Media mentions – Wider Europe
Moscow has managed leadership transitions in its dominions (Abkhazia, Armenia), so if they think it contributes to their interests, they will try to puppeteer the transition
For years, Europeans told themselves that Russia was a kind of prodigal son, and that the European unipolar order remained sound. Yet that made Europe an easy target for the Kremlin’s divide-and-conquer strategy
NATO, Kosovo and China are all issues on which Vucic – who presents himself as a moderate partner for the West – tries to outflank his domestic political rivals to the right by reinforcing his nationalist image
Nicu Popescu and Majda Ruge comment on Serbia’s elite's desire for close cooperation with China
It is sad to see how many recent Western reports on ‘the Russian threat’ risk losing hearts and minds in Russia
Is Turkey the new Russia? That question is increasingly being asked in European capitals as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan adopts a more aggressive foreign policy