Russia is using Transnistria to destabilize Moldova and derail its EU accession process. While helping Chișinău tackle its energy crisis, Brussels should directly engage with Transnistria and factor it into its enlargement and economic policies.
To become a stronger global actor, the EU should reinforce its foreign policy through the high representative role, new policies, and strategic partnerships.
This week’s political conferences will highlight Ukraine’s threefold challenge of wartime resilience, recovery, and EU accession. Kyiv’s partners must adjust to thinking in all three dimensions simultaneously.
Georgia's foreign agent bill is a turning point for the state of democracy in the country and Tbilisi's relations with its partners.
Georgia's self-mobilised citizenry is resisting a ruling party that seems intent on staying in power at all costs.
Putin’s war on Ukraine marks the end of the near abroad—the idea that Russia enjoys a special status in much of the post-Soviet space. But while Russia’s neighbors are seeking greater independence, they are not necessarily turning West.
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