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The Ukraine-Russian trade deal puts Kiev firmly in the hands of Moscow

On December 17, 2013, Russia agreed to give US$15 billion in economic aid to Ukraine and significantly cut the price on natural gas exported to Ukraine. The deal will have considerable political connotations and most likely draw Ukraine more closely to Moscow. Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich made yet another surprising manoeuvre in signing a trade […]

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Four Years In: Reviewing Catherine Ashton’s Term

The European Union is ‘an Economic Giant, a Political Dwarf, and a Military Worm’. The first part is undeniably true, as the current EU-US negotiations remind us, but have the second two claims become less accurate? While there is definitely a long way to go, the European Union’s foreign and security policy representation led by Catherine Ashton […]

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