Ukraine

Follow the evolution of events in Ukraine on News programs on TV and online. For Italy’s position, look at the website of the Ministero degli Affari Esteri:

http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Home.htm?LANG=EN

For the position of the European Union look at the EU site:

http://europa.eu/index_en.htm 

You should also look at the NATO site:

http://www.nato.int/

 and the UN site:

http://www.un.org/en/ 

and again general news sites for the reaction of Western countries and the  general reaction of the international community.

Take notes on what you find and consider events in relation to:

1) Broader EU relations (and more widely the West’s relations) with the Russian Federation (also bilateral relations between EU member states and the Russian Federation, and between the US and Russia)

2) The EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative:

http://www.easternpartnership.org/content/eastern-partnership-glance

e.g. any effects of events in the Ukraine on prospects for moving forward on Association Agreements with other countries:

http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-eu-association-agreement/25252962.html

3) The work of the Council of Europe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe

4) The work of the NATO-Russia council

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe