The New Minsk Ceasefire: Avoiding Putin’s trap
Putin wants to pull the West into armed conflict, and it is right to avoid it
Putin wants to pull the West into armed conflict, and it is right to avoid it
Ukraine is the victim of Russian aggression, but Europe must play its own game, not Russia’s
As Europe pushes for negotiation over Ukraine, the Munich Security Conference showed the depth of division not only between Russia and the West, but between the Western partners as well
For the former Yugoslavian states – acquitted of genocide only because of insufficient international justice – the major pending issue is still reconciliation
The Ukraine crisis pushed Poland to the forefront of EU diplomacy, but as Germany stepped up, Poland’s leadership was sidelined
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has a history of playing the Kremlin and the West off against each other, and it is a game he always wins
Bulgaria took few foreign policy initiatives in 2014 because of internal troubles, but the country made one tough decision in abandoning the South Stream pipeline project
The future of the EU depends on helping the new Ukraine stand up to a resurgent Russia
Ukraine is at war with Russia and only the West can turn the tide – but will it?
The EU lacks a rational partner in the East, but that does not mean it should curry favour with an unreasonable one