NATO-Russia Council

Afghanistan is not the only operation where NATO has teamed up with partners. This photostory shows a few examples of partners working side by side with NATO.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The statistics represented graphically below come from the document NATO-Russia Compendium of Financial and Economic Data Relating to Defence that the NATO-Russia Council publishes once a year and can be found at www.nato.int/docu/pr/2005/p050609e.htm.

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

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

"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].

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.

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

Paul Fritch assesses the prospects of the new NATO-Russia Council.

Willem Matser examines NATO-Russia relations in the wake of 11 September and the prospects for improved cooperation.

Andrei Zagorski examines the thaw in NATO-Russia relations and the reasons for both optimism and caution.