This Track II dialogue is co-chaired by Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, and Sam Nunn. Participants in the project include generals who commanded the most deadly nuclear arsenals ever deployed and many other senior military and civilian leaders who have served on both sides of the Cold War in France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and NATO.

The group is releasing a report, Building Mutual Security in the Euro-Atlantic Region:  Report Prepared for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Parliamentarians, and Publics, in Spring 2013 which proposes a new approach to security in the Euro-Atlantic region and addresses the most significant obstacle:  a corrosive lack of trust, fuelled by historical animosities and present uncertainties in the European and global security landscape.

The report recommends that leaders establish a new, continuing process of comprehensive security dialogue for building mutual security in the Euro-Atlantic region.  Practical steps that can be taken now could be agreed on a broad range of security issues, including nuclear weapons, missile defences, prompt-strike forces, conventional forces, cybersecurity, and space.

The report’s key findings and supporting analysis were developed through a series of meetings that began during the Munich Security Conference in February 2012. Members of the group subsequently gathered in Washington, Moscow, and Paris to finalise recommendations to be presented to political, military, and civil leaders in 2013.

Additional information, including the Russian report and summary materials, will be available April 3 and beyond at www.BuildingMutualSecurity.org.

Co-Chairs

Des Browne (United Kingdom)
Wolfgang Ischinger (Germany)
Igor Ivanov (Russia)
Sam Nunn (United States)

Participants

Steve Andreasen (United States)
Robert Berls (United States)
Charles Boyd (United States)
James Cartwright (United States)
James Collins (United States)
Vladimir Dvorkin (Russia)
Viktor Esin (Russia)
Eugene Habiger (United States)
Armin Hasenpusch (Germany)
Andrei Kortunov (Russia)
Catherine Kelleher (United States)
Ian Kearns (United Kingdom)
Łukasz Kulesa (Poland)
Valentin Kuznetsov (Russia)
Pierre Lellouche (France)
Simon Lunn (United Kingdom)
Evgeny Maslin (Russia)
Jeffrey McCausland (United States)
John McColl (United Kingdom)
Sergey Oznobishchev (Russia)
Sergey Rogov (Russia)
Joan Rohlfing (United States)
Volker Rühe (Germany)
Vyacheslav Trubnikov (Russia)
Erich Vad (Germany)
Alan West (United Kingdom)
Isabelle Williams (United Kingdom)
Vladimir Yakovlev (Russia)