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ZOiS Spotlight 44/2021

An official meeting between the EU and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries – the first in four years – is scheduled to take place on 15 December. It will focus on ambitious objectives relating to economic development and good governance. A genuinely new vision for the EaP cannot be expected, however.

ZOiS Spotlight 31/2021

Georgia’s Free Trade With the EU: Who Benefits?

by Julia Langbein Irina Guruli

Trade liberalisation with the EU is one tool to make Georgia’s economy more inclusive and resilient. While it has created opportunities for diversification, liberalised trade has also helped to maintain oligarchic structures and boost profits for larger, foreign-owned firms.

ZOiS Report 3/2021

Belarus at a crossroads: attitudes on social and political change

by Julia Langbein Félix Krawatzek Regina Elsner Nadja Douglas Gwendolyn Sasse

Following months of mass antigovernment demonstrations in Belarus, an new ZOiS Report widens the focus beyond the protesters and takes stock of the views and preferences of Belarusian citizens at a critical moment.

ZOiS Spotlight 25/2020

The Virtual Eastern Partnership Summit on 18 June attracted very little public attention. Will Germany use its upcoming EU Council Presidency as an opportunity to actively engage in reorienting the Eastern Partnership? That seems unlikely – even though the region is of major strategic significance for the EU.

ZOiS Spotlight 33/2017

The Eastern Partnership summit that took place in Brussels on 24 November between most leaders of the European Union and their Eastern partners did not produce much noise, as most of the summit’s results were unsurprising. However, a series of deliverables can serve as a useful roadmap.