Russia and Wider Europe
Can the EU recast its relationship to its eastern neighbours and a resurgent Russia? What can be done to use the prospect of EU membership and economic, military and political cooperation to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law, resolve frozen conflicts and lessen the threat of energy dependence?
Publications
Dealing with Yanukovych’s Ukraine
The Yanukovych Paradox: How Ukraine’s new president can be good news for Europe after all.
What does Russia think?
ECFR publishes a collection of views from key Russian intellectuals.
European and Russian power in the troubled neighbourhood
Is a complacent strategy that focuses on gradual change rather than crises losing the EU its battle with Russia for influence in the eastern neighbourhood?
Beyond dependence: How to deal with Russian gas
Could building a single European market in natural gas be the most effective strategy for the European Union in countering Russia’s divisive energy diplomacy?
Can the EU win the peace in Georgia?
This authors analyse the background and developments in the Russia-Georgia conflict and outline recommendations on how to prevent wider political fallout.
Meeting Medvedev: The Politics of the Putin Succession
An in-depth analysis of the political context of Dmitry Medvedev’s rise, focusing on the behind-the-scenes manipulation by ‘political technologists’.
Poland's second return to Europe?
An in-depth analysis of the new Polish government’s foreign policy, focusing on new personalities shaping the agenda as well as plans to improve relations with Germany and Russia.
A Power Audit of EU-Russia relations
Despite its economic strength and military might, the EU has begun to behave as if it were subordinate to an increasingly assertive Russia. Read ECFR’s “Power Audit” of EU-Russia relations.
In the Press
New York Times - 18 Mar 10
Thomas Klau on what the Germans think about the PIGS countries.
Deutsche Welle - 17 Mar 10
Richard Gowan comments on the proposed UK-France defense alliance.
Die Zeit - 17 Mar 10
A story on Merkel’s US trip quoting Witney and Shapiro’s transatlantic report.
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Commentary
Yanukovych and Nixon
President Yanukovych could be a ‘Ukrainian Nixon’: Just as Nixon used his anti-communist credentials to pave his engagement with China, Yanukovych could use his pro-Russian credentials to reassure Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population while reaching out to Europe
Dealing with Yanukovych’s Ukraine: a policy brief
The Yanukovych Paradox – How the new Ukrainian president can be good news for Europe.
Bosnia: The end of integration?
Debate over how to help a crisis-striken Bosnia ranges from involvement to encouragement. But a third, unpalatable option for a frustrated EU may lurk just behind the scenes: abandonment
Dobro došli to the Balkans, Baroness Ashton
Catherine Ashton visits the Western Balkans in her first official foreign trip, and is again roundly criticised. But this troubled region could do with her attention
Ukraine decides: the questions to ask
Leave Tymoshenko aside for now; it’s time to start asking what a Yanukovych presidency means for Ukraine. Andrew Wilson puts the key questions in politics, energy, defence and the media
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