For the first time in three decades Moldova holds undisputed leverage in its relationship with Transnistria. The choices made now will define the country’s future...
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By penalising those with distant or even irrelevant ties to Belarusian state institutions, Lithuania risks undermining its own democratic values. Over the last two...
Security and prosperity are inextricably linked, and those who harness technological prowess to keep their countries safe will very likely reap the economic rewards as...
Armenia must heavily invest in education, media literacy, and public awareness to build a society capable of discerning and resisting manipulative narratives. Armenia’s...
We have a lot to learn from how the Indo-Pacific region has created bilateral and multilateral frameworks of cooperation which are just now being replicated in Central...
Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU made enlargement a dirty word. Poland needs to make it not just acceptable again, but essential. Outlining Poland’s...
For Ania Tatou, Ukraine’s war has become a fight for her adopted homeland and a way to reclaim her identity. Her life is now woven into the fabric of the...
Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while simultaneously cultivating stronger commercial...
The solid growth of recent years continues, but Kyrgyzstan is still playing economic catch up with most of its neighbours. Diversification—especially into tourism—would...
As the recent ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad proves, no autocracy is permanent—and that includes the regime of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In late...
What happened in Romania’s presidential election marks the beginning of the new political era, of hybrid war, political unrest, and disdain, anger and revolt against...
Surprisingly little is known in the West about the role of Central Asia in World War II. This scholarly but thoroughly readable work plugs that gap. Even though Central...
As of October 2024, an estimated 3.6 million people remain internally displaced in Ukraine, while the United Nations estimates that Ukraine has lost 60 per cent of its...