It has been a decade since Tajikistan ceded part of its territory to China in lieu of loan repayments. Is history about to repeat itself? In 2011 Tajikistan offered...
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An underwhelming summit has left the Western Balkans further from EU membership than ever. An ’emergency’ EU-Western Balkans summit, convened by Slovenia...
A year on from its victory over Armenian forces in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan is now dealing with a new potential threat, this time from Tehran...
Mikheil Saakashvili’s return to Georgia last weekend – and his subsequent arrest – likely had little impact on the country’s local elections. In his...
Hungary’s opposition parties will on October 10 choose a single challenger to take on Viktor Orbán in next year’s parliamentary elections. Last month, six...
Romania’s government lost a motion of no confidence on October 5, just hours after the country recorded its highest ever number of new Covid-19 cases. Whither...
For decades, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has kept Russia at arm’s length. Today, he may no longer have the tools to do so. It has been more than 20...
Creating a resilient, sustainable future for emerging Europe is not going to be easy. What roles can the region’s many different stakeholders play in order to deliver...
What steps does emerging Europe need to take in order to secure the wellbeing of its citizens in a world where post-growth economic thinking is increasingly seen as the...
Defying international human rights law, Poland carried out unlawful pushbacks of refugees on its border with Belarus, Amnesty has claimed. Its tough stance, however...
Georgia’s local elections – scheduled for October 2 – are this year about far more than mayors and local councils. The stakes in Georgia’s upcoming...
The oldest human rights group in Belarus is facing closure as the country’s authorities step up their crackdown on civil society. The Belarusian Justice Ministry...
