Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?

Several regional fault lines will define the character of relations between East and West in the coming years. It is already evident that notably in the Baltic region, both NATO and Russia have squandered a great deal of confidence, which will have to be rebuilt elsewhere. East-West relations today...

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Main Author: Nadja Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-07-01
Series:Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25751654.2020.1853918
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description Several regional fault lines will define the character of relations between East and West in the coming years. It is already evident that notably in the Baltic region, both NATO and Russia have squandered a great deal of confidence, which will have to be rebuilt elsewhere. East-West relations today are more about mutual perceptions, provocations, and interpretations of intentions than ever before. Most long-standing negotiation formats are dysfunctional. The risk of miscalculations is huge, but there is also potential to rebuild trust and recalibrate relations in certain areas of mutual concern.
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spelling doaj.art-bf687d28a3a74e96abebf31449e3ad6e2022-12-21T17:24:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament2575-16542020-07-013239840910.1080/25751654.2020.18539181853918Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?Nadja Douglas0Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)Several regional fault lines will define the character of relations between East and West in the coming years. It is already evident that notably in the Baltic region, both NATO and Russia have squandered a great deal of confidence, which will have to be rebuilt elsewhere. East-West relations today are more about mutual perceptions, provocations, and interpretations of intentions than ever before. Most long-standing negotiation formats are dysfunctional. The risk of miscalculations is huge, but there is also potential to rebuild trust and recalibrate relations in certain areas of mutual concern.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25751654.2020.1853918east-west relationsnatorussiaarms controlconfidence buildingregional order
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Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
east-west relations
nato
russia
arms control
confidence building
regional order
title Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?
title_full Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?
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title_full_unstemmed Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?
title_short Fault Lines between East and West: Which Levers Can Rebuild Confidence?
title_sort fault lines between east and west which levers can rebuild confidence
topic east-west relations
nato
russia
arms control
confidence building
regional order
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