Politics

Last year, on the edge of Europe, two countries went to war. Not terrorist insurgents, rebels, or “little green men”, but the full military strength of two nation-states pitted against each other [...]

Ivan Ivoylov on how the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan might affect the broader Central Asian region and what should be done to stop further conflict escalation.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin is pushing a plan to unify some of the country’s federal subjects, a move that will have great impact on the North Caucasian region and the [...]

"In the Western Balkans, there is little doubt that education remains hostage to political interests and ironically, is nobody’s responsibility" Opinion piece by Francesco Trupia and Gentiola Madhi

Tereza Dvorakova on the current state of religious acceptance in Uzbekistan.

Hugo Blewett-Mundy on the EU enlargement and the Western Balkans.

In early May, Romania's largest brown bear was killed by a member of the Lichtensteinian royal family. It's a story that exposes corruption, growing populism and nationalism in Romanian politics.

"Euro 2020 is barely a week old, and it’s already clear that Russia and Ukraine airing their dirty laundry in public won’t be the only time politics and football collide during the tournament."

Ivana Hadjievska on the problem of neighbourhood - or the problem of people living next to each other and North Macedonia's accession to the EU.

"Now, as the dust settles on Navalny’s return, it’s time to take stock of whether it was all worth it. Sadly, it is hard to argue that it was."