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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.

January editorial. Since Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, it has yet to uphold the democratic standards laid out in its constitution. The young nation has had only two presidents: Nursultan [...]

January editorial. Saying that 2020 was challenging would be an understatement. In Central Europe, it was no different. Looking at the past year, apart from the Covid-19 outbreak, we have seen [...]

January editorial. Surfing social media for updates about Nagorno-Karabakh continues to be a special form of torture. Ignorant arguments, blind faith and nationalism, and most of all, the [...]

January editorial. From Law and Justice (PiS) in Poland, EKRE in Estonia, and Fidesz in Hungary, to Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party, recent months have seen the political right returning to [...]

January editorial. Vladimir Putin’s end-of-year press conferences are legendary for both their patience-testing duration and absence of noteworthy moments. This year, the Russian president, who [...]

December editorial. From Tallinn to Belgrade, the global tide of right-wing politics so personified by the election of US President Donald Trump, has gripped the formation of governments and [...]