Wider Europe

How not to talk with Russia

Some argue that Russia has been treated “as more than equal”, but in Moscow's view it is doomed to remain a peripheral power in a NATO/EU dominated world

Kaliningrad: Russia’s stagnant enclave

On 1 April, Kaliningrad’s special economic zone privileges expire, meaning that it will lose its right to duty-free trade and will have to stand on its own two feet

Beyond the Minsk Agreements

Why and how a combined UN/EU peacekeeping mission could disentangle the Donbas conundrum

An end to isolation?

The EU-Turkey deal offers the promise of ending Ankara's international isolation, but the scepticism of domestic politicians may prove problematic