WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 22, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Alexander Kolyandr: * * * The British and US Sanctions That Quietly Aren't US and UK sanctions relief aimed at easing domestic consumer pressures also transfer billions into Putin's war chest, at Ukraine's expense. * On May 19, the United Kingdom did two things at once. It legislated, for the first time in binding form, a ban on imports of refined petr  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 22, 2026, by Fabian Hoffmann, senior research fellow at the Ukraine and Full Spectrum Threats Program at the Norwegian Defense University College: * * * European Cruise Missiles? On the Way After years of neglect and small-scale production, Europe-based producers are finally accelerating new products to rearm and reduce dependency on the US. * Europe has long been constrained by a lack of po  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 22, 2026, by Emil Avdaliani, research fellow at the Turan Research Center and a professor of international relations at the European University in Tbilisi, Georgia: * * * Russian Influence Drains Away in the South Caucasus Armenia is building closer relations with the EU, underlining Russia's diminishing influence in the South Caucasus. * For decades, Moscow's power in the South Caucasus res  more