Tens of thousands of Moldovans rallied in Chișinău on May 21 in support of European Union membership. While relations between Chișinău and Moscow are at their worst in...
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
The apparent poor health of Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who reappeared in public this week having been taken ill on a recent visit to Moscow, has raised...
A weakened post-Putin Russia would allow Armenia to ‘Armexit’ from the CSTO and EEU and expand economic and trade ties with the EU. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol...
Albania’s economy enjoyed solid growth in 2022 and the lowest inflation in all of CESEE. With booming construction and tourism sectors, 2023 is set to be another year of...
For Ukraine to recover within five years, its economy would need to grow by 14 per cent a year throughout that period. A five-year economic recovery in Ukraine would...
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is another example of how emerging Europe countries have shown agency and leadership. I have been involved in Aspen Institute...
North Mitrovica remains de jure a part of Kosovo, but it feels a world away from multi-story Bill Clinton artwork and George Bush Boulevard in Prishtina. A bridge...
Resilient to many of the negative effects of the war in Ukraine, Kosovo’s economy grew in 2022 and is expected to continue to grow through 2023 as exports increase and...
Turkey has the potential of becoming a great regional and global power, but first Erdogan must get out of the way. As the Turkish people go to the polling stations on...
Nine years after Montenegro committed to constructing an expensive Chinese-built highway – which nearly bankrupted the country and remains unfinished – it...
The 1995 Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War has held Bosnia and Herzegovina together for almost three decades. But with dual political crises in the country’s...
The globalisation of supply chains gives countries stakes in the most unexpected of places. As Israel and Pakistan back Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, their rivals...
While the Taliban has few fans in the capitals of Central Asia, the region has been increasingly open to diplomatic engagement with the unrecognised rulers of...