Key points As debate grows over U.S. policy towards Africa, consideration should be given to altering the continent’s status under the Department of Defense’s Unified Command Plan (UCP).Eliminating Africa Command (AFRICOM) under the UCP would both signify a policy shift away from a counterterrorism focus and ease the process of …

The issue of relations with Russia and the European Union is firmly back at the heart of electoral politics in Moldova. While there is a long list of candidates in Moldova’s October presidential election, there are no serious challengers to the incumbent president, Maia Sandu. Most of the pro-EU Sandu’s …

Moscow’s approach to Moldova is to play for time and keep the country in geopolitical limbo by stoking internal divisions, stalling reforms, and fueling disenchantment with the pro-European course. An old Moldovan joke goes that the best sight to visit in Moldova is Odesa: a legendary Ukrainian port city on …