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 new Russia and how to deal with it
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Open democracy, 18 September 2008

    Dmitri Medvedev compares '8/8', the date of Georgia's attack on South Ossetia, with 9/11. The Russian president is right that the war in Georgia, and the way the West reacted, have fundamentally changed the worldview of many Russians.
  • The EU's toolbox for Russia
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 15 September 2008

    Last week, Russia belatedly signed up to a timetable for pulling back its troops from the ‘buffer’ zone in Georgia. The EU, and its current president, Nicolas Sarkozy, deserve credit for having brokered the initial ceasefire and then pushing hard for Russia to follow the terms.
  • Conflit russo-géorgien: un nouveau souffle pour l'OTAN
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    RIA Novosti, 09 September 2008

    Le conflit entre la Géorgie et la Russie donnera une nouvelle impulsion à l'OTAN, a estimé dans un entretien accordé à RIA Novosti mardi le directeur du Centre britannique pour la Réforme européenne, Charles Grant.
  • Europe must bring Ukraine into the fold
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    07 September 2008

    In a spectacular case of bad timing, Ukraine’s government all but collapsed last week. President Viktor Yushchenko withdrew most of his deputies from the ruling coalition with Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister.
  • What does the war in Georgia mean for EU foreign policy?
    Briefing note by Tomas Valasek, 15 August 2008

    The war in Georgia divided the European Union instead of uniting it. Some member-states condemned Russia and gave (non-military) aid to the Georgian government; others accused Tbilisi of provoking the war.

  • The bear's Achilles heel
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 15 August 2008

    For many American commentators, plucky little Georgia has been the victim of Russian imperialism. The Guardian's Seumas Milne takes an simplistic view: Russia is blameless for a war caused by US "expansion".
  • Can the west help prevent an all-out war between Russia and Georgia?
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    The Guardian, 08 August 2008

    This week, Georgia made a bold gamble: it moved forces into South Ossetia; a province of Georgia that broke free in the early 1990s, in an attempt to re-assert its authority over parts or all of it.
  • Russia and the multipolar myth
    Insight by Bobo Lo, 04 July 2008

    I attended a curious conference the other week in Moscow. It was a posh event with a stellar cast and the grand, even pompous, title of ‘Forging common futures in a multipolar world’.