International organisations are sounding the alarm over the threat Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine poses to both regional and global economies. Should Russia...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
Few international supporters of Russia and its dictator Vladimir Putin are willing to cheer on the country’s invasion of Ukraine directly, instead choosing to talk...
Ukraine’s economy has so far held up well. But the costs of reconstruction are likely to be high, and western allies should already be thinking about how the...
A plethora of applications to join the EU, filed last week in the emotion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have been welcomed in Brussels. Candidate status for the...
A timely new book questions human authenticity, meritocracy, fairness, and the norms and regulations which will be required to guide our future course. I was recently...
A new edition of a major Emerging Europe report reveals the most competitive IT sectors in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Estonia has overtaken Poland to...
Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia are showing welcome solidarity with Ukrainians seeking refuge from Russia’s invasion of their home country. Almost...
‘I passed many villages. Everywhere I heard crying: We have no bread! We are dying! Tell England that we are swelling from hunger.’ The story of Gareth...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an attack on democracy and the rule of law. Ukrainians deserve our support, our solidarity, and must not be left isolated. In a different...
A new report from the OECD offers a few clues as to how Estonia – and other countries in the region – can manage their falling populations. Estonia’s...
Non-committal for weeks, Germany acted swiftly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to announce that it was pulling the plug on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. German...
To understand modern Ukraine it’s worth learning about its past. Red Famine, Anne Applebaum’s magnificent book about the Holodomor, is as good a place as any...