The European Council on Foreign Relations

The beginning of the end for Putin?

2011-12-06T10:25:22+00:00

Russia's election results are bad news for Putin for two reasons. Firstly United Russia did badly despite the election being biased in its favour, and secondly it shows that Putin can no longer rely on an apathetic population.

How the eurozone crisis affects EU power

2011-11-25T13:26:32+00:00

The economic crisis has huge implications for EU foreign policy. There is less time for it, less money available, and Europe's ability to project soft power is in a coma.

More for More in the Neighbourhood

2011-04-05T15:57:48+00:00

'More for more', a central plank of the EU's updated neighbourhood policy, is a laudable concept. But it is difficult to define, let alone to implement. What really is more, and how do we get it from our neighbours?

Democracy vs Reformism in the Eastern Neighbourhood

2011-01-11T13:35:31+00:00

During the 1990s, democracy and reformism in Central and Eastern Europe tended to go hand in hand. In recent years, however, the picture in the EU's Eastern neighbourhood has become less clear. Ukraine and Georgia have shown how it is possible to have one without the other.

Of euro-pessimism and failures euobserver popescu

2009-12-15T11:37:01+00:00

Should we be depressed or happy about the state of Europe? In truth, no one knows.

eu-armenia popescu euobserver

2009-10-12T16:38:11+00:00

Armenia pragmatically tries to benefit from what the EU offers.

Popescu EUobserver georiga

2009-10-04T15:56:02+00:00

The EU's 'Georgia report' needs to be seen in light of the EU's previous performance in the troubled country.

popescu EUobserver blog russia EU

2009-09-13T13:57:01+00:00

Does the eastern neighbourhood want to join forces with Russia, be part of the EU or go it alone?

Popescu EU Russia blog

2009-08-25T10:07:02+00:00

It's always good to know what Russia thinks of you, especially when it may have a point.

Moldova defies post-Soviet traditions

2009-08-17T09:41:17+00:00

Moldova is the only CIS country with an uninterrupted cycle of legal and constitutional transfers of power through elections since 1991.

European Voice eastern neighbourhood Sweden Wilson Popescu

2009-07-31T13:21:18+00:00

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

Popescu Moldova EUobserver blog

2009-07-27T11:09:49+00:00

On 29 July Moldova will hold early parliamentary elections. Nicu Popescu offers a snapshot of the country two days before the elections.

Wilson Popescu WSJ eastern europe

2009-07-20T12:59:51+00:00

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

The end of ?de facto states?

2009-07-13T15:42:28+00:00

Nicu Popescu comments on developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia after their recognition by Russia.

EUobserver Popescu eastern neighbourhood sweden

2009-06-22T07:58:10+00:00

The EU should start listening and involving the small and fragile states of the eastern neighbourhood, and the Swedish Presidency should be the body lead this "listening tour" charge.

Popescu EUobserver solidarity gap

2009-05-29T08:42:37+00:00

European solidarity is though but necessary ? especially in today?s economic, political and security climate.

EU Russia Popescu

2009-05-21T14:57:08+00:00

This EU-Russia summit is set to be a big disappointment. Nicu Popescu discusses why.

Popescu Dnevnik Moldova

2009-05-05T08:16:40+00:00

Če v Bruslju ne bodo vodili "dejavne" politike do Moldavije, bo v njej zavladal avtoritarni re?im, kakr?nega imajo v sosednji Belorusiji.

EUobserver Popescu eastern neighbourhood EU

2009-04-24T15:31:52+00:00

The EU must take a serious took at the strategy it employs to its East - the disunity on how to deal with Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood is paralysing.

Popescu Foreign Policy Ukraine

2009-04-22T14:35:17+00:00

Големият въпрос е какво ще направи Русия, когато вихърът от украински кризи прерасне в цунами.

Popescu financial times moldova

2009-04-16T09:30:51+00:00

The EU should care enough to act in Moldova - it needs to.

Popescu Guardian Moldova

2009-04-09T08:55:08+00:00

The European Union is the only political actor with the credibility to find a solution to the current crisis in Moldova writes Nicu Popescu.

An EU Response to Moldova?s ?Twitter Revolution? Popescu

2009-04-07T17:18:52+00:00

The EU should immediately send a mediation team led by Javier Solana to settle the political crisis, Nicu Popescu recommends.

Bulgaria’s Electoral Adventurism Popescu

2009-04-01T10:36:42+00:00

Bulgaria's president has campaigned for the Communist party, while MPs think that European states should learn from Azeri electoral practices.

popescu eastern crisis euobserver

2009-03-24T11:27:57+00:00

What is the likely impact of the crisis on the Eastern Partnership, the attempt to resuscitate the European neighbourhood policy and focus EU's political attention on the East?

popescu return eastern europe

2009-03-05T09:10:30+00:00

The term "Eastern Europe" suggests a new division of Europe. But it also highlights how integrated and interdependent Europe has become.

Popescu Ukraine collapse

2009-02-27T14:33:18+00:00

What are the likely consequences of an economic and political collapse in Ukraine? Nicu Popescu explains.

Popescu EUobserver Moldova

2009-02-22T11:22:23+00:00

Nicu Popescu discusses what is at stake in Moldova's April 5 elections.

EU ENP Nicu Popescu

2008-12-01T14:46:00+00:00

How are the EU's Eastern neighbours different from "accession neighbours"?

Popescu EU and Moldova frozen conflict

2008-08-30T10:04:00+00:00

The war in Georgia has an impact on Moldova. There is a danger of unsustainable peace and transformation of Moldova into a second Belarus.