Wider Europe

Ukraine decides: Part Two

On Sunday 17 January Ukraine holds its first presidential elections since the 2004 Orange Revolution. In the second installment of his blog, Andrew Wilson examines why Europe should care about the vote.

Ukraine Decides

On Sunday 17 January Ukraine holds its first presidential elections since the 2004 Orange Revolution. Read Andrew Wilson’s blog from Ukraine here: Installment One – What happened to the Orange Revolution?

Obama’s First Year

When it comes to Russia, central Europeans are rightly concerned about Obama’s ‘reset’ policy, but for the wrong reasons

Strong enough for a ‘reset’ with Russia? Obama and Moscow

The success of President Obama's “reset” policy with Russia will depend not only on getting U.S. actions toward Moscow right but also on getting insight into the way the Kremlin views the United States and its new president.

No more low-hanging fruit

Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part.

Zmarnowana szansa Putina

Kryzys gospodarczy nie nakłoni rosyjskich władz do drugiej pierestrojki

EU?s failure in Georgia

The EU’s ‘Georgia report’ needs to be seen in light of the EU’s previous performance in the troubled country