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Is There a Chance for Constructive Cooperation in the CIS?

Developments after the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war have signaled increasing dynamism and complexity in the post-Soviet space. On August 7-8, the short period of relative calm that existed after the…

The Rapprochement between Belarus and the European Union

In June 2009, a crisis developed in Russian-Belarusian relations, triggered by the Belarusian leadership’s refusal to accept payment in rubles of a promised $500 million Russian credit. It was exacerbated…

The EU’s Eastern Partnership: Why It May Help Democracy Promotion and How the United States Can Help Move It Forward

The European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative, generally welcomed on both sides of the Atlantic as a positive step toward drawing the countries of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus into…

Radicalization of Muslim Immigrants in Europe and Russia: Beyond Terrorism

In the second half of the 1990s, Islamist terrorism emerged as a serious security threat to both Europe and Russia. For Europe, in contrast to the United States, Islamist terrorism…

The U.S.-EU-Russian Nonproliferation Triangle

On the surface, the war on terror has brought the issue of WMD proliferation to the top of the list of national security concerns for the United States, Russia, and…

The Foreign Policy of Ukraine: One Year After the Orange Revolution

It has been a year since the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. This year has been enough to produce substantial material for analysis, considering the changing dynamics of the situation within…

Ukraine’s Search for a Regional Foreign Policy: One Year After the Orange Revolution

The Borjomi declaration of Ukraine and Georgia in August 2005, and the first summit of the widely-announced Community for Democratic Choice (CDC) scheduled for December 1-2, 2005, have set an…

Managing the Retreat: Can Russia Adapt to the Emergence of Intermediate Europe?

At the beginning of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s second term, the analytical community was full of expectations that Moscow’s policy toward its post-Soviet neighbors would become more assertive. Inside Russia,…

Alternative Interpretation of the Russian-Ukrainian Gas Crisis

The month-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the price of Russian gas has pitted images against policy. In recent years, the image of Russia has been largely negative while…

Ukraine Between a Multivector Foreign Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Has It Made Its Choice?

The 2006 return of Viktor Yanukovych to the post of Ukrainian prime minister has again raised questions about the direction of Ukraine’s foreign policy. Will Ukraine continue along the path…

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