No. 293: Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova between Russia and the West

Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 293
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

The three countries over the past five years have benefitted from increased trade with the EU, without however strengthening the rule of law to boost investments and lift them out of economic stagnation. The elites remain unwilling or unable to break vested interests, despite the pressure exercised by the Western actors, and partly because of Russian attempts to counterbalance or undermine pro-Western forces.

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