Carnegie Moscow Center
The latest apparent thaw on all sides of the protracted Transnistria conflict is a hopeful sign, but the resolution process will continue to be gradual and deliberate.
Implementing sensitive reforms in the run-up to Ukraine's parliamentary elections in October will be politically difficult.
While NATO can extend the status quo in the short term, it cannot postpone resolving its defense and deterrence dilemmas without undermining Alliance confidence and cohesion.
While the Yanukovych government has managed to initiate a number of economic reforms, they were implemented only partially and their success has been limited.
After a long waiting period, Moldova’s political stalemate has ended and the country’s integration with Europe is once again pressing onward.
An inclusive security community in the Euro-Atlantic and stable peace in the region depends on a positive transformation of U.S.-Russian relations and historical reconciliation between Russia and a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
The election of Nicolae Timofti as Moldova’s president confirmed that the country’s new leader had to come from outside the current Moldovan political elite.
Ukraine’s European integration has slowed and relations with Russia show no signs of progress.
After the presidential election, which Vladimir Putin won, a significant portion of the population doubts the legitimacy of the election results. These doubts will contribute to the rise of social and political movements in Russia.
Now that Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party have returned to office for the next six years, it remains to be seen how much time he will have for Ukraine.