Dr. Thomas Risse and Dr. Tanja Börzel. Photo: GIP
Dr. Tanja Börzel and Dr. Thomas Risse of the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science discuss the challenges and opportunities for Georgia’s EU aspirations. [Read more…]
The European Parliament (Dato Parulava /OC Media)
The latest Eastern Partnership summit offered little to Georgia, raising questions as to what to do next. While officials in Brussels mostly advise patience, discussion in Georgia abound on the best way to attract the EU’s attention further. [Read more…]
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed by sides at the Eastern Partnership summit on 24 November 2017
Stepan Grigoryan, is head of the Analytical Centre for Globalisation and Regional Cooperation, Armenia.
The statement from the President of Armenian in September 2013 sounded like a bolt from the blue. He would not sign the Association Agreement with the European Union at the planned November Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, he said. Instead, Armenia would be joining the Russian led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This signified Armenia's departure from a multi-vector foreign policy. [Read more…]
Meeting between Serzh Sargsyan and Donald Tusk in Brussels in February 2017 (europa.eu)
A new EU–Armenia agreement has every chance of soon being signed. The controversy in Armenia surrounding the document boils down to whether it will be signed on 24 November at the Brussels summit of the Eastern Partnership, or if it will be postponed again — and for what reasons. [Read more…]
