by Brad Cabana
The war in Ukraine is entering its third year. Officially it was meant to end with the Minsk Two agreement, but unofficially it’s heating up if anything. In the first two months…
Ukraine’s Free Trade Agreement: How it Deepens the Rapprochement with EU and the Impasse with Russia
by Madalina Sisu Vicari
EU-Ukraine free trade agreement: a long and difficult implementation
The beginning of the 2016 will bring the entering into force of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) between Ukraine…
Ukraine decided to stop purchases of Russian gas on November 25, adding it will continue to transport Russian gas to European consumers in full accordance with existing contracts. Against this backdrop, Natural Gas Europe…
by Henrik Hallgren & Iryna Solonenko
The European Union (EU) is in the process of reassessing its interests and reprioritising its foreign policy objectives, towards its neighbours as well as globally. In November, the European Commission…
by Alexandre Barray
On February 11, 2015, a summit was held for the second time in Minsk to bring a solution to the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and government forces. Leaders…
(Photo taken from america.aljazeera.com)
by Brad Cabana
Perhaps the better question is: Is Ukraine a nation-state? It has certainly grown since its inception as a tiny trading post in 1654, but, and this is key, as…
E U defence policy has a Russian-style story, no pun intended. After much back and forth about a common defence strategy among the Member States of the European Union (EU), Russia's invasion of Ukraine…
I n an era marked by increasing uncertainty and geopolitical competition between major powers, the concept of strategic autonomy has gained prominence within the European Union (EU). It first appeared in EU Council…
S ince Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, Russia has been employing an increasingly aggressive strategy towards its post-Soviet neighbours. During the crisis it sought to destabilize Georgia’s separatist regions of South Ossetia and…
T urkey will go to the elections somewhere between May and June 2023. However, it is not possible to say that the elections would be held in a democratic environment. The 20-year Erdogan Administration…