Balkan countries, the third enlargement area is formed by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in Eastern Europe. Ever since Russia …Now that the European Council has given the green light to opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova … Russia. Rather, a new chapter of enlargement policy is beginning in the shadow of war. After Turkey and the six Western …

Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the … increasingly attrac­tive alternative route between Europe and China. Russia’s war has disrupted overland connectivity via the New … Trans-Caspian International Transport Route is likely to increase its potential at the expense of Russia in the long …

instability and could weaken the country’s security - in particular in light of Russia’s ambitions to expand its influence in the …

The euphoria felt by both domestic and foreign liberal audiences following the victory of a pro-reform party in Moldova … the most effective approach considering Moldova's conditions. With corrupt courts and a public prosecutor office that is … still connected to former kleptocrats, Moldova is a model weak state. A more suitable approach to justice reform would be to …

? And how to manage its relations between Russia, Ukraine and the West? So far, Ankara’s policy towards Moscow consists of … making it necessary to define the role of not only Russia but also Turkey in any European design for a new security …

Russia wants to realise a high degree of self-regulated stability in the Arctic. Moscow considers this necessary for … well as neighbouring countries and NATO consider these efforts a threat. Russia takes a defensive attitude in the Arctic …, but it is prepared for rapid escalation in the event of confrontation. Russia's Arctic policy is a part of its strategy …

unmistakable competition over integration between the EU and Russia. The eastern Mediterranean region, the Black Sea and Caspian … EU, China, Russia and - across the Black Sea - Iran and Turkey are competing in these zones to influence the …