Section: European Council on Foreign Relations (UK)
Elections approach, Ukraine looms
The UK supports sanctions, but the Ukraine crisis has become a political football in the campaign for the upcoming general elections. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Sanctions should be accompanied by dialogue
Italy has been hard hit by sanctions on Russia, but it has held the European line, while still promoting further dialogue. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
View from Madrid: Spain’s balancing act on sanctions
Spain’s approach to sanctions against Russia has shifted as the crisis over Ukraine has escalated. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Ukraine’s gas “federalisation”
Gazprom is supplying gas directly to Ukraine’s breakaway regions and the dispute with Ukraine threatens Ukraine’s future territorial integrity. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Harsh realities in Minsk
The situation in Ukraine has echoes of the end of the Bosnian War, as Kyiv faces the dilemma of whether or not to accept a quasi-independent Donbas in the east. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Note from Berlin: Lessons from Munich
As Europe pushes for negotiation over Ukraine, the Munich Security Conference showed the depth of division not only between Russia and the West, but between the Western partners as well. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Can Poland remain a leader of EU foreign policy?
The Ukraine crisis pushed Poland to the forefront of EU diplomacy, but as Germany stepped up, Poland’s leadership was sidelined. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Arming Ukraine is a bad idea
Ukraine is the victim of Russian aggression, but Europe must play its own game, not Russia’s. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
