The Geopoliticalmonitor's James Whitman argues that the West is failing to respond to the creeping authoritarianism of Yanukovych's Ukraine. 

What does President Obama's summit snub mean for the future of US-Russian relations?

Georgiy Voloshin examines the motivations underpinning Russia's push to establish a "Eurasian Union" in Central Asia. 

Lithuania is casting off its Soviet-era dependence on Moscow and looking towards the EU for its future energy security.

Eastern Europe is still tattooed by the Soviet Union. Breakaway regions in Georgia and Moldova—Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria respectively—are autonomous territories in everything but name.

Canada’s combat role in Afghanistan will almost certainly end in a little over two years, if not sooner, due to a convergence of recent events.

This report examines the motives for the recent outbreak of war in Georgia with Russia and the roles played by western powers, specifically the United States.

Contrary to being a detached observer of the conflict in Georgia, Russian officials claim the US has incited the Georgian offensive in South Ossetia via years of military assistance and training. 

Serbia and Russia have refused to recognize Kosovo’s independence arguing the declaration is illegal and sets international precedent that is applicable to other breakaway regions including pro-Russian South Ossieta and Abkhazia in Georgia.