How Tbilisi threw away its greatest strategic asset. For three decades, Georgia held a geographic trump card (no pun intended) that no amount of money could buy. It was...
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
Boosting business productivity and addressing fiscal pressures would unlock stronger and more resilient growth in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has been closing the income gap with...
Brussels is financing infrastructure in the Western Balkans. EU membership is another matter. On the outskirts of Tirana, diggers are preparing the ground for what will...
Artificial intelligence has moved from the margins of defence planning to its centre. It now shapes how armed forces see, decide and act. For Europe, this shift comes at...
A new World Bank report reveals that Eastern Europe and Central Asia is trading 45 per cent below potential. The reshoring bonanza was supposed to be Central and Eastern...
The EU economy defies gloom, but hardly inspires euphoria. For an economy that spent much of the past three years staggering from one crisis to another, Europe’s...
Central Asia’s pivot to Israel signals a broader realignment in Eurasia. Kazakhstan’s recent decision to join the Abraham Accords may represent the start...
Poland’s high-speed rail ambitions depend on Brussels opening its wallet. Poland is readying itself to ask the European Union for billions of złoty to build its...
Europe’s gas infrastructure binge is proving as ill-judged as it was expensive. Europe’s dash to wean itself off Russian pipeline gas has left the continent...
Governments must act now to prevent climate change and digitalisation from deepening inequality. Europe’s governments must act decisively to prevent deeper...
Association to Horizon Europe grants access to the EU’s 93.5 billion euros science programme. Egypt this week became the second African nation to join Horizon...
The region must focus on creating quality jobs to catch up with the EU. Economic growth in the Western Balkans is poised to pick up modestly in 2026 before gaining...
Despite Russia’s brutal invasion, Ukraine’s economy forges ahead. There may be stalemate on the battlefield, but on the economic front, Ukraine is advancing...