NATO and Russia: Geopolitical Competition or Pragmatic Partnership?

Description of the Event

Topics

• Firstly, the conference will discuss NATO-Russia relations in the near future, presenting different scenarios of their development according to experts from both Russia and NATO representatives.
• Secondly, conference participants will critically analyze areas of possible joint action between both powers, including – but not limited to –institutional links established through the NATO-Russia partnership. Despite their differences, the Alliance and Russia share an interest in stable and security perimeter around Europe, and there might be more opportunities for cooperation than the current fog of enmity suggests.
• Finally, the conference will attempt to clarify and realistically assess the shared concerns and continuing disagreements over major geopolitical issues, which primarily include the ‘shared neighbourhood’ between Russia and European NATO members but also the region of Middle East and North Africa which appears to be a constant source of security threats and instability for the foreseeable future.

Selection of confirmed speakers

• Konstantin von Eggert, Editor-in-Chief, Kommersant FM radio in Moscow
• Daniel Kostoval, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
• John Lough, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Statecraft, Oxford; Former Permanent NATO Representative in Russia
• Petr Lunak, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
• Marcel Pesko, Director of the Office of the Secretary General, OSCE
• Frank Umbach, Associate Director of the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, King‘s College, London; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Guidelines for submission

Organizer

• AMO - Association for International Affairs

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