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  • Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
    Bulletin article by Rem Korteweg, 25 March 2013
    Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
  • A new neighbourhood policy for the EU
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, 11 March 2011
  • Who is winning Eastern Europe's great game?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 19 July 2010
  • On oligodemocracy and people power in Ukraine
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 31 May 2007

    There shall be no war, at least not now. On Sunday, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich agreed to hold early elections in September.
  • Ukraine’s real problem
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 02 April 2007

    A marriage of convenience is probably too charitable a description of the relationship between Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yushchenko, and its prime minister, Viktor Yanukovich.
  • Welcome to the neighbourhood
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Russia Profile, 15 January 2007

    The enlargement of the EU is slowing down. Bulgaria and Romania have just joined, bringing the membership to 27, but in many EU countries there is little enthusiasm for extending the Union's boundaries further.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • East versus West? The European economic and social model after enlargement
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 06 January 2006

    The EU's enlargement to the East has been an economic success. Trade between the old and the new members is thriving. Foreign investment by West European companies has helped to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in Central and Eastern Europe, and it has generated multi-billion euro profits for the investing companies.
  • The EU needs a policy on Belarus
    Bulletin article by Urban Ahlin , 01 December 2005

    The first time that I visited Belarus, I noticed that the streets were clean, the subway ran on schedule and the people were very hospitable. On the surface, the people of Minsk seem to enjoy life.