Editorial

Tensions are rising in Kazakhstan over China's political and economic influence in the country and the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in China's Xinjiang province.

Nicholas Morgan on rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Will the frozen conflict in Donbas turn hot in the coming months?

Several experts agree that why the Czech Republic is now failing to efficiently combat COVID-19 is due to the politics involved in the decision making.

What do Lithuania and Latvia have in common with Taiwan? Owen Howells dives into the quasi-diplomatic relations between the Baltic states and the Republic of China.

For fans of reigning Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg, football sometimes seem more important than life and death. A few days before the last game, it was announced that supporters would not [...]

All over Kazahkstan, people are coming together, demanding fair elections and democratic reform. Sydney Millar on whether we are watching the emergence of a Kazakh spring.

8 March is not a holiday for gifting flowers and giving empty congratulations, nor should it be an occasion for police to brutalize women. Renée Rippberger on International Women's Day in Azerbaijan.

February editorial. Poland is going through a new wave of protests as the highly controversial law on abortion has taken effect. The law, which is a near-total ban on abortion, does not have [...]

February editorial. Much news has been made of ‘vaccine nationalism’ in the wake of the recent conflict between the EU Commission, the pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, and third [...]

February editorial. The Caucasus is no stranger to border disputes. The conflicts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia have attracted the most attention due to their [...]