Towards a NATO-Russia strategic concept ending Cold War legacies; facing new threats together electronic resource

Parallell title and text in Russian, pp. 15-24.

The report is a result of collaboration between the International institute for Strategic Studies (London) and Institute for Contemporary Development (Moscow). The aim of the project was to examine possible ways for transforming NATO–Russia relations in a way which could help to overcome the legacy of mutual mistrust and enhance the scope and effectiveness of practical cooperation between them. The project was led by Igor Yurgens, Chairman of INSOR and Oksana Antonenko, IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia.

The report provides key recommendations for how the NATO summit and NATO–Russia Council Summit in Lisbon on 19–20 November 2010 can contribute to the transformation of NATO–Russia relations. It was prepared on the basis of discussions among leading experts in Russia and NATO states, attempts to answer the question of how the NATO–Russia partnership should be reflected in NATO’s New Strategic Concept, which is due to be adopted in Lisbon. The report also offers recommendations of what separate steps should be taken by NATO and Russia to help build trust and overcome mutual threat perceptions.