Libya: the four things that matter more than recognition
After a ruling that nullified its own parliamentary elections, Libya will need European and UN support to achieve national unity government
Commentary
After Ukraine’s elections, Russia has few good options
Ukraine’s parliamentary elections and the polls held in the self-proclaimed eastern republics have lessened the chances for compromise
Vladimir Putin, historian-in-chief
Putin continues to blur the lines between historian and political chief, effectively and single-handedly re-writing Russia's collective history.
EU solidarity abandoned on Mediterranean shores
In the face of the deaths of thousands of migrants, the response of EU states has been chaotic and disjointed at best.
Bulgaria’s new coalition and the future of South Stream
Observers will be watching to see how the new coalition government in Sofia handles the controversial South Stream gas pipeline project
The conflict that will not freeze
Continuous military confrontation in Eastern Ukraine has grave implications for Europe as well as for Ukraine
Germany then and now
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany needs to think about its way of exercising power within the EU – and what it hopes to achieve
An antidote to the French Suicide
Seventy years after the dissolution of the national assembly and in spite of one decade of recovery, France appears to be again in a depressive spiral that nothing seems to stop.
Syria Refugee Conference confirms need for action
Countries bordering Syria, such as Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, welcomed the Berlin Conference on the refugee situation in Syria and supporting stability in the region on 28 October
The Finlandisation of Ukraine
Influential voices are pushing for the Finlandisation of Ukraine, but this proposal ignores both the actual experience of Finland with the Soviet Union and the real causes of the present crisis with the Kremlin.