Putin's RussiaAlexei NavalnyEU, Russia & China
  • Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
    Insight by Charles Grant, 02 August 2013
    Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
  • Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
    Opinion piece 19 July 2013
    Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
  • The EU, Russia and China
    Review article by Charles Grant, 15 March 2013
    The EU, Russia and China
  • The EU's premier foreign policy is enlargement
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    DW-World.de, 09 February 2007

    At the annual security conference, which opens in Munich on Friday, Javier Solana will be awarded a prize for his efforts in promoting peace as the EU's foreign policy chief.
  • Can the EU deal with its unruly neighbours?
    Opinion piece by Daniel Keohane
    European Voice, 21 December 2006

    What future security and defence challenges should the EU prepare for?Europe should be worried about the spread of weapons-of-mass-destruction (WMD), failing states and terrorism. In fact it already is.
  • Failed EU entrance could mean stronger ties to Russia
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Zaman online, 26 November 2006

    According to a British think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER), if EU membership negotiations were postponed, Turkey would look for a new alliance, perhaps in Russia.
  • The EU and Russia: From principle to pragmatism
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 10 November 2006

    The EU and Russia find it difficult to get on. Europeans are disturbed by the Russian government's scant regard for civil liberties, its tightening grip on the energy sector and its bullying of neighbouring countries.
  • What to do about Russia?
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 22 October 2006

    Perhaps the most important challenge for EU foreign policy is to develop a more unified approach to Russia. The EU member-states have very similar interests in Russia.
  • At last, some hope for Ukraine
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 04 August 2006

    The formation of a new government - four months after parliamentary elections - is good news for Ukraine. The coalition is broad-based: the party of President Victor Yushchenko, Our Ukraine, has strong roots in the rural west of the country; the Regions party, led by the new prime minister, Victor Yanukovich, dominates the east; and the Socialist party, the third member of the coalition, is popular among farmers in the centre.
  • Turkey, Russia and modern nationalism
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 August 2006

    The EU faces few challenges greater than working out a modus vivendi with two large and difficult neighbours. The way the Union chooses to deal with this duo will do much to determine its future character.
  • Belarus blue
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Wall Street Journal, 15 March 2006

    To a first-time visitor, the capital of Belarus seems normal. People look content, streets are clean and orderly, and cafés ring with lively and frank exchanges.