CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
25.10.2019
Brussels’ Balkan Cul De Sac
The European Union’s failure to launch accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia at its October summit may contribute to destabilizing the Western Balkans. French blockage of the enlargement process will also encourage Moscow’s subversive activities throughout the region...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
16.10.2019
Kosova’s Crucial Crossroads
Kosova has reached an important crossroads in its development as an independent state. A major opposition party surprisingly won the general elections on October 6 and pledged to conduct major house cleaning to reform the country’s institutions and accelerate the process of EU accession. Meanwhile, the appointment of a new U.S. envoy to restart talks between Kosova and Serbia provides fresh impetus for a final resolution to one of the most intractable regional problems...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
27.09.2019
Bulgaria Challenges Moscow
Despite Bulgaria’s NATO membership, Moscow has exploited its historically cordial ties with Sofia to undermine the country’s Western commitments. However, a struggle is now intensifying between traditional pro-Russia lobbies and Western-leaning activists who are reasserting Bulgarian identity. To fully affirm its distinctiveness, Bulgaria needs to reclaim its history, uphold its sovereignty, and thwart Moscow’s pernicious political influences...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
10.09.2019
Balkan Hurdles
The appointment of Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer as U.S. Special Representative for the Western Balkans is a significant move. It reinvigorates Washington’s commitment to conflict resolution and international integration. However, while raising expectations of America’s effectiveness, it may prove insufficient in dealing with the most intractable regional problems...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
27.08.2019
Moscow Prepares for U.S. Elections
The Kremlin is preparing a hostile intervention in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. It is uncertain which candidate Moscow will ultimately favor, but its primary objective is to foster divisions in American society and spread distrust in the democratic process...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
23.07.2019
Moscow’s Anti-NATO Deception
Since the formation of NATO seventy years ago to defend Europe from a potential Soviet invasion, propagandists in Moscow have berated the Alliance as an aggressor. In the post-Soviet era, President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin has continued this tradition of deception and added several new themes for Western audiences...
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis
19.01.2018
War in Ukraine. A struggle over Russia’s identity
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year, two recently published books illuminate the fundamental motives for Moscow’s ongoing offensive. They make a compelling case that the armed conflict is intended to demonstrate and perpetuate Russia’s dominance through the usurpation of Ukraine’s history, territory, and identity...
European Western Balkans
Web portal that focuses on the WB countries
Interviews
15.05.2017
EWB Interview, Janusz Bugajski: Montenegro in NATO an example for Serbia
Interview with Janusz Bugajski, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington DC and host of the “New Bugajski Hour” television shows. The interview was conducted during the 2BS Forum in Budva, Montenegro, where Bugajski was one of the speakers.
CEPA
The Center for European Policy Analysis
Analysis, Co-authorship
09.02.2016
Black Sea Rising. By Janusz Bugajski and Peter B. Doran
Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea was a game changer for the European security order. Since then, Moscow’s increased militarization of the Black Sea has begun to alter the regional balance of power. As CEPA argues in the latest Black Sea Strategic Report, Russia’s unfolding regional strategy aims to contain, undermine and reverse NATO’s influence in Europe’s east...
The Washington Post
American daily newspaper published in Washington
Analysis
19.05.2012
Russia’s U.N. power play
A revitalized Russia is flexing its muscles at the United Nations. In addition to periodically blocking Western initiatives by threatening to use its veto in the Security Council, Moscow appears to be working through a proxy to prevent Lithuania from holding the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly...