Carnegie Moscow Center
After its success with Ukraine, Russia will try to blackmail Georgia and Moldova into refusing EU association agreements. Europe needs to think about how to counter Putin.
Germany’s conservatives and Social Democrats have set out their new foreign policy agenda. With few exceptions, Berlin still refuses to think strategically.
Ten days before the Eastern Partnership Vilnius Summit, Ukraine still has to prove it will pursue reforms. Tymoshenko’s fate complicates matters.
In the run-up to the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Europeans have been surprisingly united in the defense of their values, but also their interests.
Russia has repeatedly resorted to imposing embargoes on EU countries to test Europeans’ unity. Yet in almost all cases, Moscow’s bullying has failed to break EU solidarity.
A series of NATO exercises reveals much about EU member states’ diverse approaches to defense. Will Steadfast Jazz be the catalyst for a stronger security and defense doctrine?
In recent years, the EU has displayed a lack of political will to become a serious global player. Next month’s Eastern Partnership summit is an opportunity not to be wasted.
A pro-European Ukraine would have huge advantages for Poland and the rest of the EU. But it would also have broader consequences for Eastern Europe’s complex web of interests.
Berlin is urging Kiev to reconsider its treatment of the imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. But if Angela Merkel pushes too far, Russia will be the winner.
Western Europeans should watch Central Europe carefully. Its obsessions should not be dismissed lightly, and its ambitions make good historical, political, and economic sense.