Thomas de Waal

Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Education

BA, Balliol College, University of Oxford

Languages
  • English
  • Russian

Latest Analysis

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Mr. Warlick’s Tough New Job

    • September 11, 2013

    The appointment of a new mediator for the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict lasting for 25 years now, is a good moment to ask whether Washington could be undertaking more to resolve the dispute.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    An Offer Sargsyan Could Not Refuse

    The administration of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan embraced a Russian takeover of the nation’s economy that left political control in Armenian hands. As Sargsyan began to have second thoughts about this bargain, he found himself short of options.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Talking About Everything but Syria

    • August 28, 2013

    All the shadows and ghosts of the conflicts of the last three decades make it hard for any decision maker to focus on what is the best policy for Syria itself.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Putin Pushes Russian in the Caucasus

    • August 21, 2013

    A generation ago, Vladimir Putin would have been a strongly patriotic Soviet leader. Now Putin has to be modest in his efforts to "re-gather" the former Soviet republics. The Customs Union is one such project. Promoting the Russian language is another.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    What Was Not Said in Baku

    • August 14, 2013

    Vladimir Putin’s one-day visit to Baku on August 13 was fertile ground for Kremlinological speculation. The formal part of the negotiations revealed very little. It is more productive to focus on who was not in Baku and what was not said.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Can Mars and Venus Talk About Ukraine?

    • August 07, 2013

    Despite the similarity of their names, the European Union and the Eurasian Union are fundamentally different projects, one based on pooling sovereignty, the other on reasserting Moscow’s economic primacy in its neighborhood.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Bakradze Makes an Election in Georgia

    • July 31, 2013

    The new contender from the United National Movement, parliament minority leader David Bakradze has made this October’s election for president of Georgia something to watch.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    The Two NKs

    • July 24, 2013

    Along with Kashmir’s Line of Control, North Korea and Nagorny Karabakh surely comprise the three most militarized borders in the world. All of them are disputed lines on the map that mark a truce rather than a political settlement.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Georgia and Russia: Keeping Quiet on Sochi

    • July 17, 2013

    Can Russia and Georgia work together to thwart any security threat? The best evidence suggests that they are each planning for a quiet trouble-free Winter Olympics—but independently of one another.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Standing Still in Armenia

    • July 10, 2013

    Sometimes doing nothing can look like the smartest political move. In Armenia, it seems to be the favorite political tactic of President Serzh Sargsyan.

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