European/Eurasian Security

New Policy Memo: How the CSTO Can (and Cannot) Help NATO

In preparation for the 2014 withdrawal of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops from Afghanistan, there have been numerous discussions about what comes next. While a role for Russia and…

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The Building and Unraveling of Security Communities

(Carnegie Europe) With Asia rising and the West still confronting crises, power is diffusing and the world is becoming ever more complex. This shifting landscape presents decisionmakers across the globe…

Turkmenistan Turning a Leaf?

Or just another leaf in the wind? We’ve taken note of the unusually strong signals from President Berdimuhamedov in early 2011 that Ashgabat seeks closer ties with Europe. EC President Barroso…

The Frontiers of Europe

Last Tuesday (November 16) at the Brookings Institution, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis spoke about the challenges and opportunities facing Europe as Lithuania prepares to assume chairmanship…

Quick Comment — NATO

This week's NATO Lisbon Summit is set to launch “NATO 3.0.” The follow-on NATO-Russia Summit heralds “NATO-Russia 3.0,” the latest effort to reinvigorate security cooperation after the stagnation of…

Abkhazia and South Ossetia: “Asymmetric Sovereignty”?

August 27, 2010

On August 25, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies held a seminar on the implications of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, in which some innovative discussion was devoted…

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