Forging Ukraine’s Neighborhood Agenda: The German Connection
The debate on the forthcoming Ukrainian OSCE chairmanship held at the DGAP think tank in Berlin nicely illustrates the power of Europeanization: the agenda of the holder of the…
A Farewell to Meseberg?
The head of the Moldovan Parliament, Marian Lupu, speaking at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Berlin, did his best to demonstrate his country’s commitment to Europe: we have no…
Pussy Riot and Retrograde Russia
The Pussy Riot affair comes in different versions: it can be told as a legal case, a moral storyline, or a political gesture. It is this mixture of different…
Армения в евразийском союзе: миф или реальность?
12-13 ноября в Ереване состоялись двухдневные межпартийные консультации, посвященные обсуждению идее Евразийского Союза. В мероприятии приняли участие представители российской «Единой России», украинской «Партии регионов», казахстанской Народно-демократической партии «Нур Отан», а…
О предыдущих записях на сайте ПОНАРС Евразии
Записи, размещенные ранее, перенесены сюда со старого сайта ПОНАРС Евразии; скорее всего, это записи на английском языке.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) – Europeanization Through Competition
The EU–sponsored Eastern Partnership (EaP) is at the crossroads. It faces at least three different perspectives. First, the program can be used to prompt a rather unified neighborhood-area governed…
Eastern Europe: Globalization through Mega-Events
Many recent mega-events, from sports to culture, have been held in non-Western countries. Do these over-sized activities redefine socio-cultural-political boundaries between host countries and the West? Do they draw…
The Firing of Anatoly Serdyukov
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov was fired this week. The ostensible reason had to do with the corruption scandal that recently engulfed Oboronservis. But we all know that no one…
Moldova: A Success Story Within the EU Eastern Partnership?
Guest post by Andrey Devyatkov—The EU–Moldova Forum held in Berlin on October, 22-23, 2012, was meant to raise the profile of Moldova as a “success story” within the EU Eastern…
Escape from Freedom
The results of the parliamentary election in Ukraine produced few genuine surprises. Yanukovych’s Party of Regions came in first in the party-list voting (30.1%) and won over half of…
A Space for Debate Between Russians Themselves
If there is no room for dialogue between political opponents in Russia, perhaps they can communicate in a more convenient environment—Europe. Along with the Germany–Russia dialogue at a recent…
Fake Actors in Political Negotiation
When we analyze negotiation, we usually take the parties involved for what they say they are. But can negotiating parties pretend to be what they are not in reality?…