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Covid-19: A test for Russia’s African ambitions
Poline Tchoubar - 29 April, 2020
Even as the African Union announces that it is about to receive a huge consignment of medical equipment from Chinese businessman Jack Ma, Russia has not provided such support to African countries so far.
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Deep dive into Russia: Russia’s concept of sovereignty and its implications
Lauri Mälksoo - 28 April, 2020
This week have with us Lauri Mälksoo, Professor of International Law at the Tartu University and Author of “Russian Approaches to International Law” speaking about Russia’s concept of sovereignty and its implications.
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Deep dive into Russia: Covid-19's impact on US elections & US-Russia relations
Dmitry Suslov - 27 April, 2020
Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics provides a view from Moscow on the impact of covid-19 on the US elections in autumn and US-Russia relations.
Policy Brief
A problem shared: Russia and the transformation of Europe’s eastern neighbourhood
Dumitru Minzarari and Vadim Pistrinciuc - 23 April, 2020
Failure to strengthen Eastern Partnership states could strengthen Russia and allow authoritarianism to diffuse westward into the EU
Podcast
ECFR Conversation with Ibrahim Kalin
Julien Barnes-Dacey - 20 April, 2020
ECFR Conversation with Ibrahim Kalin, Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Chaired by Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director of ECFR’s MENA programme, this conversation assessed the Turkish fight against coronavirus, the…
The coronavirus crisis: An opportunity to mend Polish-Ukrainian relations
Joanna Hosa, Oleksandra Iwaniuk - 17 April, 2020
The Polish government would do well to recognise the value of Ukrainian workers, while the Ukrainian government should acknowledge that the Polish state cares for Ukrainians during these trying times.
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Deep dive into Russia: Russian economy: short, mid and long-term outlook
Sergey Guriev - 16 April, 2020
Sergey Guriev, Professor at Sciences Po and former chief economist at EBRD, focused in this lecture on the Russian economy and gave a short, mid and long-term outlook.
Almost an ally: Italy’s new approach to Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Carlo Frappi - 16 April, 2020
While recent agreements between Italy and Azerbaijan are economically significant, their political dimension is even more significant, especially as regards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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Policy Brief
The power of perspective: Why EU membership still matters in the Western Balkans
Beáta Huszka - 7 January, 2020
The EU should demonstrate its commitment to the Western Balkans by encouraging countries there to resolve their outstanding disputes
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Policy Brief
Zelensky unchained: What Ukraine’s new political order means for its future
Joanna Hosa, Andrew Wilson - 25 September, 2019
Policy Brief
Guarding the guardians: Ukraine’s security and judicial reforms under Zelensky
Gustav Gressel - 29 August, 2019
The EU, US, and NATO must ensure that these services remain high in the minds of the Zelensky administration and of Rada members
Policy Brief
Paradox of power: Russia, Armenia, and Europe after the Velvet Revolution
Richard Giragosian - 7 August, 2019
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The least predictable Belarusian election in decades (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 28 May 2020
The Belarusian presidential election campaign features at least three candidates the government cannot control or ignore – all of whom have the potential to reach a broad audience.
How a US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty would benefit the Kremlin (Commentary)
Gustav Gressel - 27 May 2020
A US withdrawal from the agreement would shift the blame from a non-compliant Moscow onto Washington, fuelling anti-Americanism and, perhaps, calls for a US military withdrawal from Europe.
It’s Turkey’s Libya now (Commentary)
Tarek Megerisi - 20 May 2020
European countries should try to revive the political approach to resolving the Libya conflict, particularly given that Turkey may want to do so from its current position of strength.
The EU’s strategic sovereignty starts in Eastern Europe (Commentary)
Gustav Gressel & Nicu Popescu - 20 May 2020
The real test of the EU’s power and its strategic sovereignty will be in how it deals with external problems – not least those in its neighbourhood.
A contest of extremes: Biden’s and Trump’s opposing positions on Russia (Commentary)
Jeremy Shapiro - 14 May 2020
The 2020 election will likely determine whether America seeks a deal with Russia to carve up Europe into spheres of influence or launches a new, ideological cold war against the country.
Coronavirus: Not Putin’s kind of crisis (Commentary)
Kadri Liik - 13 May 2020
With no heroes to laud or foes to lambast, Putin is not having a good crisis. But don’t write him off just yet.
Ukraine and the oligarchs: Endless delays to reform (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 13 May 2020
The coronavirus has hit Ukraine hard, but the IMF has promised the country less funding than seemed likely only months ago. Self-interested oligarchs are delaying necessary new reforms and pushing back against those Ukraine has already made.
A burning issue: How to restart the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 11 May 2020
It is the EU’s responsibility to normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia in the long term. Therefore, the bloc should set the principles of, and drive, the dialogue between the countries.
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