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The Collapse of the European Collective Security System

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Rubric: Europe: New Realities
DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2024-68-6-82-92
EDN: GGTZRE
N. Arbatova, arbatova@imemo.ru
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO), 23, Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation.
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Received 18.03.2024. Revised 22.03.2024. Accepted 28.03.2024.

Abstract. Европейская безопасность всегда зависела от отношений между Востоком и Западом, лидерами которых были СССР и США. И сегодня более чем когда-либо европейская безопасность зависит от состояния отношений между Россией и Западом, которые за последние 30 лет прошли через несколько этапов – завышенные ожидания, упущенные возможности, беспрецедентный кризис и неопределенное будущее. Украинский конфликт, который можно рассматривать как квинтэссенцию этого беспрецедентного кризиса, ставит РФ и Запад перед неизвестным будущим. Окончание биполярности, устранившее идеологические барьеры между бывшими противниками, открыло небывалые перспективы для строительства новой системы европейской безопасности. Однако именно в этот благоприятный период с точки зрения международной обстановки возникли новые противоречия между Россией и Западом, положившие начало эрозии концепции европейской безопасности и конец достижениям Хельсинкского Заключительного акта и Парижской хартии.

Keywords: European security, the CSCE/OSCE, the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, the CFE Treaty, NATO expansion, the war in Yugoslavia, the Caucasian crisis, the Ukrainian conflict, post-conflict


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Arbatova N. The Collapse of the European Collective Security System. World Eсonomy and International Relations, 2024, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 82-92. https://doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2024-68-6-82-92 EDN: GGTZRE

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