Customs Union

8 articles

Sofia Casablanca, Eastern Europe Studies Centre

The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is the instrument through which the European Union (EU) aims to create bonds between its Member States and the countries at the boundaries of the EU and thus secure the stability of the European borders. The EU stipulates Association Agreements offering financ...

STRATFOR

As the competition between Russia and the West over Ukraine unfolds, there is a similar yet more subtle process occurring in the neighbouring state of Belarus. Lithuania has been one of the leading players in the effort to bring Belarus economically and politically closer to the European Union, a po...

Eglė Samoškaitė

"It's a historic moment," was the reaction when Kiev and Brussels ratified the Ukrainian-EU Association Agreement on Tuesday. However, celebration might be somewhat premature, since Moscow, eager to keep Ukraine within its own sphere of influence and away from the EU, has won significant concessions...