Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s proposals aim at a codification of NATO’s current borders, a recovery of Russian influence in the so-called “near abroad,” and the establishment of legally binding “rules of the game” going forward in the realm of maintaining peace and stability in Europe. The November 2009 treaty’s strange lack of substance coupled with its political unfeasibility makes it particularly hard to know what to do with the Russian initiative.

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Center for Political and International Studies
Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST)
Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Journal The Law and Security (Pravo i bezopastnost)
Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
Ministery of Internal Affairs Management Academy
Moscow State University
National Anticriminal and Antiterrorist Foundation
PIR Center for Policy Studies in Russia
Southern Federal University (former Rostov State University)
Russia Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS)