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American presidents. Source: http://www.wtg1977.com

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Restart, time out or draw? Obama´s visit to Moscow and its implications for the post-Soviet room

The visit of US President Barack Obama to Moscow evoked mild optimism. If we take into account that during the era of President George Bush Jr. the relations between Russia and the US were at freezing point, then any shift in the tone of US policy must have been more than welcomed since the US approached Russia as well as own allies as the “younger brother”. An important change, which needn’t be just symbolic, is the very change of…

Natural gas distribution network in Poland. Source: www.geoland.pl

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Gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its impact on the energy policy of Poland

Poland has been covering the majority, almost three quarters, of its earth gas consumption by supplies from the gas pipeline Yamal. Only the remaining third of raw material supply flows through Ukrainian gas pipelines. Therefore the cut of gas supplies for Ukraine, which the Russian concern Gazprom carried out in January 2009, didn’t have such an impact on Polish economy as on other countries dependent on Russian energy material supplies…

Ukrainian political scientist Yuriy Romanenko

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Ukraine is heading for a civil war. Ukrainian political scientist Yuriy Romanenko in an interview for DespiteBorders

Ukrainian journalist and political scientist Yuriy Romanenko is the Director of the Political Analysis Centre Stratagema and the head of special projects of the centre Glavred. He’s at the same time the editor-in-chief of the internet portal Polité. In an interview for DespiteBorders, he speaks of one of the possible alternatives to Ukrainian future. Why have BYuT and People’s Union – Our Ukraine proved to be incapable of forming a coalition of democratic…

Minsk - Belarus Parliament seat. Source: http://pictures.exploitz.com

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Lukashenko doesn’t want to recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Belarusian political scientist Andrey Liakhovich for DespiteBorders

On 28th September, 2008, parliamentary elections were held in Belarus. The observer mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has rejected to recognise their result. DespiteBorders talks with the political scientist Andrey Liakhovich, the Director of the Centre for Political Education, about their implications for innerpolitical development in Belarus as well as the latest development within Belarusian-Russian relations.

Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin. Source: http://www.nato.int

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Summer 2008 in the spirit of Russian (not only) diplomatic offensive

The military conflict in Georgia and its international implications have diverted attention away from other Russian diplomatic and political initiatives presented during this year’s summer months. Observers concentrated particularly on the rivalry between Russia and the US when commenting the Russian-Georgian conflict. They analysed to a considerably lower extent events in the context of Russian-European relations and Russian notions of the shape of European security…

Belarusian political scientist Vitaly Silickij

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Belarusian political scientist Vitaly Silicky: The people don’t believe that changes in Belarus are conceivable

Vitaly Silicky ranks among prominent Belarusian political analysts. In the past, he worked at the European Humanity University in Minsk (1999 – 2003), in the period 2005 – 2006 he participated in a training period at the Stanford University (USA). Nowadays, he’s the Director of Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, which integrates several independent analytical centres in the country. He publishes his articles…

Donald Tusk (left) and Nicolas Sarkozy (right) in Warsaw, 2008

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EU Eastern Partnership as an Inducement for New Member States

Although the concept of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) remains the primary framework regulating policy of the European Union (EU) towards neighbour states, a French initiative of Mediterranian Union and a Polish-Swedish project of Eastern Partnership represent important changes in this concept. The emergence of ENP required enlargement of the EU in 2004, when countries…

Allocation of seats in Serbian parliament. Source: cesid.org

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Old new Serbian dilemmas

Not even the constitutive session of Serbian Skupština on 11th June, 2008, has given an answer to the question how the future ruling coalition will look like. Official as well as unofficial coalition talks, which have been lasting for more than a month, hasn’t born any concrete results yet. It seems that Serbia has been facing the same dilemma like in 2000 when the political battle was under way between…

Director of Democratic Initiatives Foundation Iľko Kurčeriv

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NATO opponents use the results of the Orange Revolution. Interview with Ukrainian political scientist Ilko Kucheriv

Ukraine wasn’t included in the North Atlantic Alliance Membership Action Plan at NATO Summit in Bucharest. Nevertheless, the summit declaration encompasses a resolution according to which Ukraine as well as Georgia will become NATO members. The relations with Russia and an insufficient citizens’ support of this step are one of Ukraine’s key issues complicating the process of NATO integration…

Inna Ohnivets

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Ukrainian entry into NATO is advantageous also for Russia. The interview with the Ukrainian Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Inna Ohnivets

Ukraine is for Slovakia an important neighbour not only from the point of view of its security interests, but Ukraine is the potential important trade partner of Slovakia as well. The development of the cooperation with Ukraine belongs to the priorities of the foreign policy of Slovakia in the framework of European Union and NATO as well. The foreign policy of Ukraine, its integration ambitions and bilateral Slovak-Ukrainian…