Ukraine
Pompeo Visited Ukraine. Good. What Next?
Steven Pifer Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 9:19 AM
Ukrainians want action to demonstrate the Trump administration's commitment to the country.
Steven Pifer is a nonresident senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, and the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, and a William J. Perry fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.
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Russia and Eastern Europe
Heading for (Another) Ukraine-Russia Gas Fight?
Steven Pifer Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 9:00 AM
Editor’s Note: The article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Twice in the past 14 years, a dispute between Ukraine and Russia has led Russia to cut off natural gas flows to Ukraine and Europe. The stage is being set for another cut-off in January. The European Union wants to ensure that gas continues to flow, so EU officials will attempt at a mid-September meeting to broker an agreement. But they face a difficult slog.
Ukraine
NATO’s Ukraine Challenge
Steven Pifer Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:18 PM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Brussels on June 4 and 5, where he met with the leadership of the European Union and NATO. He reaffirmed Kyiv’s goal of integrating into both institutions—goals enshrined earlier this year as strategic objectives in Ukraine’s constitution.
Russia and Eastern Europe
The Unending Saga of Ukrainian Reforms
Steven Pifer Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 4:16 PM
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Foreign Policy Essay
The Foreign Policy Essay—Special Edition: Challenges Ahead in the Crimea
Steven Pifer Tue, Mar 11, 2014, 8:00 AM
Editor’s Note: The Russian military occupation of the Crimea and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s attempts to railroad a political settlement that would separate Crimea from the rest of Ukraine is the latest, and perhaps the most formidable, foreign policy test for the Obama administration. Events on the ground are fast-moving and defy easy categorization, further complicating policymaking. Steven Pifer, a senior fellow here at Brookings as well as the U.S.