Ukraine is almost bankrupt. The budget for 2015 is unrealistic. Root and branch reform has stalled. There is a war still going in the east of the country. Where now? На русском языке.
Kakha Bendukidze died in November 2014 at the age of 58. Bendukidze directed the whirlwind of economic reform that characterised Georgia from 2004 to 2008-2009.
Security think-tanks and expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim radicalisation is rife in Central Asia.
Central Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on trumped-up charges. And the Russian police have been helping them.
Russia’s voluntary sector, faced with growing government interference, needs to be more open about its aims and operations if it wants more public support.
Most talk about censorship on Russian television misses the point. When it comes to reporting, loyalty takes precedence.
Is the European far right really acting as Russia's Trojan Horse in the European Union?
Belarus is slowly opening up to the idea of gender equality. But the conservative meaning attached to the concept is holding it back.
Russians pride themselves on their capacity for state-building, but their idea of the state is not one that the West would recognise, or was hoping for…
Academic concepts about EU foreign policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy are not always enough to explain what is going on in the region.
The current crisis unfolding in Ukraine has brought the issue of nuclear weapons back into sharp focus.
Looking at both the historical and current pro-Putin segment of German public discussion, one can identify the target groups and methods of Russian disinformation politics
