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Eurasia is undergoing profound changes. While the Soviet past has left a lasting imprint, Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus have their own trajectory.

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November 2025

Europe-Russia: Balance of Power Review

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European countries can no longer avoid the "Russian question," as Russia has chosen war. They have the necessary potential—that is, the economic means, military capabilities, and technological expertise—to face Russia by 2030, provided they demonstrate the political will to do so.

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President Zelensky’s Increasingly Critical Stance toward the West

21 June 2021
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After the recent intensification of dialogue between official Kyiv and President Biden’s administration, in the wake of the rising threat to Ukraine posed by Russia and in anticipation of President Biden’s visit to the UK and EU, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team began sharpening their rhetorical stance toward Ukraine’s Western partners.

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France and Germany back Ukraine’s call for Russian troop pullback

18 April 2021
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Zelensky’appeal for help in Paris follows Biden’s condemnation of Russian ‘aggression’.

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E.U.’s Top Drug Regulator Says It’s ‘Fully Functional’ After Cyberattack

10 December 2020
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The European Union’s top drug regulator, whose approval is necessary for countries of the bloc to begin rolling out the coronavirus vaccine, has begun an investigation after it was hit by a cyberattack, the head of the agency said on Thursday.

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Belarus opposition leader takes risky diplomatic path

01 October 2020
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Once a political novice, Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is joining Europe's diplomatic big leagues but risks undermining her own cause in the process, experts said.

Strategic stability: what future in the context of confrontation between Moscow and Washington?

13 May 2019
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An interview with Andrey KORTUNOV, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).

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France's 'yellow vests' and the Russian trolls that encourage them

15 December 2018
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Russian social media trolls reportedly helped stoke the 'yellow vest' protests — France's largest demonstrations in years. DW talked to social media experts to find out more.

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Russia, France look for way out of geopolitical deadlock

24 May 2018
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are due to hold a meeting in St. Petersburg.

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Macron Heads to Russia in European Effort to Salvage Iran Deal

22 May 2018
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Russia this week once threatened to split France from its European allies. Now it’s part of a wider European effort to tie President Vladimir Putin to the Iran nuclear accord.

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As fighting rages, can Russia forge a peace in Syria?

16 March 2018
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Nearly two and a half years after the Russian military began an intensive bombing campaign in Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia is struggling to engineer a political solution in the war-ravaged country, analysts say.

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Missiles of March: A political means of last resort for Putin

07 March 2018
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President Vladimir Putin’s extra-heavy emphasis on new strategic missile systems in his March 1 address to parliament was quite unexpected and rather out of character. 

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Founded in 2005 within Ifri, the Russia/Eurasia Center conducts research and organizes debates on Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus. Its goal is to understand and anticipate the evolution of this complex and rapidly changing geographical area in order to enrich public discourse in France and Europe and to assist in strategic, political, and economic decision-making.

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