Eastern Europe

Trump's administration is taking numerous risks while making concessions to Moscow

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - December 23, 2025.

When the Kremlin proposed that the White House begin negotiations on concluding a peace agreement regarding Ukraine, Vladimir Putin insisted that the U.S. side be...

The regime in Belarus continues to persecute dissidents even after their release from prison

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - December 20, 2025.

The only official document human rights advocate Uladzimir Labkovich had with him when he was suddenly released from a Belarus prison, blindfolded and driven to...

Tangible effects of Russian-American rapprochement

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - December 16, 2025.

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted another resolution aimed at strengthening international cooperation and mitigating the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.  The document was...

Belarusian escalate to de-escalate towards the European Union  

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - December 9, 2025.

Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in...

Can Ukraine and its partners prevent a complete rapprochement of US policy with Moscow?

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - December 9, 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated he was “a little disappointed” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “hasn’t yet read the proposal that his representatives and Russia...

The limits of Putin’s strategy

Eastern Europe Ian Bremmer - December 5, 2025.

Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the push to end the war is intensifying. Diplomacy over the past few weeks has produced not...

Concessions to Russia’s territorial seizures will only postpone the next wars

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - December 2, 2025.

Official Washington claims that the U.S. president, more than anyone else, wants peace for Ukraine.  This is not entirely true. No one wants peace more than...

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