Securing Ukraine and Solving the Crisis: Does International Cooperation In Energy Matter And What Can Be Done?
YGLN Member Andrian Prokip examines the role of the energy market as a lever of integration between Ukraine and the EU.
YGLN Member Andrian Prokip examines the role of the energy market as a lever of integration between Ukraine and the EU.
The combination of Western sanctions and an oil price collapse has inflicted a great deal of pain on the Russian economy but the latest opinion polls still show 85 per cent support for Putin and there is debate over just how much of an economic collapse Russian may be facing. In this context,...
Chris Weafer observes that the uniformly negative analysis of Russia’s economic prospects in 2015 obscure a crucial aspect, that the Russian economy may be forced into reforms that will improve growth in the long-term.
Ben Aris argues that whilst the economic outlook for Russia in 2015 is bad, it is not disastrous. Russia still has the means to manage the current combination of a falling rouble and low oil prices, but requires major reforms if it is to avoid long-term stagnation.
With increasingly tense Russia-West relations, Moscow is turning to China for political and economic cover. As the G20 Summit nears, ELN Researcher Joseph Dobbs asks just how strong is Russia’s China card?
The nascent security dilemma in the Arctic is not unmanageable, but genuine security concerns must be addressed through enhanced cooperation and transparency at the regional level and a security community in the northern part of the globe.