Section: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
Georgia’s Foreign Policy Priorities
The Caucasus has experienced its own aftershocks from the Ukrainian crisis, especially in Georgia, which recently witnessed major turnover in the key foreign policy positions. The Georgian government appears increasingly divided as the Georgian Dream coalition faces several major domestic and international challenges. Mr. Zviad Dzidziguri, Deputy...
Ukraine’s China Problem
China is popularly viewed as the winner in Russia’s clash with the West over Ukraine: For starters, the dispute has diverted the United States’ political energy and resources away from its Asia-Pacific pivot and handed China leverage over Russia on energy and economic issues. But this conflict does not leave Beijing unscathed,...
After Crimea – A Brave New World
Dr. Leonid Gozman, long-time democratic activist and president of the Union of Right Forces, will analyze the current Russian crisis.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Moldovan Parliamentary Elections: What Happened?
With most of the votes counted from the November 30 parliamentary elections, pro-EU parties hold a narrow lead, but it remains unclear what government they will be able to form. With conflict in neighboring Ukraine, close scrutiny from Russia, and EU soul-searching, what is now in store for Moldova’s EU ambitions? Oana Serafim, the director...
Russia’s New Course
The game-changing events in Ukraine have exposed the fundamental disagreement between the West and Russia on the essential principles underpinning the modern international system. One year after the start of the crisis, is there any hope of a productive partnership with Russia? Nikolai Zlobin and Sergey Aleksashenko will discuss the difficulties...
Kennan Cable No.1: In Kyiv, The Front Is a Phone Call Away
My conversation with a Ukrainian freelance reporter, Nikolai Vorobiev, at a park across the street from the imposing Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv, is interrupted by a call. Nikolai just spent three weeks with the Right Sector Volunteer Ukrainian Corps battalion, known by its Ukrainian acronym DUK, which is fighting against pro-Russian...
Walls in Ukraine: Art before and after the Euromaidan Revolution
A panel discussion cosponsored by the Kennan Institute and Goethe Institut Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Transitioning Neighborhood: Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Nearly a year after demonstrations erupted in Kyiv, Ukraine is forming a new government and considering the way forward after the recent parliamentary elections. Moldova faces parliamentary elections at the end of the month in which the survival of the current pro-European coalition is at stake. Belarus has been the seat of the Minsk process, the...
Is Russia planning a winter offensive?
The buildup of separatist forces in Donetsk, Ukraine, and Moscow’s patently confrontational tone are raising the specter of another offensive in eastern Ukraine before winter grips the region. On Wednesday, NATO warned that “columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and...
Russia’s New Foreign Policy
Russia’s incorporation of Crimea and continuing support for armed separatists in Ukraine demonstrates the changes the Russian national identity has undergone in the last two years. This talk will focus on the dramatic revisions in Russia’s foreign policy doctrine since Putin’s return to power, looking at the specific worldview...
