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?
Wider Europe
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
Strong enough for a ‘reset’ with Russia?
To persuade Russians to join him, Obama must first demonstrate that he does not need them
The Rise And Fall (And Rise?) Of Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ukraine’s election campaign kicks off today – Andrew Wilson discusses Yatsenyuk’s future
No more low-hanging fruit
Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part
EU-Armenia: high-level, but low-profile
Armenia pragmatically tries to benefit from what the EU offers
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
What Does Russia Think?
If we want to deal with Russia, we need to understand it. But the EU doesn’t want to