Scorecard 2015: The view from Rome
Governmental upheaval limited Italy’s ability to lead on foreign policy, but it remained engaged in the southern neighbourhood and moved forward the debate on privacy and security.
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Britain is still a leader in European foreign policy
In spite of the rising tide of anti-European rhetoric, the UK’s diplomats are still cooperating with Europe and driving foreign policy initiatives within the EU framework
Scorecard 2015: The view from Berlin
Driven by a new sense of its own responsibility, Germany has stepped up to take the lead in European foreign policy
Belarus’s balancing act: Business as usual
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has a history of playing the Kremlin and the West off against each other, and it is a game he always wins
Scorecard 2015: The view from Sofia
Bulgaria took few foreign policy initiatives in 2014 because of internal troubles, but the country made one tough decision in abandoning the South Stream pipeline project
Yemen’s Transitional Road Map to Chaos
Anyone who knew anything about Yemen saw this implosion coming a mile away
Why should the EU cooperate with the EEU?
The EU lacks a rational partner in the East, but that does not mean it should curry favour with an unreasonable one
How should Europe respond to Russia? The Hungarian view
Hungary has, for many reasons, become known as the country with the most pro-Russia policy within NATO and the EU
Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union: the view from Moscow
For the first time in the history of Eurasia, several former members of the USSR are united not through conquest, but on the basis of pragmatic cooperation
Russia, Turkey and the Vision of Greater Europe
Russia and Turkey have many common features, predetermined by their respective histories, geographical locations and cultures