The next phase of the EU’s Eastern Partnership will be launched this week. The approach set out so far fails to deliver – at this week’s summit, leaders should address the gaps.
If emerging opposition protests are sustained or grow, they could become a dangerous moment in the Russia-West rivalry.
Little can be done at the moment to resolve fully grown differences between major international actors, but a number of measures could be adopted to reduce unnecessary military risk.
Lukasz Kulesa examines the challenges faced in security environment of the Baltic Sea region and presents the opportunities for effective arms control.
Five scenarios of instability that could worsen the ongoing Russia-West confrontation and how they could be preemptively managed.
Arseny Sivitsky argues that the red lines imposed on Belarus by the Kremlin are far tougher than those imposed on other post-Soviet states. If Belarus is perceived to be about to cross them, Russia could well react in the same way it did in Ukraine.