The trouble for democracy does not come from Beijing, or from globalisation, or from abroad, or, in Britain, from...

A scandal in Georgia over the country's largest opposition TV station has polarised the country, raising pointed...

Grandiose urban development projects and international mega-events are ideal opportunities for authoritarian leaders...

Conspiracy theories have permeated Russia’s education space, where they are intended not only to shape knowledge but...

The sanctions knife cuts both ways – rallying around the flag, and regime change.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili's decision on 4 November 2014 to dismiss Defence Minister Irakli...

EU accession might be said to have ignited the Ukraine crisis. But it's still a long way off.

The crisis in Ukraine put the Azerbaijani government in an uncomfortable position.

Natural gas diplomacy is rather like gunboat diplomacy – only effective if the other side has no gunboats.

Why did the political crown fall into the hands of Poroshenko? How will he manage Ukraine’s domestic and external pressures?

President Poroshenko has asked for increased presidential powers, which are the opposite of what the Euromaidan...

The issue of language and politics has long been a problem in Ukraine. Recent developments and unrelenting Russian...

Suspecting that neither Ukrainians nor people elsewhere were being given an accurate portrayal of what has been...

The Kremlin sees events in Ukraine through the prism of its own domestic politics and is anxious to prevent the type...

Most observers thought that any threat to the Sochi Olympics would come from disarray to the east and the south, in...

What does President Putin hope to gain from hosting the Winter Olympics? There is a grave danger that the messages...

For those who assume that the Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenka long ago lost his freedom of action vis-a-vis...