By Selim Ibraimi-Center for Security Studies (CSSSD) As Russia became more undemocratic and adopted a hard line approach toward U.S and EU, the international political arena in last five years hasn’t seen warm diplomatic relations between former Presidents Bush and Putin or a very good relationship between Obama and Medvedev .In this context US policy of the last three administrations ...

Tony Rinna -(New Eastern Europe) A great deal of discussion regarding current European geopolitics between Russia and the West has centred on recent events in Ukraine, with warnings and forecasts about Georgia and Moldova as well. In the strategically critical Balkan peninsula, however, Russia is quietly but rapidly making headway in shoring up ties with a major regional power – ...