Europe can see that the assimilation of migrants, their adaptation and integration into Western society has stalled. I’m tired of bending the fingers counting how many Western European politicians and heads of state have recently spoken about the collapse of multicultural policies. That was hard to imagine even a couple of years ago. After speeches by Merkel, Cameron and Sarkozy, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan made an appeal to the Turks in Germany: “Avoid assimilation!”. This perfectly illustrates the failure of the very idea of the equality of cultures and mutual benefits of their fusion. The insight seems to have ultimately settled in, even if late. Europe realised it was wrong to reject its religious tradition and historic memory. This sacrifice was not only pointless, but also harmful: Europeans were literally disarmed faced with those who are firm in their faith, strong in their national feelings and determined to settle down in the occupied territory. Europe’s concealed irritation grew increasingly apparent. After shifting left after the Second World War Europe’s pendulum of current public opinion and political preferences has swung right before our very eyes  read more...

The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting at the level of defence ministers will be held on June 9, Russia’s Permanent Representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said at a video press conference on Monday. “The NRC defence ministers’ meeting will be held in Brussels on June 9, and a document on the European missile defence issue will be possibly coordinated at it,” he said. “And on May 4, a meeting of the Council at the level of the Chiefs of the General Staff will be held in Brussels at which the missile defence issue will also be actively discussed"  read more...

Ambassador Rogozin admitted that the NATO-Russia negotiations on BMD have not made big progress and he welcomed the EWI effort in bringing this matter into the open for public expert debate. Rogozin, who is also the Special Envoy of President Medvedev on MD, called for professionalization on BMD discussions and active involvement of experts such as a group of scientists who were involved in designing of Moscow ABM and Air Defense systems that was brought to Brussels by EWI. Dr. Neuneck supported Ambassador Rogozin’s call by underlining that NATO and Russian politicians should be fully enlightened on technical capabilities of BMD systems for better strategic decisions. He presented conclusions from a cooperative study by the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg and the IFSH (Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik) that was released at the end of last year. The German expert argued that it’s a right moment for NATO to decide with Russia on the BMD architecture as he considers NATO own TMD experience as quite little and joint BMD systems and architecture experience  non-existent read more...