Rosa Balfour

Why EU’s fail­ure to re­spond means Putin is ef­fec­tive­ly call­ing the shots in East­ern Eu­rope.

Swiss vote on cap­ping quo­tas for for­eign work­ers ig­nites xeno­pho­bic-led de­bate across Eu­rope.

Moscow’s trac­tion is on the wane giv­ing Eu­ro­peans an op­por­tu­ni­ty to re­think their re­la­tion­ship with Rus­sia.

EU should stand on the right side of his­to­ry and sup­port de­mo­c­ra­t­ic forces in East­ern Eu­rope and the Arab world.

Search­ing for a com­mon ground with Rus­sia is cru­cial to EU pol­i­cy on East­ern Eu­rope.

Yu­lia Ty­moshenko’s re­lease will be a top pri­or­i­ty for the up­com­ing EU-Ukraine ne­go­ti­a­tions on a trade agree­ment.

Spy­ing, trade and glob­al se­cu­ri­ty may be pulling the US-EU re­la­tion­ship in dif­fer­ent di­rec­tions.