About the EU’s Enlargement to the East As a Common Success

An Economic Point of View From Germany   Serhiy Polyovyk Analyzing the EU’s relationships with new members of the European Union, European analysts are paying special attention to the peculiarities of their internal political relations. Their conclusions, which were prepared on the eve of the recent elections to the European Parliament in May 2019, allow to predict further activity of the European Union in the current format. And while the active policies of new members are not always consolidated with the EU’s policy, experts believe that the enlargement is beneficial to all members of the European community. Obviously, in the future, the confrontation and…

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Russia’s Policy in Libya After 2011

Russia’s Rivalry with the West Is Clearly Visible in Libya   Oleksiy Volovych Despite all the adventurous attempts by the Kremlin to get a foothold in Libya and make that country “pro-Russian”, this will hardly happen in the foreseeable future, as the economic opportunities of the current Russia and its geopolitical weight are much weaker compared to the capabilities of the USSR. On the other hand, Libya is currently the object of geopolitical interests of such influential states as the US, France, Italy, the KSA, the OAE, Qatar and Turkey, with which Russia cannot compete due to its limited financial resources. The…

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The Government Crisis in Austria on the Eve of the Elections to the European Parliament

The official policy of the formally neutral Austria has long been under the watchful eye of European partners   Serhiy Polyovyk Analysts, observing the changes in the situation on the eve of the next election to the European Parliament, are forced to take into account the government crisis in a neutral country like Austria. Large volumes of sensitive material about the two years ago scandal, analytical studies on the reasons for the publication of the information discrediting Austrian politicians, which had led to the collapse of the government coalition and early elections in Austria, the key figures in the Austrian top business that…

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The Eastern Partnership Crisis and Conclusions for Ukraine

The team of the newly elected President of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diplomacy need to modernize our foreign policy and redistribute the efforts   Roman Kot This week, Brussels celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). This format, after the ten Central and Eastern European countries’ joining the EU in 2004, was to answer the question: “What has to be done with the six other states on eastern borders of the European Union?” At the first stage of work of the EaP, the answer was found. However, after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in the Crimea and the Donbas, it became clear that the European Union had…

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