ELN member Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld calls for a Conference of the Friends of the Ukraine under the auspices of the OSCE to draft a road map that would lead the Ukraine out of its current crisis. And he reasons that any solution will not have to include a zero-sum choice between the EU and a Customs Union with Russia.
Ian Kearns explains that the EU will only have a constructive impact on the Ukrainian crisis, if it learns from Kissinger’s Cold War lessons and focuses on how to deal with Russia.
Steve Pifer explains how Russia, the EU and US view Ukraine and how their ability to influence events within Ukraine may be rather limited.
The situation in Ukraine is a problem for all Europeans, whether they live within the EU or outside it. It stems from the fact that there is at present no cultural context that allows all Ukrainians to feel at home in Europe. Ukraine’s westernmost regions, which once belonged to the...
Dr. Valentyn Badrak argues for a new CFE Treaty, negotiated between Russia, NATO and the non-aligned states, that includes verifiable limits on modern weapons.