EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine
The EU should stay true to basic principles in dealing with Russian revisionism and push back when these principles are violated
Ukraine
Wider Europe – Summer Reading
ECFR's Wider Europe team recommend eight books for you to delve into this summer
Is Europe losing Ukraine?
As Germany's politicians return to their constituencies, a summer of resentment against Europe is brewing in Ukraine
One year after MH17: the Kremlin’s responsibility
The accidental firing on the airliner by Russian air-defence missiles are the most conceivable explanation to the downing of MH17
What does Europe’s neighbourhood hold for the EEU?
The new-born European Energy Union is looking both inwards to better interconnectedness, and outwards to new energy sources
The State of the War
The situation for civilians in Eastern Ukraine is dire
Weak government, strong society
In post-Maidan Ukraine, failing governmental action is substituted by voluntary work. While the Ukrainian state is failing in many aspects, Ukrainian society is very strong.
Kyiv and the regions
Ukraine has been an over-centralised state since its independence from the Soviet Union, but now the notion of “decentralisation” has taken hold in even tiny villages
What Orwell would make of the Ukraine crisis
Moscow may end up controlling Ukraine in one way or another, but it has probably lost the hearts and minds of the Ukrainian people of the 21st century.
Russia’s military options in Ukraine
A resumption of Russian military provocations is likely, to keep Ukraine destabilised and maintain pressure on its government