To ensure international security, it is very important to establish a dialogue that would involve all participants of the international process, Dean of the International Relations Department at Belarusian State University, Doctor of Historical Sciences Viktor Shadursky said at the international workshop “International security and NATO in 2016” in Minsk on 15 December, BelTA has learned.
“Security is the main priority for every country,” Viktor Shadursky stressed. In the present-day context, matters of peace and security have come to the fore. Referring to the opinions of politicians and experts, Viktor Shadursky emphasized the turbulence of the current period and the urgency of the challenges that the international community is facing.
Viktor Shadursky believes that any period is unique in terms of international security. “History shows that large conflicts are followed by a balance. Unfortunately, a calm and balanced period is followed by a series of conflicts, when new players start pitting their strengths against one another. When they finally see the pointlessness of that, they establish a dialogue and reach a compromise. Unfortunately, the parties to conflicts in the region have not yet realized the need of a compromise,” the expert said.
Viktor Shadursky believes that “big players create conflicts, and it is small countries who suffer”. Dialogue is always needed if we want to settle conflicts and achieve peace, he added.