New Ukraine-Russia gas ‘crisis’ - Many parties, no quick solution
The European Union can no longer escape political action in the Kiev-Moscow gas row’, if only as a ‘facilitator’ of other’s actions
4 July 2009 - Full text...

Thirty Days - 01-30 June, 2009
Chronology and Internet guide to Russia/Eurasia-related events in the internationl press during June 2009
1 July 2009 - Full text...

The Obama-Medvedev summit - A door opens in Moscow
Next week’s Moscow summit offers a possibly unrepeatable opportunity for Russia and America to start dismantling the web of mutual suspicion that has dragged down both, in face of threats from quite different quarters
29 June 2009 - Full text...

Reviving US-Russia relations - Bold bid for a blueprint
An article by prominent American academic points a way forward for the Obama administration as US and Russia presidents prepare for their first formal summit in Moscow.
28 June 2009 - Full text...

Russia’s new Security Doctrine - More sophisticated, but ‘too rushed’
A Russian government survey of threats to national security points to a new Military Doctrine by the end this year, but the range of challenges goes much further than the military.
21 June 2009 - Full text...

Russia’s WTO bombshell - More than it appears
The announcement that Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus would jointly submit their applications to join the WTO, based on a new customs union, surprised everyone. It is part of a Russian move to revitalise the CIS, and ensure Russia’s place in a new world of regional structures.
17 June 2009 - Full text...

For NATO - A dire warning
A leading Russian pundit says attempts to establish a Western political and foothold in Russia’s close neighborhood mean a return to the Cold War, not excluding nuclear confrontation.
13 June 2009 - Full text...

Belarusian tight-rope - Lukashenko between Russia and the EU
The Belarus president is looking for someone to bail him out – either Russia or Europe – but rescuers demand a price.
9 June 2009 - Full text...

Russia and China - Downsizing the ‘threat’ to the West
An International Relations specialist takes a cool look at the substance of Russian-Chinese co-operation
8 June 2009 - Full text...

Thirty-one Days - 01-31 May 2009
Chronology and Internet guide to principal Russia/Eurasia-related events in the international press during May 2009
4 June 2009 - Full text...

Russia and the West - How Nato killed the ‘European Home’
A Western writer revisits the 1999 Kosovo crisis and traces the path that led to a fundamental change in Russian thinking about Europe and the Atlantic alliance.
29 May 2009 - Full text...

Brussels-Khabarovsk return - Europe’s ticket to nowhere
The EU-Russia summit in Khabarovsk did nothing to improve relations and would been better not held.
25 May 2009 - Full text...

Turkey ‘no proxy’ - Snag to Armenia and NKO hopes
Ties with Azerbaijan are too important for Ankara to risk offending Baku by a rushed reconciliation with Armenia; and its interest in regional leadership too great for it to play the West’s game against Russia.
19 May 2009 - Full text...

Washington lobbies - Rooting for NATO enlargement
A US author profiles public relations firms putting pressure on Washington to extend NATO membership in Central Europe – and over the Turkey-Armenia ‘genocide’ dispute.
15 May 2009 - Full text...

Romania and Ukraine - Fresh dust-up hits new EU 'partnership'
A Romanian proposal to offer Romanian passports to ethnic Romanians in Ukraine can further try Brussels’ patience with a thrusting young member.
12 May 2009 - Full text...

Thirty Days - 01-30 April 2009
Chronology and Internet guide to Russia/Eurasia-related events in the international press during April, 2009
4 May 2009 - Full text...

The EU and Moldova - Aesop’s frog in an unfamiliar pond
Moldova is a key component of the EU’s Eastern Partnership to be launched in Prague next week. But Bucharest’s call for its ‘reunification’ with Romania on ethnic and linguistic grounds, dramatised in riots by pro-Romanian elements in Chisinau in April, creates a serious contradiction at the heart of the Union’s Eastern Partnership scheme
30 April 2009 - Full text...

The West and Russia - The EU as a front for NATO
In an article on the need to restore Russia-West relations, US analysts propose using a promise of EU membership to solve problem of Ukraine and Georgia
24 April 2009 - Full text...

Russia’s crisis-struck economy - Making the best of it
With the fight against joblessness top of the political agenda, the need of more effort by the regions is imposing an adjustment on the policy of ‘vertical power’
16 April 2009 - Full text...

Russia and NATO - Sharp views on a new order
Georgia casts a shadow in two provocative commentaries on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s sixtieth anniversary.
14 April 2009 - Full text...