In the context of EU enlargement, the Western Balkans have a great deal of experience to offer. What can the new candidates learn from them?
Drawing lessons from the enlargement of the European Union is tricky. The key elements have always been different enough: the geopolitical contexts, the internal challenges of the candidate countries, the EU and its enlargement process itself — making the ‘lessons learned’ approach often frustrating and misguiding.
Russian oil export revenues surged to $17.2 billion in March 2024, driven by higher global oil prices and increased crude export volumes, according to the April ‘Russian Oil Tracker’ by KSE Institute. Despite robust US Treasury sanctions targeting the shadow fleet, Russia continues to expand it by incorporating new tankers, allowing for stable exports and further evasion of oil price cap.
All wars have a different stamp when it comes to atrocities.
But although the origins of the wars are different, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reckless, indiscriminate bombing—a standard part of his playbook—in Ukraine has startling parallels to other Putin wars I have witnessed in my time as a reporter.
KSE Institute оприлюднив дослідження “США планують конфіскувати російські активи: Чи послідує цьому прикладу ЄС??”. Звіт містить огляд нещодавно прийнятого законопроєкту США про конфіскацію російських суверенних активів (Repo Act), а також досліджує пропозиції щодо використання доходів, отриманих від російських активів, що наразі обговорюються в ЄС.
Days after a Russian missile attack decimated a children’s hospital in Ukraine, Kyiv’s ambassador is imploring South Korea to provide his country with air defense systems to shore up its war effort.
“Amid relentless Russian attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure facilities, we need to protect ourselves from missiles and drones”
The UN Security Council will meet on July 9 to discuss a Russian missile attack on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital that was part of a “massive” attack on July 8 that hit several cities across the country, killing at least 41 people and injuring at least 140, officials said.