After the break-up of the Soviet Union, the escalating rivalry between the EU and Russia in their shared neighbourhood … countries were made integration offers by the EU and Russia. Their responses, and the consequences of these choices, were driven … shows how the EU’s and Russia’s rival integration projects challenged the leaders of Belarus and Ukraine to make major …

acted as the gatekeepers of international finance, Hassan Malik narrates how they channeled foreign capital into Russia in … how investing in Russia became a political act with unforeseen repercussions …