The Ugly Crisis – Ukraine, the West, and Russia

Thierry de Montbrial is Founder and President of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and a member of the Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
From Cooperation to Competition – Russia and the West

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jingping Shanghai, May 20th, 2014 Photo: Guliver Image / Getty Images
The Ukraine Crisis and European Security

Wolfgang Ischinger is Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. He was State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office and German Ambassador in Washington and London. This essay is based in part on a paper prepared for the Aspen Strategy Group and an op-ed published in the Indian Mail Today.
Russia’s Priorities in Europe and the World

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov conferring during the 2013 G20 Summit in St.Petersburg Photo: Guliver Image / Getty Images
Who is to Blame?

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is Chairman of Spitzberg Partners LLC, Distinguished Statesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and a former German Minister of Defense and Minister of Economy and Technology. James Stavridis is Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a retired four star Admiral in the U.S. Navy, and a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander.
Russia and Other Quandaries – Europe’s Uncertain Future

Per Stig Møller is Chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and a former Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Ukrainian-Russian Relations – Lessons for Contemporary International Politics

Aleksander Kwasniewski is a former President of the Republic of Poland. He is Chairman of the Board of Yalta European Strategy, member of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and the Atlantic Council of the United States, as well as Head of the Supervisory Boards of the Amicus Europae Foundation in Warsaw. Until November 2013 he co-led (with Pat Cox) the European Parliament monitoring mission in Ukraine.
The Future of Russian-American Relations

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University and the author of the forthcoming book Is the American Century Over?, from which this article is partly drawn.
Ukraine and the Crisis of European Security

Lamberto Zannier is Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.