Repairing the legacy of the AKP’s pan-Islamism
Four years after embarking on its quest to become the hegemon of the Middle East, Turkey has ended up virtually friendless in the region
Wider Europe
Russia’s gas pipeline strategy and Europe’s alternatives
Russia’s pipeline strategy and the threat to gas supplies pose real challenges, but instead of focusing on real diversification, the Commission has to mediate the negotiations and be the ‘financial broker’
Berlin and the Minsk trap
Almost five months on since Minsk II was agreed, it is clear that none of the early conditions have been met
Armenia: approaching the precipice
Amid a wave of mounting protests the over-confident and ever-arrogant Armenian government is locked in an escalating and tense standoff with thousands of ever more resolute and empowered youth activists
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
Putin and the FIFA scandal
The Russian president’s reaction to the corruption charges is part of a battle over global rules of political order
The undesirables
A new Russian restrictive norm puts foreign organisations under suspicion and deals a blow to Russian civil society