Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Carnegie Europe's director Rosa Balfour and senior fellow Tom de Waal to discuss Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, and Serbia, which find themselves caught between Russia and the EU.
The current confrontation between the West and Russia will continue. Within that confrontation, however, a degree of cooperation is possible.
Both Russia and the European Union are at a stage when setting out their own domestic priorities and defining their respective global roles are more important than achieving an alliance.
Merkel’s rule, apparently, means a break in Germany’s life due to the lack of new political elites and leaders.
Despite the support by some political parties in Europe, human rights organizations have been unable to prevent high-profile events taking place in autocratic countries.
In Moscow’s view, there is little chance that the European Union will emerge from the crisis as a strategic player. Yet Europe continues to have huge influence on Russia.
As Italian and Spanish spreads on government bonds decline, Europeans are breathing a big sigh of relief. But true recovery requires big structural shifts that will take many years.
