Brexit Won’t Solve Russia’s EU Problems
(Russia Direct) Given the state of Russian relations with the EU, it would not be a surprise if Moscow celebrated the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. The Brexit vote…
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Petrov: The Kremlin is interested in any kind of disagreement in the EU which makes it weaker
(NYT) President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia received the geopolitical equivalent of manna from heaven when British voters opted to leave the European Union, speeding his long-term goal of weakening…
Sergei Medvedev: If there’s a Brexit, a crisis in the EU, this will be a local propaganda victory
(BBC) You don't have to be British to have an opinion on Brexit. In recent weeks a string of world leaders have expressed their views on the UK's EU referendum. And…
Trump’s impact on Russian-German relations?
(IPG | in German) Der russische Präsident Putin bezeichnete Trump im Dezember 2015 als "schillernden und fähigen Menschen." Donald Trump liegt im Rennen um die Nominierung des Republikanischen Kandidaten für die…
Will Europe Blink First on Ukraine?
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since July 2014, when Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over the Donbas, the European Union has demonstrated an unprecedented level of solidarity with Ukraine that extends…
Europe’s Extremists Are Not Putin’s Fault
(FP) It was recently reported that in June 2015, the U.S. Congress directed Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to investigate possible funding of European political parties and non-governmental organizations by the…
A year since Minsk-2: Does the agreement have a future?
(FIIA) None of the provisions of the Minsk-2 agreement have been fully implemented. Meanwhile, the context around the peace process in Ukraine is changing. It may soon be time to start…
The Limits to Russian Soft Power in Georgia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s use of soft power in Georgia has become an obligatory talking point in discussion of the two countries’ relations. Western media is full of predictions…
A New European Disunity
(Problems of Post-Communism) See: A New European Disunity: EU–Russia Ruptures and the Crisis in the Common Neighborhood (Andrey Makarychev) and Suturing the Neighborhood? Russia and the EU in Conflictual Intersubjectivity (Aliaksei Kazharski & Andrey Makarychev). Other…
Breaking Out of an Institutional Trap: Ukraine’s Survival and the Role of the West
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Strained by the Euromaidan revolution and Russian reaction, Ukraine’s ineffective institutions have brought the country to a state of near systemic collapse. To develop more capable…