Russia
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
October 07, 2011By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
Turkey Seeks Price Cut On Russian Gas
October 01, 2011By Vladimir Socor -- Turkey has joined the growing ranks of claimants to revision of their contracts with Gazprom. On September 29, Turkish Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, warned that Turkey would end a 25-year-old supply agreement with Gazprom,...
Poor Ukrainian-Russian Ties Reflect Yanukovych-Putin Relationship
October 01, 2011By Taras Kuzio -- Ukraine’s poor relations with Russia are nothing new as they also existed under the “pro-Russian” Leonid Kuchma. Nevertheless, Kuchma had to deal with the more democratic Russian President Boris Yeltsin, whereas the...
Interview: OSCE Protracted-Conflicts Ambassador Measures Progress In 'Millimeters'
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- Lithuanian diplomat Giedrius Cekuolis is the OSCE Chairmanship's special representative for protracted conflicts. His arduous mandate includes the disputes over Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region...
Resumption Of Talks On Moldova's Trandniester Conflict Is Only A Small First Step
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- The announcement that official talks are to resume in the so-called 5+2 format aimed at resolving Moldova's long-standing conflict with the breakaway Transdniester region has been hailed as a small but important bit of progress...
‘5+2’ negotiations on Transdniestrian settlement resumed in Moscow
September 22, 2011The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement. “This is a key step for progress in...
Historical politics in the Republic of Moldova – an unfulfilled obsession
August 22, 2011Historical politics that one talked about in case of Poland and Ukraine was a constant for the foreign policy of Moldova. Unlike two other countries previously mentioned, Moldova has failed to raise this kind of politics to the rank of state policy; it...
Global economic downturn: A crisis of political economy
August 09, 2011By George Friedman* Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term “economy” by itself. They always used the term “political economy.” For classical economists, it was impossible to understand...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
Moscow increases economic stranglehold on Belarus and Ukraine, using its gas and customs union
August 04, 2011Moscow is piling the heat on Minsk and Kyiv to subordinate their economies, notably their energy sectors, to Russia and with that accept Russia’s political tutelage. In both cases, Moscow is using the instruments of its gas and its customs union...