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Russia remains a key player in global geopolitics

Russia has become a major player in the geopolitical game once again under President Vladimir Putin (photo: dpa)

30.04.2015

Europe seems to be returning to the days of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union as Russia flexes its muscles and exerts its strengths in diplomacy and the military. It is a major geopolitical player with influence. Its annexation of Crimea has been virtually accepted. Its economy has proved resilient to Western sanctions and the drop in oil prices. N...

Charles Millon

POLITICS

Russia's financial crisis - a trigger for regional instability

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, one of many the Kremlin needs to keep onside (photo:dpa)

20.02.2015

Bubbling insurgencies are likely to loom in former Soviet states as Russia – struggling with its economic crisis - becomes less able to fund their regimes. President Vladimir Putin will have to take a hard look at the Kremlin’s commitments to see whether it can continue to finance troubled areas in the Caucasus and breakaway provinces, and also sustain both Crimea ...

Professor Stefan Hedlund

DEFENSE

Threat of global conflict between the West, Russia and China is increasing

11.12.2014

Tensions across the globe have increased to a level where Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks openly of Russia’s nuclear strength. Spending on military budgets is increasing in many countries except the West. And a desperate Russia is looking for new alliances with an emerging China as the West’s sanctions begin to bite. This could lead to a new Russia-China al...

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

POLITICS

How Ukraine crisis will shape global order

Pro-Russia supporters attend a rally in downtown Kharkiv on April 13, 2014 (photo:dpa)

14.04.2014

Tensions are rising rapidly in Ukraine’s east. Russia is changing the reality on the ground despite talks scheduled to take place in Geneva on April 17, 2014, between Russia, Ukraine, the US and the EU - the first four-way discussions since the crisis began. Kiev has rejected Russian pressure to turn Ukraine into a loose federation. However, the first casualties in...

Eka Tkeshelashvili

POLITICS

EU in quandary over Eastern Europe trade deal

27.09.2013

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 to a number of post-Soviet countries with whom the European Union is...

Professor Stefan Hedlund

DEFENSE

Energy: What Russia’s long-term gas contracts mean for the EU and Ukraine

A vast pipeline being built to carry gas from Russia to Germany (photo:dpa)

06.10.2011

Russia is playing hardball with its long-term contracts on gas prices. It is using them as a political weapon to control its neighbours, says GIS expert Dr Frank Umbach. In this special report he points out the major strategic implications for the EU's overall energy and climate change policies. A RENEWED conflict has blo...

Dr. Frank Umbach

ENERGY

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