![](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/region-europe.jpg)
Latest Articles about Europe
![](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Luhansk_Forces_-_EDM_January_9__2015.jpg)
Secessionist Forces in Luhansk ‘Republic’: Order out of Chaos?
On January 1, 2015, a military unit of the “Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR)” ambushed and killed the commander of the LPR’s rapid-reaction battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksandr Bednov (“Batman”) and six of his men. They were shelled from both sides of the road while traveling in two... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Li_and_President_Tomislav_Nikolic_of_Serbia.jpg)
China’s New Silk Road Takes Shape in Central and Eastern Europe
First revealed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the vision of the New Silk Road has since become a cornerstone of China’s public diplomacy. The idea of establishing two logistics corridors—the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road—has also gained... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Georgians_fighting_in_Ukraine_-_EDM_January_8__2015.jpg)
Death of Georgian Volunteer in Ukraine Sparks Controversy in Georgia
Alexandre Grigolashvili, a Georgian volunteer who was fighting on the Ukrainian side in that country’s ongoing war against Russia-sponsored separatists, was killed in action on December 19, 2014 (Channel 1 TV, December 20, 2014). On December 20, Georgia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a statement... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Alyaksandr_Lukashenka_-_EDM_January_7__2015.jpg)
Year-End Turbulence in Belarus
In the second half of December 2014, five interrelated themes engaged media attention: the last salvos of the Belarus-Russia trade war (see EDM, December 3, 2014); Russia’s reactions to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s statements regarding this war and his trip to Kyiv; Lukashenka’s speech at... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Mahmoud_Burning_his_Passport_Source_screenshot.jpg)
Austria’s Rising Star in Islamic State: A Portrait of Viennese Muhammad Mahmoud
Europe is belatedly waking up to the fact that its immigrant community is producing Islamic militants. While the popular image is one of covert, stealthy activity, nine years ago Austrian jihadist Muhammad Mahmoud fronted a poorly attended press conference in Vienna to espouse his views.... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Vladimir_Putin_and_Tomislav_Nikolic__Belgrade_-_EDM_December_17__2014.jpg)
In the Balkans, Putin’s Winning Ticket Is Kosovo
In light of Russia’s recent political and military advances into Ukraine, Georgia’s Abkhazia, Moldova, as well as fears of further provocations in the Baltic States, attention has focused recently on Russia’s influence over the Western Balkans (Albania and the countries of former Yugoslavia). Marred by... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Vladimir_Putin_and_Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan_-_EDM_December_17__2014.jpg)
Russian Energy Proposals for Turkey Could Undermine Southern Gas Corridor
As 2014 draws to a close, energy developments in the Eurasian region have been gaining new prominence. Notably, on December 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to Turkey to attend the fifth meeting of the Turkish-Russian High-Level Cooperation Council (CNN Turk, December... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Donetsk_vote_-_EDM_December_16__2014.jpg)
Moscow Juggling the Concept of Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity (Part Three)
*To read Part One, please click here. *To read Part Two, please click here. In order to stimulate centrifugal processes in Ukraine, the Kremlin needs the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” to remain within Ukraine’s political system pro forma, albeit outside Kyiv’s control de facto.... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Sergei_Lavrov_-_EDM_December_16__2014.jpg)
Moscow Juggling the Concept of Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Moscow proposes to resolve the conflict in Donbas (eastern Ukrainian region encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces) by turning the Russian-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk territories into proto-states, to be linked with the rest of Ukraine in a quasi-confederal... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Turkish_Corvette_-_EDM_December_15__2014.jpg)
Issues in Russia-Turkey Relations After Crimea
On December 4, Major-General Oleksandr Rozmazninov, of Ukraine’s General Staff, reported a Russian deployment of the Iskander-M tactical missile system to Crimea. (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, December 4). This and other Russian military deployments to the annexed peninsula have prompted debates on the shift in the military... MORE