Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations between the U.S. and ... ... election interference. These include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine,... ... generally hurt all sides, even if unevenly?
Given the negative Russian reaction to the EU Eastern Partnership, and the expansion of EU influence into post-Soviet states, including...
What does the changing world have in store for Russia–Belarus relations?
On December 14–15, 2015, the President of Belarus ... ... however, Ambassador of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Douglas E. Lute said that an airbase would not alter the balance of forces in... ... stabilization and differentiation (i.e. the use of tailor-made approaches with the Eastern Partnership member states), are implemented, there will be a real possibility...
... geopolitical framework. To be sure, the crisis has a tangible geopolitical aspect--mostly for Russia. It is easy to imagine how the U.S. would react if, for example, an anti-American... ... might have ended up as a strategic partner rather than a geopolitical adversary.
The Eastern Partnership is essentially a project of anti-Russian Swedes and Poles, with... ... politically-inflluential Ukrainian Diaspora. However, once the decision was made to expand NATO eastwards, it acquired a logic and momentum of its own, eventually putting NATO...
... International Security Problems, shares his views on the impact of the sanctions on Russia and the potential resolution of the situation in eastern Ukraine as well as offers... ... Russia can respond to the sanctions. If necessary, Russia can completely block all NATO cargo deliveries to Afghanistan, close the airspace, and withdraw from arms agreements... ... cope with this for the past three months.
What do you think of the prospects for the Eastern Partnership?
The Eastern Partnership initiative entails a geopolitical repartition...
... Federation, has expressed Russian attitude to this issue on 49th Munich Security Conference stating that international partners are “inventing new dividing lines”[3]. All in all, for Russia it would be very unwelcome step if Ukraine joined NATO.
Energy policies
Not less important red line is cooperation on energy policies. The Russian Federation is the biggest gas supplier to countries of the Eastern Partnership and essential partner of Ukraine regarding oil and nuclear fuel. The struggle in this field is especially for Ukraine, as it is quite crucial country for transit of Russian gas to the Central Europe and a huge trading partner. Ukraine ...
