Czechs raise the stakes on Lisbon
All being well with Europe, the Treaty of Lisbon would now have been ready to come into force on 1 January. But all is not well
Wider Europe
Russia’s push into wider Europe
With a new US president, what are the prospects for a more united trans-Atlantic position on how to deal with a resurgent Russia and the ?neighbourhood? states in between?
Georgian lessons for EU generals
As the dust of the August war in Georgia begins to settle, the EU is emerging as the nearest thing around to a winner. An article published in E-Sharp!
Belarus after its post-Georgia elections
The EU has eased its visa ban on Belarusian officials. Was this the right move? How far can Belarus, once notorious as the ?last dictatorship in Europe?, really change?
An overly comfortable limbo
Like Greece and Macedonia itself, the EU is too willing to accept Macedonia?s state of limbo
Learning from the EU’s Georgia success
The EU’s Georgia mission is looking like a much-needed, if small ESDP success. But there is still much the EU can learn from its deployment
Where does Russia?s ?sphere of influence? end?
Russia?s NATO and EU ambassadors push Moscow?s ?spheres of influence? into the EU starting with ?age-old ally? Bulgaria
Ukrainian government collapse threatens permanent crisis
Ukraine has lost another government. Tymoshenko has lasted only 8 months as Prime Minister, only a few weeks longer than her first attempt in 2005
Spheres of influence
Russia may be tempted to believe that it has succeeded in Georgia, but it has in fact further isolated itself and helped Europe unite
Kosovo: precedent or excuse?
When dealing with Moscow, EU leaders should not accept the parallelism between Kosovo and Ossetia