Referring to Central Asia as ‘Russia’s backyard’ is a mischaracterisation that denies the region’s agency and overlooks the complexity of its...
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Poland’s President Andrzej Duda this week claimed that for the first time since what he dubbed ‘the dark days of totalitarian rule’, Poland has political prisoners. It...
As Baku revives talk of territorial expansion, protests across Iran continue, and Azeris blockade the only road connecting the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to...
Hungary is leading European engagement with Turkic nations, with its motives rooted in a nationalist narrative that benefits Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. ...
A much-shared tweet from a highly questionable source accusing Volodymyr Zelensky of banning Ukraine’s Orthodox Church and arresting priests is way off the mark. ...
Sportswashing is real, Ukrainewashing is not. There may be benefits for countries and politicians backing Kyiv, but these are not the primary motives behind their...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen could face relying on support from Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party in order to keep her job. For years...
EU hopefuls Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova have been asked to complete application questionnaires, the first step on the long road towards membership. But what’s in an EU...
The Dayton Agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, is no model for Ukraine. It’s hard to imagine what could be worse than the barrages...
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...
The Minsk agreements have for seven years failed to prevent fighting in eastern Ukraine. The idea, floated by Emmanuel Macron, that they could now form the basis of a...
It’s all too easy to forget that millions of people already live under Russian occupation in large parts of Ukraine, as well as Georgia and Moldova. Russia may be...