Europe wins Gold Medal for diplomacy in Russia-Georgia conflict The Europhobic critics in the Western, espically Britian, are out of full force stating that Europe is “appeasing Russia.” Yep, what is also noticeable are the usual Atlanticist suspects in Eastern Europe, calling for punishment, sanctions and other punative measures for Russia, including offering up criticism to France an...

Conventional wisdom has it that Russia dominates Europe’s natural gas market, and that European imports of Russian gas are growing and can only continue to grow. This supposedly places the EU in a dangerous state of dependency and compromises its strategic position towards Russia. All sides of the debate over Europe’s Russia policy share these

A couple of weeks ago, after Russia invaded Georgia, I said that the UN would be unable to act on Georgia because of Russia’s veto and that Federal Europe would denounce their invasion but Russia would respond along the lines of Federal Europe supported Kosovo’s universal declaration of independence so they’re doing the same in

well, I don't see millions marching through Europe's cities with banners saying that. But Russia has invaded Georgia and continues to occupy its territory. I stand with Georgia and against Russia on this. The government of Georgia may well be a bunch of gangsters. I suspect they are. But that's not the point. Where I differ with Europe's leaders is in saying that Russia was wro...

Europe's dilemma: How does it balance its ties to Russia with concerns over the country's new aggressiveness.

Okay guys, here is the deal. I have an essay to write. But this is not a normal essay, this is an essay that might earn me a reasonable amount of money. So I need your help. Do any of you know anything much about US - Russian relations? And how the Obama-Medevedev relationship will change things? How about any specific issues of interest between the two countries? So, anything you know about moder...

Azerbaijan's energy resources remain a valuable prize. Evidence of this is the tug-of-war between Russia and Europe over natural gas.

Russia started pumping gas through Ukraine to Europe, after nearly two weeks of disruption in a dispute over prices. The shipments were expected to reach homes to the west within three days.

Russia added to the aura of goodwill surrounding Barack Obama's presidency yesterday by declaring that it had abandoned plans to point cruise missiles at Europe from its enclave of Kaliningrad.

We're introducing a new feature to Coffee House - the Sunday Essay. Each Sunday, we'll post an essay by one of our readers, on any political topic. The first essay will appear on Sunday, 10 August. If you'd like your writing to be considered, just e-mail an article of between 500 and 1500 words to me at phoskin @ spectator.co.uk - the Coffee House team will pick out the best submission each week, ...