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RUSSIA: Putin still aims at US strategic partnership
In his first state of the nation speech since being re-elected, President Vladimir Putin vowed on...
RussiaEUROPEAN UNION: New members may find EU loses allure
Ten new member states joined the EU on May 1. The immediate impact of accession on the new...
EuRUSSIA/NATO: Divergent interests undermine relations
The NATO-Russia Council is generally seen as successful, but several highly contentious issues...
RussiaRUSSIA: Re-elected Putin will retain his world view
There are unlikely to be major changes in foreign policy following the re-election of President...
RussiaEUROPEAN UNION: Bosnia tests EU military capacity
An informal meeting of EU defence ministers takes place in Brussels today and tomorrow. Ministers...
EuNATO/EASTERN EUROPE: Larger NATO benefits Washington
The flags of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are being...
Eastern EuropeBOSNIA: Bankrupt nationalists lurch into crisis
Federation Vice-President Sahbaz Dzihanovic said on March 15 that the entity's governing...
GEORGIA: New government faces difficult challenges
Speaker Nino Burjanadze and Security Minister Zurab Adeishvili are in Batumi today, and Security...
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