Often-overlooked developments in Armenia show how Western policymakers are failing to recognise and counteract the growing sophistication of Russia’s propaganda machine, writes David Grigorian.
A few months ago we described Qatar as a “cunning state”. Cunning means the quality or skill of being clever at planning something to reach your goals, even by tricking others. Lately, it has emerged that Azerbaijan has also resorted to cunning strategies to punch above its weight.
The agriculture ministers from Nordic-Baltic countries urge the EU to strongly support Ukraine’s ability to export its agricultural products to the EU and to world markets.
While Russia meticulously orchestrates its interference in Georgia, Brussels seems oblivious to the increasing urgency of the situation, writes Tinatin Akhvlediani. Tinatin Akhvlediani is a research fellow in the EU Foreign Policy Unit at CEPS. In 2023, Georgia found itself in the …
In the wake of Russian strikes on critical elements of Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure, the nation faces the immediate challenge of keeping the lights on for its citizens, businesses and defence efforts — yet must also consider how to reconstruct its electricity system and make it more resilient.
Serbia is much closer to Ukraine than some other countries that think that by imposing sanctions on Russia, they have done enough for Ukraine and its people, writes Orhan Dragaš.
The fate of democracy and Georgia's European future hangs in the balance yet again. The recent reintroduction of the foreign agent law by the ruling party Georgian Dream is an extremely worrisome crossroad in the nation's democratic path, writes Paata Gaprindashvili.
Ukraine’s location and infrastructure can make it a crucial gas trading hub in east Europe. More trade gives Europe a larger and wider choice of gas suppliers, which means more security and lower prices for the continent.
Advanced technologies, especially the development of AI, are significantly modernising wealth management services, write Max Koretskiy and Illia Kyslytskyi.
As Europe faces the biggest security challenge since the Second World War, it must build its defence readiness, writes Charles Michel.
If the West fears that their companies in Russia would suffer reciprocal measures in case of confiscation of Russian assets, it should be advised that the total absence of rule of law in this country makes them vulnerable to expropriation anyway, write Valeriia Radchenko, Olena Halushka and Andrii Mikheiev.
The truth behind all of Vladimir Putin’s current rhetoric is that if Ukraine falls, he will not stop there, writes Alexander Temerko. Alexander Temerko is a British-Ukrainian businessman who held senior posts in the Russian Defence Ministry in the Yeltsin era. The …
Forget Western ‘troops on the ground’ in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron had a much more important message to deliver this week.
Russia plans to nearly triple its LNG export capacity by 2030, with four new terminals in the Arctic due to bring more revenues for Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Yet, Ukraine’s allies have a strong leverage on Russian LNG exports, writes Andrii Zhupanyn.
With IT innovations and financial technologies expected to be an important part of Ukraine's reconstruction, foreign investors should grab the opportunity early on, writes Maksym Koretskiy.
Focusing first on energy and climate in Ukraine's accession negotiations means nothing less than building a common Europe through a pragmatic approach, write Susanne Nies, Olha Bondarenko and Maciej Zaniewicz.
It will be the million-euro-question when EU leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday for the toughest summit of the year: What is it that Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán really, really wants?
Over five million Ukrainians who fled the country after the Russian attacks seek job opportunities in European countries like Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. But the high benefits for refugees could run counter to the Ukrainian government's interest in encouraging them to return home, writes Markus Ziener.
For the West, the current phase of the Ukraine war is certainly a bad time. The situation may still be reversible but the war fatigue that has set in is not helping.
War destruction offers a ‘chance’ to rebuild Ukraine in a way that considers its changing identity -- and with special attention for people with disabilities such as soldiers-amputees, writes Anna Romandash.
With the EU increasingly bogged down in difficulties in its efforts to provide more support for Ukraine and only a month until a crucial last EU summit of the year, expect Hungary to up its ante. In the following months, EU …
With the European Commission's enlargement report out, the ball is now in the court of EU leaders to decide how to proceed with the accession process - and their own reform homework.
The famous American saying, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going" - meaning when the situation becomes difficult, strong people step up and handle it - is attributed to both John F. Kennedy's father and the American coach K. Rockne, while also being popularised by Billy Ocean's eponymous 1985 song.
Starting EU accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova by the end of this year is in the fundamental interest of the people of Moldova and the people of the EU, writes Siegfried Muresan.
