The end of the most recent fighting in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh has brought about a fragile peace. However, with several key issues unresolved...
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Governments across the world have used the Covid-19 pandemic as a smokescreen for power grabs, clampdowns on freedoms and a pretext to ignore human rights obligations...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Montenegro’s parliament is currently the most representative of all those in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Emerging Europe’s analysis of the...
The decision to hold a snap parliamentary election in June has calmed nerves in Armenia, for now. The announcement on March 18 by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
England host Poland in a World Cup qualifier on March 31, rekindling a football rivalry that stretches back many decades. While the English team will take a knee as part...
Dozens of Armenians remain in Azerbaijani captivity following the recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Baku refusing to recognise them as prisoners of war. The...
Regional actors need to work together to make the most of the potential for greater trade connectivity between Europe and wider Central Asia via the Black Sea and the...
Eastern Europe is home to several authoritarian leaders who run repressive regimes: labeling Alexander Lukashenko as “Europe’s last dictator” is lazy, simplistic, and...
As the world continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, economic freedom will be more important than ever, says a new report from the Heritage Foundation. In...
Freedom in the World 2021, published by US-based research and advocacy group Freedom House, finds that fewer than a fifth of the world’s people now live in fully free...
Across the globe, countries with a wealth of natural resources are broadly authoritarian and corrupt. Central Asia is no exception. The Caspian Sea region is one of the...