Steven Pifer, Director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative, looks at prospects for peace in the Donbas and discusses Russia’s attitude towards the current limited implementation of the Minsk II agreement.
ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear speaks at the panel discussion “The Bear Awakens: Russia’s Role in an Era of Uncertainty” at the Brookings Doha Center (BDC) on February 26, 2017.
The confrontation between Russia and the west has been characterised by competing narratives concerning the origins and development of events. A select group of experts examine if there is common ground.
On 7th November 2015 the European Leadership Network (ELN), in cooperation with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), hosted an event in London on the competing legal and political narratives between Russia and the West.
Liz Fuller analyses the internal debate in South Ossetia that preceded the recently signed integration treaty with Russia, arguing that the South Ossetian leadership overestimated their freedom of action vis-a-vis Moscow.
Larissa Sotieva argues that the recent integration treaty signed between South Ossetia and Russia marks the end of a period in which independence had ceased to be a viable option for Tskhinval(i).