Michael Emerson

Balliol College, Oxford. Economist with OECD and European Commission, then ambassador to Moscow 1991-96, then LSE, and since 1998 at CEPS, researching Europe

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

http://t.co/vhByhm3O4n Putin: his story has become one of the morally depraved degradation of a strong state leader

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

British Brexit? yes to reform, little to renegotiate, nothing much to repatriate, no to secession, see http://t.co/2rvMKFDfDd

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Minsk II compared with Minsk, the context has changed more than the texts. Mariupul cd become Ukr's Stalingrad http://t.co/IkreE6mkdg

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Might Mishka the wounded bear be more ready now ready for a Concordat over Ukraine? http://t.co/eBsxKwpjSp

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Putin needs a psychiatrist? 4/12 speech full of paranoiac fabrications about the west http://t.co/BeUdv0V1EK or just stuff for the masses..

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

For Vilnius 2013 summit anniversary, how Tolstoy might have rated Yanukovich and Putin legacies http://t.co/BeUdv0V1EK

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

See here on sanctions against Russia
http://t.co/q2wSJ1f21D
keep them going as long as it takes to get a decent, long-term peace

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

When is a customs union not a customs union? http://t.co/DgyKS1EpA1

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

EU should buy the (damned) Mistralhttp://bit.ly/1ns91tV

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

15 steps for Ukr, EU & Rus to get onto a sound track for the future together http://t.co/Ghe1YNuKyu

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Need Summit Quad now to make basic concordat between EU & Rus over Ukr & common neighbourhood http://t.co/p2WznpIm1B

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Escalating crisis needs new Geneva deal, tripartite UKR/EU/RUS multi-flagged contingents to undo barricades all round http://t.co/sS1flcTKN3

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

http://t.co/7WBGj5TNPs

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

East Ukraine is looking ominously like Georgia August 2008, not t mention Crimea http://t.co/YxkJzZnf7m

[Erik Brattberg @ErikBrattberg]

HR Ashton's hollow statement on Ukr: http://t.co/HW8wkhgzEx No word on sanctions. Talks with Rus pointless unless West apply real pressure.

[Michael Emerson @Michael1254O]

Here are my 11 recommendations for how the quad can resolve the Ukraine crisis on Thursady http://t.co/90VZnR47Fd

[Nikolai Holmov @OdessaBlogger]

In true Ukrainian style we may go to the last minute - literally! http://t.co/vpFH68w9cz