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On November 13, 2024, a Situational Analysis of the Department for European Political Studies “Lost Hopes: Dismantling the European Security Concept of the Era of Great Détente. Part 2” was held.

Presentations were made by:

• o    Maria Pavlova, Senior Researcher, Cand. of Science (History), – “Problems of European Security in Poland's Policy in 1990-2010s”. The factors that determined the orientation of the Polish political elite towards NATO, rather than the OSCE and the EU, as the main guarantor of the country's security were presented. It is emphasized that Poland’s foreign policy in this period was also generally determined not only and not so much by political realities as by foreign policy concepts developed by the Polish emigration in the post-war period, first of all – the Giedroyc-Mieroszewski doctrine.  
• o    Polina Sokolova, Research Fellow, Cand. of Science (Politics), – “Conflict Resolution in the Balkans in the 1990s and its Impact on the Development of European Security and the Situation in the Post-Soviet Space”. The draft institutional structure of multilateral cooperation on European security issues, agreed by the CSCE countries within the framework of the Helsinki Document of 1992 “The Challenges of Change” was characterized. Based on the analysis of the settlement of the Yugoslav wars, it was possible to comprehend why it was not adequately embodied, and the experience of joint conflict management did not receive continuity, which led to the confrontation between Russia and the West and open conflicts in the post-Soviet space.   
• o    Ekaterina Shumitskaya, Senior Researcher, Cand. of Science (Politics), – “Romanian-Ukrainian and Hungarian-Romanian Relations after the End of Bipolarity”. The evolution of Bucharest's relations with Kiev and Budapest was analyzed. It was noted that Romania's relations with Ukraine remained tense until 2022. 
• o    Anastasia Posazhennikova, Junior Research Fellow, – “Transformation of Approaches of Benelux Countries to Conflict Resolution and Creation of European Security Architecture in 1992-2022”. The report is devoted to the position of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the new geopolitical situation in Europe and the world, which affected their vision of the role of various security institutions. It is noted that the end of the Cold War, changes in EU and NATO membership, and the outbreak of new conflicts in Europe, the post- Soviet space and the Middle East have caused the Benelux countries to reconsider their strategic orientation. Since then, the foreign policy of the Netherlands has been increasingly Atlanticist in nature and oriented towards the positions of the United States and the United Kingdom, while Belgium and Luxembourg have been advocating the expansion of the EU's defense capabilities since the early 2000s. At the same time, the Benelux countries' relations with Russia were developing extremely successfully until the events in Ukraine in 2014; at the same time, the final turning point was still the escalation of the crisis in 2022.
• o    Evgeny Pankov, Senior Research Assistant – “Great Britain and Military Conflicts in Post-Bipolar Europe”. The paper analyzes the common and peculiarities in the approaches of the Labour and Conservative governments of Great Britain to the settlement of conflict situations in Europe after 1991. Particular attention was paid to the evolution of theoretical and conceptual foundations of these approaches. 
• o    Nadezhda Arbatova, Head of the Department, Dr. of Science (Politics), – “The European Union and the Crisis of the Collective European Security Model. 1991-2022”. The fundamental changes in international relations after the end of bipolarity were characterized. The contradictions between the EU, NATO and Russia on the issue of the future security architecture in Europe were revealed. The reasons for the marginalization of the OSCE in this area have been studied. The EU and NATO approaches to the place and role of Russia, the Central and Eastern European countries and CIS countries in the emerging system of European security were analyzed. The role of post-communist conflicts in the process of dismantling the model of collective European security is assessed.
• o    Nadezhda Arbatova, Head of the Department, Dr. of Science (Politics), – “Italy and NATOization of European Security 1991-2022”. The changes in the Italian political system after the end of bipolarity, which influenced the formation of foreign policy consensus on the new architecture of European security, were analyzed. The mediating role of the Italian leadership in establishing relations between Russia and the West during international crises is studied. It is concluded that, despite the deterioration of Russia's relations with the EU countries, Russian-Italian relations retain the potential for rapid normalization in the case of the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict.