Report: Nations in Transit 2015: Russia
(Freedom House) President Vladimir Putin’s decisions in 2014 to seize Crimea, invade eastern Ukraine, and deepen political repression at home can all be attributed, at least in part, to his…
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The Frontiers of Europe
Last Tuesday (November 16) at the Brookings Institution, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis spoke about the challenges and opportunities facing Europe as Lithuania prepares to assume chairmanship…
Quick Poll — Elections
Which outcome is more likely over the next decade? Azerbaijan’s recent election returned one opposition deputy to parliament (at best), whereas Kyrgyzstan’s election sent five parties to parliament, resulting…
Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation
PONARS Eurasia is pleased to release the Policy Perspectives volume, "Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation," August 2010 — With parliamentary elections scheduled for October, Kyrgyzstan is entering a new and highly…
In Focus: Can the Reset Change Russia?
Samuel Charap of the Center for American Progress argues in a July 23 Washington Post op-ed (“U.S. Needs to Carefully Plot Engagement with Russia”) that civil society “still plays a…
Does the OSCE Need Saving?
In a recent report ("Behind the Eight Ball: Deciding on an OSCE Summit") from the Atlantic Council's Task Force on Eurasia as Part of Transatlantic Security, Senator Chuck Hagel, Ross Wilson,…