Youy pleasure to welcome today on the discussion of diplomacy in the future of European Security. I would like to extend a special welcome to our esteemed speakers, first and foremost, the secretary general for security and cooperation in europe. The secretary general is joined by a member of the panel of eminent persons on european is a common project professor. He also served as president of the Chicago Council on global affairs, our Partner Organization for todays event. I would also like to welcome the distinguished guest we have today. Forgive me if i dont have all of you in my notes. This discussion comes at a time of uncertainty in european history to say the very least. More than a quartercentury after the fall of the berlin wall, the strategic questions of political divergence is emerged. Looking back, sometimes we forget the huge importance of the csc in getting us through the cold war and out the other side in as good a shape as we are in. Turning back to europe and ukraine,
Most of which is now deployed in the eastern regions. It is a mandate that tests battle, been expanded to cover other functions. Basically supporting the value of implementation, monitoring areas where we have military equipment being moved. Reporting back that some of the subsequent date it was new the line of combat. So it was a warning in relation to a possible violation of the ceasefire. This is also to show that at times when we see division or a portion of the conflict back in europe where we hoped we would not be after the end of the cold war, we would open a new phase of cooperation, we see that border is not being sustainable as we were expecting. We are seeing conflicts. In the postcold war cities from moldova to georgia, ukraine is a larger expression of that problematic. We sit at this table around which we have to discuss differences, understand problems. And update the tools. Some of them go back to the cold war days. They need to be adapted, modernized, and adjusted to a
How iron a living, why have my friends, maybe why i how i earn a living, why i have my friends, maybe why i have my wife. Diplomats andan scholars discuss the role of diplomacy and strengthening European Security. They talk about the implications of the conflict in ukraine and the influence of russia in Eastern Europe. This Atlantic Council event is just over an hour. Good morning and welcome. Thank you all for joining us. I am the president and ceo of the Atlantic Council. Its my way pleasure to welcome youy pleasure to welcome today on the discussion of diplomacy in the future of European Security. I would like to extend a special welcome to our esteemed speakers, first and foremost, the secretary general for security and cooperation in europe. The secretary general is joined by a member of the panel of eminent persons on european is a common project professor. He also served as president of the Chicago Council on global affairs, our Partner Organization for todays event. I would als