This article was originally published by Visegrad Insight.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine ramping up tensions in the Eastern Partnership countries, will the EU’s format survive?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine fundamentally challenged the Western approach toward international relations, security, as well as the West’s thinking on relations with Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe. The crisis means a particular blow to the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy that was launched in 2009 during the Czech EU presidency.
With the new round of the Czech Republic’s leadership of the EU coming on 1 July, there are ongoing discussions among member states and EU institutions on how to approach the Eastern Partnership in the future.
Read the whole article authored by our Russia analyst Pavel Havlíček here.
