Can EU-Belarusian Relations Be Reset?
It is common to portray the European Union (and the United States) as unwaveringly in support of isolating Belarus. The reality is somewhat different. Over the last two decades, EU-Belarusian…
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Gorenburg: Russian Armata tanks using French technology
(EUobserver) Russian tanks are using French technology on the battlefields of east Ukraine. But will Russia’s new “star” tank, the Armata T-14, rely on EU components despite the arms embargo?…
New Policy Memo: Armenia Keeps on Balancing: Between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union
Armenia’s accession to the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) earlier this year appeared to further pigeonhole Armenia as Russia’s enduring ally. Nonetheless, Yerevan continues to seek political and commercial equilibrium…
Armenia Keeps on Balancing: Between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union
Armenia’s accession to the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) earlier this year appeared to further pigeonhole Armenia as Russia’s enduring ally. Nonetheless, Yerevan continues to seek political and commercial equilibrium…
New Policy Memo: Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
In 2012, Russia exported 550,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to tiny Netherlands, but less than 500,000 bpd to China (Figure 1). According to the “gravity model” of trade,…
Is the Russian Economy Finally Tilting East?
In 2012, Russia exported 550,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to tiny Netherlands, but less than 500,000 bpd to China (Figure 1). According to the “gravity model” of trade,…
The Agreekment That Could Break Europe: Euroskeptics, Eurocritics, and Life After the Bailout
(Foreign Affairs) As the Greek negotiating team was preparing its latest reform proposal for the country’s creditors, I was walking to the Montparnasse metro station in Paris on my way…
Aborted Offensive in Donbas on Eve of G7 Summit
(EDM) It was hardly surprising that the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was broken last week by an exchange of artillery and tank fire after weeks of deployment of Russian troops…
To Thomas Graham: We Should Understand Russian History Differently
In a recent Financial Times op-ed (“Europe’s Problem is with Russia, not Putin”) Thomas Graham, a managing director at Kissinger Associates and former senior director for Russia on the US…
Moshes: Moscow was merely attempting to minimize the effect of future scandals
(RBTH) Business daily Kommersant reports that on the eve of June’s EU summit, at which the question of extending sanctions against Russia will be considered, relations between Moscow and Brussels have been shaken…