Moldova News & Analysis

With the Ukraine war now dominating Moscow’s attention, longstanding geopolitical certainties are beginning to unravel in Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia.

Historical factors may point to a union, but any path is fraught with geopolitical and demographic hurdles.

The invitation, unthinkable in previous eras, sends a strong message of US support to President Sandu.

The political persecution of Moldova’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor stands as President Sandu’s first big test in office.

Only the threat of penalties can break the current impasse over reform – a stasis that could destabilise the country.

We have been misled into ceding Moldova to Moscow. This will be Vladimir Putin’s greatest victory in decades—unless we act now.

Unless Brussels suspends budgetary support for President Dodon and speaks up for the foreign businesses which prop up Europe’s poorest country, the Eastern Partnership Program must bear full responsibility for the dictator which the EU28 and its allies enabled in Moldova.

After a rocky start, the Eastern Partnership between the EU and Moldova is bearing fruit.

Moldova could act as a bridge in the East-West conflict. Resolving the Transnistria conflict is a good place to start.

With recent elections producing a political stalemate, we can expect more of the same from Moldova’s foreign policy.

Moldova’s foreign policy could swing toward Russia when pro-EU parties face angry voters in elections next spring.

It’s getting harder and harder for Russia to maintain its network of breakaway territories in the post-Soviet space.

The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Alexander Boehm explains why Crimea might not be the only territory that Russia is intent on annexing.

As NATO enters its 7th decade, serious questions of its relevancy persist, culminating in the greatest existential threat faced by the military alliance.