Ukraines?s YES annual conference in Yalta is the closest thing Ukraine has to Russia?s Valdai to promote its image.

Russia is resisting reform opportunities presented by the global economic crisis.

A year ago last August Russia and Georgia went to war over tiny South Ossetia. Is another war a serious possibility?

The Swedish presidency should tour the EU's eastern periphery to ensure the region does not feel forgotten.

The EU can play a positive role in brokering a solution in Moldova - it can't afford a third election.

Moldova has managed to make the news again. This does not happen often.

The EU needs to better marshal its soft power in the eastern neighbourhood.

Europe is up for another long, hot holiday season of crises on its eastern border.

Ukraine is bouncing from one crisis to another emergency. In a speech he gave in Washington, Andrew Wilson discussed the possibility of Ukraine becoming a failed state.

The demonstrations in Moldova are unlike Ukraine's "Orange Revolution". They have been far from peaceful and have not been provoked by voting fraud. In this situation, the EU has a number of cards to play.

Endless political infighting and the economy in the doldrums - as if the gas dispute weren't bad enough, Ukraine is lurching from one crisis to another.

After an unprecedented two week gas shut off during a freezing winter, Andrew Wilson looks at what can be done to stop such crises becoming an annual event.

How can the EU work with Ukraine to prevent another crisis next January? Andrew Wilson discusses.

Andrew Wilson offers solutions on the Ukrainian front to prevent a gas crisis next year.

With a new US president, what are the prospects for a more united trans-Atlantic position on how to deal with a resurgent Russia and the ?neighbourhood? states in between?