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Foreign Policy Newsletter March 2023

The new stage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine brings a series of security risks for the Republic of Moldova.

Considering the classic military scenario is unlikely, thanks to the bravery and determination of the Ukrainian soldiers to defend their country and the failure of the Russian breakthrough in the Odesa region, Moscow has changed tactics. In the new issue of the FES/APE foreign policy bulletin read about the scenarios we could expect in the second phase of the Russian invasion in Ukraine after a year of war, about the dangers that the new and old threats can pose to the security of the Republic of Moldova, and about the priorities of the new government and the threats coming from Russia.

In a new section of the bulletin, we present the opinion of experts from the Security and Defense Initiative Platform on the security challenges of the Republic of Moldova.

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