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Can Moldova set an example for Ukraine?
An unexpected alliance between Russia, the United States and the European Union helped broker a political breakthrough in Moldova – sending corrupt local oligarchs packing. There is no reason to discount the latest developments in Chisinau, which could prove a new dawn for Europe’s poorest country. Yet the West has fallen for fresh-faced reformers before – in 1990s Russia, and during two “color revolutions” in Ukraine – and each time the love affair ended in disappointment.
Russian military faces budgetary ‘death spiral’ after cutoff from foreign suppliers
The crisis in Ukraine is wreaking havoc on Russia’s ambitious plans to modernise its armed forces. The most obvious cause is the combined impact of cheap oil and Western sanctions on state finances. Thus far, the Kremlin has insisted that military procurement be exempt from otherwise drastic budget cuts. But ...
EU in quandary over Eastern Europe trade deal
President Vladimir Putin’s self-created image of statesman fielding the Syria crisis and hosting major summits is seen by many in the West as part of stealthy manoeuvring on his part to place Russia back into a position of Cold War-era power. And with that power has come increasingly vocal threats ...
Russia reforms and re-arms, but its glory days are over
Russia is reforming and re-arming its forces, and stepping up the rhetoric against Nato. If the reforms, costing close to US$660 billion, stay on course it will have a leaner but meaner force structure by 2020. But this is by no means certain – for instance, it cannot produce its ...
Russia’s naval exercises show West its military power
Russia chose the Syrian coast for its largest naval exercise since the fall of the USSR. The signals this sent are mixed. It was certainly a show of power to Western countries; it could have been a rehearsal for the evacuation of citizens trapped in war-torn Syria. But it also ...
