Europe without Borders 2025: Overcoming the EU neighbourhood policy deadlock
Three options for the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership countries and Turkey to participate more or less fully in the EEA
Wider Europe Forum
Europe unchained: new realities for external energy policy
New foreign policy developments – including the Iran deal – may help free Europe from the shackles of Russian energy dependence
Soft power in Armenia: Neither soft, nor powerful
The absence of Russian soft power in Armenia confirms the perception of many Armenians that Moscow takes their submission for granted
How the Kremlin stumbled on nationalism
The government in Moscow has ridden the tiger of Russian nationalism, but will they come to regret it?
Russian soft power in action: South Ossetia’s wandering ‘border’
Russian encroachments on the Georgian border show its disorienting and demoralising soft power in action
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’
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
Smoke and smell of gunpowder in the political dust of Macedonia
The current political crisis in Macedonia confirms that without a longer stick or a bigger carrot there will always be trouble in the region
Kyrgyzstan and the Eurasian Economic Union: The view from Bishkek
As Kyrgyzstan joins the EEU, not all in the country are optimistic
The EU and the Arctic Council
The EU’s bid for observer status at the Arctic Council may not yet be nearing a successful conclusion – especially if Russia has its way