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Ukraine’s new front is Europe’s big challenge (Commentary)
Carl Bildt, Nicu Popescu - 28 November 2018
There’s plenty Europe should do to push back against Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine
The Sea of Azov: The newest front in the war in Ukraine?
Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Wilson, Kadri Liik and Nicu Popescu about the Kerch Strait ship capture, what this means and how the international community could react to the latest tensions. The podcast was recorded on 26 November 2018.
Bookshelf:
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll
Why doctors hate their computers by Atul Gawande
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President - What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know by Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Network Propaganda - Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts
Distant love by Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim
The price of normalisation: Serbia, Kosovo, and a risky border deal (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 13 November 2018
This is the time for EU and its member states to push for solutions to the Serbia-Kosovo landswap that have domestic support and that enhance wider stability in the region
Russia’s hired guns in Africa (Commentary)
Sergey Sukhankin - 12 November 2018
The involvement of Russian private military companies in Africa is rapidly growing, and with it, their political and economic influence
Russian foreign policy in the cyber age
Podcast de notre BCM du 7 novembre en partenariat avec l’Institut d’études de sécurité de l’Union européenne (EUISS): « Russian foreign policy in the cyber age » en présence d’Alina Polyakova, policy fellow à la Brookings Institution, Stanislav Secrieru, analyste senior à l’EUISS, et Nicu Popescu, directeur du programme Europe Elargie de l'ECFR.
From information war to intelligence agency battles (Commentary)
Tatiana Stanovaya - 02 November 2018
The unmasking of GRU agents will intensify inter-agency battles between Russian intelligence services, and may stoke yet more conflict with foreign states
Orthodox myths: Greece’s pragmatic approach towards Russia (Commentary)
Constantinos Filis - 29 October 2018
Greece is not the fertile ground for Russia that its critics fear it to be, even under Syriza
Strategy on ice: Has Russia already won the scramble for the Arctic? (Commentary)
Joanna Hosa - 26 October 2018
Russia has already – literally – staked its claim to vast tracts of the Arctic, and now China is looking northward too. Can other countries catch up when they are already so far behind?
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Policy Brief
Luck like the Irish: How emigration can be good for the Western Balkans
by Alida Vracic - 31st January, 2019
Policy Brief
Under the gun: Rearmament for arms control in Europe
by Gustav Gressel - 28th November, 2018
Policy Brief
Winning the normative war with Russia: An EU-Russia Power Audit
by Kadri Liik - 21st May, 2018
The path to winning the normative war will not go so much through countering Russia as through improving Europe’s resilience and reinvigorating its model
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Policy Brief
The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans
by Alida Vracic - 09th May, 2018
The EU should do more to promote circular migration as part of their ongoing pursuit of European integration.
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Russia’s pivot to the east: Where does it leave the EU? (Commentary)
Zachary Paikin - 21 February 2019
As relations between the EU and Russia remain frosty, Moscow has pivoted towards Beijing in search of deeper strategic cooperation. How can Europe re-engage with a Russia increasingly focused on (Eur)asia?
Ukraine's experiment with trust (Commentary)
Joanna Hosa - 21 February 2019
Trust is a scarce resource in Ukrainian politics. Could a TV president be the one to deliver it in the upcoming elections?
Can Belarus become a success story of European security? (Commentary)
Yauheni Preiherman - 21 February 2019
Western observers continue to misread Belarus – and to overlook the strengthened diplomatic and security roles it could play in eastern Europe
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Russia, Germany, and the INF: Will Berlin break its silence? (Commentary)
Gustav Gressel - 06 February 2019
Germany is not facing up to the INF challenge. If it does not take a lead, Russian nuclear superiority over Europe will soon be a done deal
Russian mercenaries on the march: next stop Venezuela? (Commentary)
Sergey Sukhankin - 01 February 2019
With Russian contractors reportedly active in Venezuela, how far will Moscow go to protect its regional interests and ambitions?
“1 in 5 million”: Mounting pressure in Balkan protests (Commentary)
Alida Vračić - 15 January 2019
New civil protests are laying bare growing forms of repression across the Western Balkans
Happy Christmas, Ukraine (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 09 January 2019
On 7 January, Ukrainians celebrated a double-holiday: Orthodox Christmas and the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox church
Into the jungle (Commentary)
Kadri Liik - 08 January 2019
Europeans and Americans are failing to coordinate their Russia policies. At a time when the old world order is disappearing fast, their loss of normative unity may actually be helpful.
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Le Monde
15th February, 2019
Nicu Popescu is quoted by Le Monde regarding the relationship between Russia and the ex-republics of the Soviet Union.
Arte
15th February, 2019
Tara Varma is interviewed by Arte regarding US and Russia's withdrawal from the INF Treaty and the consequences for Europe.
BILD
12th February, 2019
Gustav Gressel comments on Surkow's statements about Putin's style of ruling Russia.
Deutsche Welle
08th February, 2019
Gustav Gressel comments on the tensions between France and Germany in the Nord Stream 2 compromise.
Washington Post
15th January, 2019
An op-ed on the turbulent US-Turkey relationsship in a new world order by Asli Aydintasbas and Jeremy Shapiro.
Washington Post
09th January, 2019
In this op-ed for the Washington Post, Asli Aydintasbas analyses the disrupted US-Turkey relationship in the Syria conflict and advocates a more comprehensive approach to a peace settlement.
OZY
02nd January, 2019
In OZY's summary piece on the global election year 2019, Andrew Wilson shares his take on the upcoming Ukrainian election in light of ongoing conflict and Russian influence.
New York Times
29th December, 2018
Vessela Tcherneva is quoted in the NYT's article on Hungary's involvement in aiding and harbouring a fugitive politician from Macedonia.
Washington Post
22nd December, 2018
In her op-ed for the Washington Post Jasmine El-Gamal analyses the lessons learned from Obama's Iraq withdrawal in light of Trump's announcement to pull US troops from Syria.
New York Times
19th December, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas quoted by the New York Times on the Kurdish response to the recent US decision to pull troops out of Syria.
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