Should Europe Care About Black Sea Security?
The Black Sea region has only recently appeared on Europe’s radar as something that is part of the continent and, therefore, in need of some attention and perhaps even action.…
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Russia and the EU: A New ‘Balance of Self-Confidence’
Most observers agree that in the latter half of the past decade, the EU-Russian relationship lacked substance, despite official parlance characterizing it as a “strategic partnership.” True, Russian energy kept…
EU-Russia Visa Talks: Open and Hidden Agendas
One of the most serious problems on the agenda of Russia-EU relations is the strict visa regime between Russia and the 25 European countries that share common external border controls…
Polish Public Opinion Toward Russia in the Aftermath of Smolensk: An Opportunity for Improved Relations
Polish-Russian relations have long been among the thorniest in Europe, providing an often serious impediment to improving broader EU-Russian relations. The events of April 2010, beginning with Russia’s changing line…
Russia and the Eastern Partnership States in a New European Security Architecture
President Dmitry Medvedev’s European security initiatives of 2008-2009, culminating in his draft European Security Treaty of November 2009, sparked considerable debate regarding the potential and desirability of a new European…
Hard, Soft, or Human? Security Discourses in the EU, NATO, and Russia
How do Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s proposals for a new security architecture resonate in the foreign policy discourses of Russia’s two main security partners: the European Union and the North…
New Actors, Old Obstacles: Security Cooperation in Eurasia
The main obstacle to developing an appropriate security architecture for post-Soviet Eurasia are the number of perceptual and conceptual gaps that exist among the actors involved. Major states and regional…
Institutionalizing Security Cooperation between Russia and the West
Are there any mechanisms that would allow the security relationship between Russia and NATO member states—whether European or North American—to become deeply and permanently cooperative? On paper, cooperation was institutionalized long…
Radicalization of Muslim Immigrants in Europe and Russia: Beyond Terrorism
In the second half of the 1990s, Islamist terrorism emerged as a serious security threat to both Europe and Russia. For Europe, in contrast to the United States, Islamist terrorism…
Competing Designs for Caspian Energy Highways: Russia and the EU Face Reality Checks
The profound economic disaster that began unfolding in the summer of 2008 has inevitably distorted the energy-related political perspectives developed in the United States, the European Union, and Russia during an…