Ukraine
Yatseniuk proposes neo-isolationist third way for Ukraine
November 20, 2009By Taras Kuzio Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk’s Foreign Policy In 2008-2009 Arseniy Yatseniuk grew rapidly in popularity and was seen as the rising star of a “new generation of Ukrainian politicians,” with some...
Zerkalo: Moldova reluctant to resolve border issues with Ukraine
November 19, 2009The new Moldovan authorities appear reluctant to deliver on their promise to resolve all border issues with Ukraine, a serious analytical weekly has written. The Moldovan authorities say that it is too early to make progress. However, they have made big...
Moldova keeps fighting for attention
November 11, 2009By Vlad Spânu The Republic of Moldova surprised many in April when youths took control of Chisinau’s main square, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale (or "PMAN", which became one of the most "wanted" words on Twitter during...
Russia-Ukraine tensions reflect different attitudes to History
November 11, 2009By Paul Goble Tensions between the Russian and Ukrainian governments are “not an argument between colonizers and the enslaved” but rather a dispute between those who see the state and its continuity as more important than the individual...
Russian passport holders in Moldova's Transnistria on the rise
November 03, 2009Russia continues to issue its citizenship to Dniester residents (aka Transnistria, Moldova's separatist region), so that the number of holders of Russian passports amounted to 150,000 compared with 130,000 half a year ago, the foreign minister of Moldova...
- Biden to Bucharest: Why Romania?
October 23, 2009By Damon Wilson Vice President Biden is visiting Central Europe this week as part of the administration’s damage control efforts in the wake of the botched roll-out of its missile defense decisions. The White House’s objective extends...
- Biden Urges Central Europe To Help Guide Fledgling Democracies
October 23, 2009It was the key speech of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's tour to three Central and Eastern European countries this week. Speaking at the University of Bucharest’s Central Library, which was heavily damaged by fire during Romania's anticommunist...
- Biden: U.S. supports Moldova's aspirations to boost ties with EU
October 22, 2009During his visit to Romania, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Washington supported democracy in Moldova, one of Romania's neighbours and the poorest nation in Europe, AFP reports. The US vice president also said the U.S. would like to see former...
Russian Military Planners Thinking About a Post-CIS Eurasia
October 21, 2009By Paul Goble In the clearest indication yet that senior officials in Moscow are worried about what will happen if, as seems likely, the Commonwealth of Independent States dissolves, an article in the journal of the Russian military-industrial...
Vaclav Havel on U.S. relations with Central Europe
October 21, 2009As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels through Central Europe, Vaclav Havel was up front in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear when Biden visits Prague on Friday - a clear vision of American foreign policy in the region...
