Ukraine and Europe from Chernobyl to Zelensky Interview Nuclear energy and climate, rule of law and democracy, presidential elections and Zelensky, EU neighbourhood policy and Russia: an interview with Rebecca Harms about past, present and future policies and developments. By Rebecca Harms
The Ukrainian Presidential Elections in Times of Distrust Article After the first round of the Ukrainian presidential elections we asked three authors to analyse the outcomes from different perspectives. Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Hanna Shelest and Sergej Sumlenny have a close look at the general outcomes, foreign and security policy related issues as well as sociological aspects. By Sergej Sumlenny, Hanna Shelest and Yevhen Hlibovytsky
EU’s Role in speeding up energy transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine Documentation Obviously, the destiny of sustainable transition of Western Balkan and Eastern European economies is above all in control of the respective countries themselves. Still, the EU is in a decisive position to create conditions for a dynamic of change and a successful modernisation. By Robert Sperfeld
The Twilight of the Russian World Blog The Russian World assumes that there is a distinctive Russian civilisation with its own territory to be governed by a single political and religious authority. However a reunificaton of the 'divided world' between Russia, Belarus and Ukraine is more propaganda than reality. By Adam Balcer
Crimea: the Bad Conscience of Russia Blog Violation of human rights, deportation and colonization of the Crimean population and territory by Russia has a long history. ‘The Soviet period was a real nightmare for the Crimea Tatars’, and still is today. Four years after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, European political leaders continue to sidestep the issue of Crimea. By Adam Balcer
Europe and the Ukrainian Civic National Identity Blog The Revolution of Dignity in February 2014 strengthened the shift of Ukrainian society towards the EU, which was presented as a geopolitical and civilisational choice. By Adam Balcer
The EU, Ukrainian Cossacks and the Rule of Law Blog The Ukraine is weakened, corruption is flourishing, weapons are massively circulating since the Donbas conflict and migrants are pushing to pass the borders. But the civil society is strong, an opportunity for EU to support civil action. By Adam Balcer
Crimea: will a new conflict take place? Within the last days, Russia has accused Ukraine in “state terrorism” and started massive military drills along Ukrainian border. Our office in Kiev answers the most pressing questions on the recent escalation in Crimea. By Sergej Sumlenny and Eugenia Andreyuk
Ukraine’s Unrequited Passion for Europe The history of EU-Ukraine relations tells of missed opportunities and of unfilled expectations and risks to put the EU's credibility at stake. By Jan Piekło
Overcoming European Extremes – Towards One European Neighbourhood Commentary By 2016 the eastern neighbourhood of the European Union (EU) has turned into a region of intercultural conflicts, interstate wars and authoritarian experiments betraying the bright hopes for continental cooperation, freedom and peace of the early 1990s. By Mikhail (Mykhailo) Minakov