Europe & Eurasia

Russia-Led Security Bloc Holds Joint Military Drills

By RIA Novosti

Members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led military alliance of former Soviet states, started joint peacekeeping drills on Monday in Russia’s Urals region, the Central Military District said.

Lavrov: Afghanistan Not Ready for NATO Forces Pullout

By RIA Novosti

The development of the situation in Afghanistan clearly shows that Afghan security forces will not be in position to take control of law and order in the war-torn country after the withdrawal of NATO-led forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Jonathan Faull on Transatlantic Approach to Financial Reform

On October 9, the Atlantic Council hosted Jonathan Faull, director-general of Internal Market and Services at the European Commission, to discuss recent European financial regulatory reforms, EU bank re-capitalization efforts, and the future of the transatlantic economic partnership broadly. The discussion was moderated by C. Boyden Gray Fellow Dr. Chris Brummer, and touched on issues […]

Cross-border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey

By Nino Ghvinadze and Laura Linderman

The latest Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief, “Cross-border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey,” by Nino Ghvinadze and Laura Linderman, explores opportunities for expanding electricity trade in the South Caucasus and Turkey. This brief has been prepared in the context of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative. Download PDF

China Dismisses Worries over Turkey Missile Deal

By Ben Blanchard, Reuters

China’s Foreign Ministry dismissed concerns about Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defense system with a Chinese firm, saying on Tuesday that the United States and others were needlessly politicizing a purely commercial deal.

NATO Head Expresses Concern About Turkey’s Chinese Missile Deal

By Reuters

The head of NATO expressed concern on Monday over Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defence system with a Chinese firm, saying he expected Ankara to choose a system that was compatible with those of other allies.

Turkey’s Convergence with the West Benefits the World

By Barçın Yinanç

If Turkey converges with Europe and the United States, rather than diverging, then the world looks totally different, according to the head of a US-based think tank. Turkey plays a stabilizing factor in a very unstable part of the world, Frederick Kempe, the president of the Atlantic Council, told the Hürriyet Daily News. “Turkey has become a […]

Russia’s Military Is Back

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest

One of the distinguishing characteristics of Vladimir Putin’s presidency has been his commitment to revitalizing Russia’s military.

France Calls for Major Powers to Voluntarily Limit Their UN Veto

By Laurent Fabius, New York Times

France is in favor of a more representative United Nations — in particular, through enlargement of the Security Council — but we are still far from reaching an agreement that would enable such progress.

Friction Between Turkey and NATO?

By Szymon Ananicz and Andrzej Wilk, OSW

On 26 September, Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, presided over by the country’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, resolved a tender for the delivery of long-range air defence systems. The winner was China’s CPMIEC