Risk of instability in the Western Balkans: the EU can no longer 'wait-and-see'.
The Yanukovych Paradox: How Ukraine’s new president can be good news for Europe after all.
ECFR publishes a collection of views from key Russian intellectuals.
Is a complacent strategy that focuses on gradual change rather than crises losing the EU its battle with Russia for influence in the eastern neighbourhood?
Could building a single European market in natural gas be the most effective strategy for the European Union in countering Russia’s divisive energy diplomacy?
This authors analyse the background and developments in the Russia-Georgia conflict and outline recommendations on how to prevent wider political fallout.
An in-depth analysis of the political context of Dmitry Medvedev’s rise, focusing on the behind-the-scenes manipulation by ‘political technologists’.
An in-depth analysis of the new Polish government’s foreign policy, focusing on new personalities shaping the agenda as well as plans to improve relations with Germany and Russia.
Despite its economic strength and military might, the EU has begun to behave as if it were subordinate to an increasingly assertive Russia. Read ECFR’s “Power Audit” of EU-Russia relations.
Thomas Klau on Germany’s linchpin role in the eurozone governance debate.
Ulrike Guerot on Germany's place in Europe, post euro crisis.
Andrew Wilson says Ukraine's greatest success has been its 'survival'.
Commentary
Eastern Europe after the tragedy in Smolensk
The tragedy of the Smolensk plane crash has led to a strengthening of the rapprochement between Moscow and Warsaw. But is the reconciliation built upon more than a hug between Vladimir Putin and Donald Tusk?
The EU’s ‘slow food’ enlargement
The EU enlargement debate used to be about expanding freedoms and preventing conflict. But a lot of Europeans now think that whatever lies outside the EU’s borders can stay there.
The soft power of hard states
It’s tempting to think that hard states like China and Russia cannot offer anything in terms of soft power. But Europe and the US need to understand that this viewpoint is no longer valid
Yanukovych and Nixon
President Yanukovych could be a ‘Ukrainian Nixon’: Just as Nixon used his anti-communist credentials to pave his engagement with China, Yanukovych could use his pro-Russian credentials to reassure Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population while reaching out to Europe
Dealing with Yanukovych’s Ukraine: a policy brief
The Yanukovych Paradox – How the new Ukrainian president can be good news for Europe.
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