Russia, the West and the Integration Dilemma
(Journal article) (By Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy) — On 28-29 November, the leaders of the six countries designated by the European Union as members of its Eastern Partnership (EaP)…
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Russian-Belarusian Relations after Vilnius: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Tension in the relationship between Belarus and Russia has remained in the shadow of the more visible discord between Russia and Ukraine, stemming from the latter’s now-spoiled efforts to sign…
Putin’s Ukrainian Triumph Is a Major Setback for Russia
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The Ukrainian government’s shocking decision to put on hold the process of finalizing the Association Agreement with the European Union, announced last Thursday (November 21), a week…
The South Caucasus, Eastern Partnerships, and Russian Activism
Alongside the mainstream debates of the approaching Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, we have Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, which keep striking a precarious balances between the EU and Russia. The…
Policy Memo: Russia and the Geopolitics of Natural Gas: Leveraging or Succumbing to Revolution?
The changing natural gas landscape—driven by the rise of liquid natural gas (LNG) projects, unconventional boom in North America, protracted global economic slowdown, post-Fukushima recalibration in the nuclear sector, and…
Old-Style Sausages and Komsomol Beauty Contestants
The question of how to engage an increasingly reluctant Russia in cooperation with its western neighbors was at the top of the Baltic-Russia Youth Forum held a few days ago…
(Video) Andrey Makarychev on Russia’s Changing Economic and Political Regimes
A new book co-edited by Andrey Makarychev (University of Tartu) and Andre Mommen (University of Amsterdam) discusses the social, ideological and economic changes that have occurred in Russia since 2000,…
Украинцев не заставят ездить в Россию по загранпаспортам без согласия Киева
(Сегодня.ua) Глава Министерства иностранных дел РФ Сергей Лавров заявил о необходимости пересечения границы между Россией и Украиной по загранпаспортам. Подобные заявления попадали в новости Украины неоднократно и введение таких правил…
Путин помог Украине выбрать ЕС
Нашей стране еще не поздно поменять позицию по поводу получения Украиной статуса ассоциированного члена ЕС. В какой бы союз Украина ни вступила, она останется ближайшим соседом, братским народом и одним из важнейших торговых партнеров. Нужно продемонстрировать, что…
German-Polish-Russian Isometrics
EU-Russia relations, as many in Europe reckon, suffer from a lack of proper communication. This may sound paradoxical in an era of social media connectivity and cross-national mobility, with NGOs…