The summer of eastern Europe’s discontent
The EU needs to better marshal its soft power in the eastern neighbourhood
Andrew Wilson
The EU must reinvigorate its Eastern policy
Europe is up for another long, hot holiday season of crises on its eastern border
Reinvigorating the EU?s Eastern Policy
There will be dire consequences on the EU’s eastern border unless the EU rethinks its eastern neighbourhood strategy
Ukraine ? From Orange Revolution to Failed State?
Ukraine is bouncing from one crisis to another emergency. In a speech he gave in Washington, Andrew Wilson discussed the possibility of Ukraine becoming a failed state.
Creating good neighbours in Russia’s backyard
The EU’s relationship with its Eastern neighbourhood is in trouble – and the EU doesn’t even recognise it
Avoiding a new iron curtain
As European leaders travel to Prague for tomorrow’s Eastern Partnership summit, the Eastern neighbourhood states are experiencing the worst political, security and economic crisis they have faced since their independence in 1991
Europe’s Next Revolution
The demonstrations in Moldova are unlike Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution”. They have been far from peaceful and have not been provoked by voting fraud. In this situation, the EU has a number of cards to play.
More trouble ahead
Endless political infighting and the economy in the doldrums – as if the gas dispute weren’t bad enough, Ukraine is lurching from one crisis to another
Avoiding the next gas crisis
After an unprecedented two week gas shut off during a freezing winter, Andrew Wilson looks at what can be done to stop such crises becoming an annual event
Cleaning up Ukraine?s Pipes
How can the EU work with Ukraine to prevent another crisis next January? Andrew Wilson discusses