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Published in: openSecurityIs there reason to hope for Minsk II?The last Minsk agreement on eastern Ukraine failed to bring peace. The latest looks similar—but the context has changed.
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine ceasefire announced at Minsk summit—what next?The ceasefire agreement in Minsk over Ukraine was better than no outcome at all. But only a little better.
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Published in: openSecurityIn Ukraine, NATO has ceased to be an instrument of US foreign policyIn the renewed cold war over Ukraine, while Russia’s economy has been weakened by European sanctions, the US is no...
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Published in: openSecurityThe new cold war Russia (again) won't winThe last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, burst the 25th-anniversary balloon of the symbolic end of the cold war by...
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Published in: openSecuritySlow and steady: Hungary’s media clampdownThe Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, sent a frisson across the EU with his boast last weekend that he is...
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Published in: openSecurityAzerbaijan challenges Europe's human-rights mettleAs Azerbaijan takes up the six-month chair of the Council of Europe, the deteriorating human-rights situation in the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe new Russian power blocA quarter century after Mikhail Gorbachev supervised the collapse of Europe’s cold-war division, a world of new...
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Published in: openSecurityRacism: troubling truthsFighting racism in Europe is not easy when Europe has two hands tied behind its back—debilitated by neo-liberal...
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Published in: openSecurityHow was he to know? The cracking of the Ukraine regimeUkraine’s parliament has abandoned the law to curb public protests only recently introduced and the prime minister...
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Published in: oDRStavropol — frontline between Russia and the North CaucasusTHE CEELBAS DEBATE// Stavropol is the only one of seven North Caucasus territories with a majority Russian...
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Published in: oDRUkraine today: a guide for digging deeperWhen in 2007 Ukraine was given the privilege of co-hosting the Euro 2012 games, the tournament was seen as a unique...
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Published in: oDRWhy are Pussy Riot girls still in prison?Reaction inside Russia and further afield to the imprisonment of 3 members of a punk rock girl band after their...
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Published in: oDRAfter Putin – who ?Which ever way the forthcoming election swings, Russians will soon be looking for a new leader. With much of the...
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Published in: HomeA tableau for Václav HavelTjebbe van Tijen presents a montage of graffiti and photographs in honour of Václav Havel
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Published in: oDRRussian economy: trying to please people doesn’t help20 years ago there was all to play for: the USSR was defunct and Russia was embarking on a bright future. But the...
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Published in: oDRTbilisi, Moscow: the language of architectureBefore Soviet rule, Georgian capital Tbilisi had none of the towering blocks, highways and marble palaces that today...
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Published in: oDRMaking waves: the only way to improve Russia’s river fleetThe shock of the recent steamer tragedy on the Volga and the huge loss of life all too quickly moved off the front...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s National Front: lifebelt for a sinking regime?Prime Minister Putin’s attempts to shore up his falling popularity ratings have now extended to setting up a new...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s mysterious exit from the arms tradeHaving spent six years preparing for a lucrative deal supplying arms to Iraq, Ukraine seems to be about to breach...
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Published in: oDRA recipe for radicalisation: the campaign against Islam in TajikistanA government campaign against Islamic education and political movements in Tajikistan, prompted by an armed conflict...
