It would only lead to spheres-of-influence, confirm to the Kremlin that the West is weak and give Russia a say over that architecture. The Kremlin has long used methods to weaken the European ...

Russia should work to weaken the U.S. negotiating position on Ukraine by stoking tensions between the Trump administration ...

"Obviously, as the security architecture of Europe is changing ... in the future and be a matter of special concern for the Kremlin in order to ensure Russia's legitimate security interests.

Unlike other post-Soviet states who received nothing similar, NATO has consistently tried to integrate Russia into Western security architecture. In the run-up to the war, the Kremlin demanded ...