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About Denis Corboy

Denis Corboy is Director of the Caucasus Policy Institute at Kings College London and was European Commission ambassador to Georgia and Armenia

Articles by Denis Corboy

Thursday 21st October

Get real about ‘enlarging Europe’

Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, 21 October 2010
Membership of EU and NATO continues to be a thorny question for the countries of Eastern Europe and for Turkey. Arrangements short of full membership offer economic and security benefits and should be the way forward, contend Denis Corboy, William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz
Friday 9th April

Central Asia: new security challenges

Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, 9 April 2010
Kyrgyzstan’s violence underscores the instability of those former Soviet governments which are burdened by authoritarian and corrupt rule. To varying degrees, every Central Asian country faces serious threats at home and from the war in neighboring Afghanistan. They need help. The West and Russia should act, including by engaging the underutilized Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Friday 12th February

Russian Reform at a Turning Point

Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, 12 February 2010
Much of Russian history is characterized by pendulum swings between orthodoxy and reform to overcome backwardness. Russia is again debating reform and the West has a vital stake.
Monday 21st September

Forward, Mr President!

Kenneth Yalowitz, William Courtney, and Denis Corboy, 21 September 2009
Three former Western ambassadors to countries in the post-Soviet space applaud President Medvedev’s call for sweeping reform and suggest key paths to modernisation
Tuesday 1st September

Beware Russia’s three tinderboxes

Kenneth Yalowitz, William Courtney, and Denis Corboy, 1 September 2009
The West must beware looming crises in North Caucasus, Georgia and Ukraine
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