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OPEN LETTER. Responding to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – Candidate status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

Open letter to: – President of the European Council, Charles Michel, – President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen – President of the European Parliament,…

Webinar. Russia's invasion of Ukraine: impacts throughout Eastern Europe and responses of the EU

Russia's invasion - or better called Putin's - has become a terrible war, with the Ukrainians sustaining impressive resistance against the huge Russian firepower. The outcome at this stage remains totally uncertain. Our webinar on 16 March,…

Op-eds

Putin enters the Hitler category

Until now Hitler has been branded as the most extreme incarnation of evil, to the point that he has remained in the history books only, and not heard of in comparisons with any other living personality. That now changes with Putin.

Putin’s evil war

Putin’s comprehensive invasion of Ukraine across its north, east and south borders and inland rocket attacks started early in the morning of Thursday 24 February 2022.   His speech to justify the invasion invoked the objectives of demilitarization…

Publications

EaP Bulletin No 19: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impacts on Eastern Europe

From Ukraine the first essential observation is that the Russian Blitzkrieg, originally intended to secure control of Kyiv and overthrow the government within a week or two, has failed. The advance on Kyiv seems halted.  Public opinion…

Russia invades Ukraine: a European war that affects us all

It has happened. The dark spectre that has been looming large over Europe for weeks has now finally come to pass. Russia has launched an invasion of Ukraine, an invasion that is without any justification whatsoever. In defiance of international appeals…

Library

Briefing by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, 27.02.2022

Ambivalent Effects of Trade Liberalisation with the EU: Insights from Moldova and Georgia

The role of EU assistance in Moldova's detachment from Russia

The Impact of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on the EU - Ukraine trade. Policy paper summary

Export of “green” hydrogen from Ukraine to the EU: current capacity and future potential

Opinion: The implosion of Kazakhstan was unexpected, and it has implications for the whole post-Soviet space

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