Commentaries
For Russia, the Ukraine Front Stretches to the Mediterranean
Russia’s strategic line in the current war on Ukraine doesn’t stop at the Crimea as most maps depict, but goes all the way southwards to the Mediterranean. Maps are more […]
EU and strategic partners
Publications
Commentaries
Russia Invades Ukraine: The Dangerous Weakness of a Military Superpower
What is an extra slice of Ukrainian territory to Russia? A war of aggression no longer fits in our European logic, but it does in that of President Putin. He […]
Commentaries
What if the Helsinki spirit was revived by climate change?
In the context of the current Russia-West crisis, there are increasing calls for a new kind of agreement, which should somehow revive the spirit of the Helsinki Final Act of […]
Hybrid Warfare Is not Synonymous with Cyber: The Threat of Influence Operations
The recent cyber-attack on Ukraine’s governmental websites, widely attributed to Russia, has reinforced the widely held perception equating Hybrid Warfare with hostile cyber activities. This overlooks the broader and devastating […]
Is Putin Winning, or Is He Trying not to Lose?
Nobody is in doubt, if anybody ever was, that Russia remains a great power. That much the tense stand-off over Ukraine has demonstrated. Whether President Putin’s moves have earned Russia […]
External publications
The Commission proposal on reforming the Generalised Scheme of Tariff Preferences: analysis of human rights incentives and conditionalities
This study looks at the European Commission’s proposal for a new GSP Regulation from human rights and sustainable development perspectives. It focuses on proposed changes to the conditionality provisions with […]