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Europe – East/Central
Why the ‘retired superhero’ should not turn a blind eye to Russia
“Probably shots are not heard as loudly in Central Park or Madison Square Garden as in Avdiivka industrial zone or Svitlodarsk Arc”; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s words echoed through the …
Opinion: The European dream is in danger of evaporating from the Western Balkans
“We are still disappointed, angry and a little bit frustrated, because we got a promise from the European Union that when we deliver, they would deliver — and they failed.” …
Mostar: a city divided
A life size statue of Bruce Lee might seem like a strange choice for a park in Mostar, an Ottoman built frontier town in Bosnia and Herzegovina dating back to …
Ukrainian elections: An attempt to understand the surreal
Were one to glance at some of the articles written in the last month about the Ukrainian presidential elections, they would be likely to come away with a rather negative …
Interview: Chatham House Senior Consulting Fellow Keir Giles on Russia’s relations with the West
In your book you explain that the initial motivation that pushed you to write it is constantly being asked the same questions by policy makers and politicians and argue that …
Ostpolitik Round II? The future of the Russo-German relationship
One year ago, former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel stated “it is obvious that there can be no such thing as a German Ostpolitik today. It has to be a …
The resurrection of the Left: Germany’s Green revolt
The recent rise of right-wing populism has caught the Western establishment firmly off-guard. Echoed in Fukuyama’s infamous political diagnosis that this was “the end of history”, the liberal status-quo established …
Student Protests in Albania: Revolution in disguise?
Protests broke out in Tirana, Albania, on 5 December over rising higher education tuition fees. Initial protestors originated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanistics of the University of Tirana, …
The Visegrad Group: Integration Vanguard or Spanner in the Works?
Currently in Brussels, reform heralds significant changes for the European Union, but it is also in the East that the winds of change herald the reshaping of Europe. The 2004 …
Interview: Professor Lankina on Russia’s elections, the spy poisoning episode, and Putin’s foreign policy
Few states have done more to capture global attention in recent years than the Russian Federation. The invasion and annexation of eastern Ukraine, the devastating intervention in Syria, the election …