D. N. Kalachyov The problems of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe adaptation

Abstract: The article analyzes one of the key problems of Russia-NATO relations – the problem of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe adaptation. The article briefly touches upon the history of the Treaty, analyzes the reasons of its crisis and the appearance of the need to adapt the Treaty to the modern geopolitical conditions. Studying the imbalances in correlation of armed forces of NATO and Russia in Europe and the examples of the US and NATO aggressive policy near to the Russian borders, the author reveals the reasons of abeyance of the Treaty action by Russia, and speaks about the perspectives of the renewal of cooperation between Russia and NATO in these sphere. The methodological base of the research contains the following methods: system, structural functional, comparative historical, comparative political, geopolitical and cultural civilizational, and the methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, modeling and observation. The author comes to the conclusion that the overcoming of crisis of relations between NATO member-states and Russia has real perspectives, but it should be based on equal rights, international law, and intergovernmental agreements.

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