NATO - RUSSIA RELATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY
NATO - RUSSIA RELATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY
Author(s): Nicu BEGANUContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Comparative politics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: reconstruction of Afghanistan; fighting terrorism; global superpower; freedom of decision;
Summary/Abstract: Both NATO observers and Russian foreign policy experts seem to agree that the relations between NATO and Russia have reached an important point. In this respect, the author takes an approach to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, which opened a new chapter in the NATO-Russia cooperation. In fact, Russia has expressed its solidarity with the Western countries against the threat of international terrorism, which has paved the way for a NATO-Russia strategic partnership, an improved and reformed one, directed against the common enemy – terrorism. Moreover, the NATO-Russia Council has been the basis of certain programmes of increasingly ambitious military cooperation, such as threat assessment, exchange of views on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, search-rescue operations meant for submarines, nuclear warheads storage and transportation, antimissile defence in theatres of operations and increased Russian participation in PfP activities, as well as in the NATO maritime surveillance and monitoring operation “Active Endeavour”.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 53-63
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
