The EU’s Benign Neglect of Eastern Europe

Between November 6 and December 11, 2015, Carnegie Europe continued its Capitals Series. In this second phase, the focus was on the EU’s Eastern neighbours, which the bloc has so often zigzagged over in trying to establish a coherent policy toward them collectively or bilaterally.

Re-reading the series—independently of the refugee crisis, which is likely to make Europe turn even more inward—one finds little scope for optimism for the lands between the EU and Russia.