Is Berlin Prepared to Support a New Democratization in Ukraine?
Germany’s Eastern policies have to adapt to the novel political challenges in the post-Soviet space
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EU-Ukraine Relations after the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections
After the manipulated elections to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada in October 2012, Brussels’ relations with Kyiv are in deadlock. Ukraine is not fulfilling the conditions for signing the already initialed Association Agreement with the EU.
Read MoreDo Russians Love Their Children Too?
A homophobia campaign linking gays to child molesters as well as a series of “paedophilia” defamations relativize the abuse of minors in Russia
Read MoreThe Pseudo-Politics of Russia’s Liberals
How many more years will post-Soviet politics be haunted by the Yavlinsky Syndrome?
Read MoreRussia’s Spreading Nationalist Infection
Russian officials have been using more ardently than hitherto anti-Western ideas, and some high posts are now occupied by outspoken propagandists of an alleged US-inspired conspiracy against Russia.
Read MoreThe Ultra-Nationalist Virus in Russia’s White Revolution
Right-wing extremists could undermine the current democratization drive in Moscow
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How to Make Russia Democratic?
Without a broad coalition, effective pragmatism and collaboration with liberals in the ancien regime, the “White Revolution” will end as miserably as earlier Russian democratization attempts
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The Sources and Risks of Russia’s White Revolution
Russian imperial nationalism and anti-Westernism has been a distraction for Putin & Co who missed the emergence of a domestic challenge, and did not see the crisis of their regime coming. These same factors may also, however, subvert the currently growing pro-democratic protest movement in Moscow and beyond.
Read MoreThe Stillborn Project of a Eurasian Union
At first glance, the idea of a re-integration of the post-Soviet republics may seem sensible. The economies, societies, and populations of the successor republics of the USSR are linked to each other by a multitude of ties. On...
Read MoreEU-Ukraine relations today: Between high hopes and rising worries
The year 2011 is crucial for the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union: Kyiv and Brussels are negotiating an Association treaty that will include an unprecedented Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. If...
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