester of 2015 at the first meeting of the Forum this year in Vienna, pledging to further expand the dialogue and co-operation with the OSCE Asian...
Lavrov Calls for New Ukraine Cease-Fire, Russians Offered Free Land in Far East
Plus, governments scramble to defend currencies against the skyrocketing Swiss franc, and Armenia takes a fresh look at EU integration. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Nazarbaev as Mediator
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has managed to use the Ukraine crisis as a sort of stepping stone to elevate his international profile and Kazakhstan’s geopolitical status. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Judy Asks: Will Russia Escalate in Ukraine and Beyond?
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Fighting Nears Central Donetsk, Balkan Neighbors at Odds Over Trepca Mine
Plus, bomb blasts shake Albania’s second city and a major Eurasian communications link comes closer to reality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s statements on a new gas pipeline with Turkey are another bluff
Russia’s statements on building a new gas pipeline with Turkey is only part of the information warfare. This opinion was expressed by Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Before this project, there was a project ‘The Power of Syberia’ with China. Back...
