Eastern Partnership

Ukraine’s gas “federalisation”

Gazprom is supplying gas directly to Ukraine’s breakaway regions and the dispute with Ukraine threatens Ukraine’s future territorial integrity

Crisis diplomacy and the Russian-Ukrainian war

Germany needs to square the circle between domestic demands for restraint and isolationism and the increasing responsibilities of European leadership

Harsh realities in Minsk

The situation in Ukraine has echoes of the end of the Bosnian War, as Kyiv faces the dilemma of whether or not to accept a quasi-independent Donbas in the east

Arming Ukraine is a bad idea

Ukraine is the victim of Russian aggression, but Europe must play its own game, not Russia’s