With the exception of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, all countries in emerging Europe and Central Asia should escape recession in both 2022 and 2023. Reduced supplies of...
Analysis
Trade could be a strong engine of growth for North Macedonia, by transforming the economy, creating viable jobs, and reducing poverty. North Macedonia’s economy needs a...
An increasingly desperate Kremlin is about to rebrand its “special military operation” to “de-nazify” Ukraine as a “war of defence”. Ukraine is about to get...
Reconstruction must be an investment in the future, not a return to an unsustainable past, and must recognise the social, cultural and economic importance of Ukrainian...
By holding a series of “referenda” in Ukraine’s occupied territories, Vladimir Putin is attempting to repeat the “success” of his...
Russia’s continued failure to deliver on its CSTO defence commitments to Armenia has created an opportunity for the US to increase its influence in Yerevan. US...
Banning Russian tourists from entering the EU can bring home the consequences of the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to the Muscovite and St Petersburg elites, says Kaja...
The EU’s failure to implement a bloc-wide ban on the entry of Russian tourists has forced Poland and the Baltic states to take regional action. “You are not...
Ukraine has broadly welcomed a UN plan that would see the creation of a demilitarised zone around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia. The...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s High Representative Christian Schmidt might still change the country’s election law, less than a month before voters head for the...
New EU-Ukraine agreements on digital cooperation, roaming charges, customs and taxation are further evidence that Russia’s invasion has backfired, shifting Ukraine...
Religion has brought down another government in Montenegro, whose reformist prime minister has paid the price for making ‘overtures’ to Serbia. Montenegro’s...
