Eastern Europe

Belarus between military integration with Russia and bargaining with the West

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - September 29, 2026.

Belarus is becoming increasingly integrated into Russia’s military and political system, while simultaneously seeking to use the limited resumption of contacts with the West to...

Can the US and the EU stop a new wave of instability in the Balkans?

Eastern Europe Carl Bildt - September 24, 2026.

Benighted politics are once again haunting the Balkans. This month’s semi-official funeral in Belgrade for the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, whom many Bosnian Serbs...

Zelenskyy hosted regional leaders to deepen cooperation on security and economy

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - September 18, 2026.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted leaders and representatives from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation on Friday, as overnight Russian strikes in multiple...

No breakthrough in Ukraine until Moscow reconsiders its maximalist demands

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - September 8, 2026.

The visits of US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow on 5 September and Kyiv on 6 September 2026, did not produce...

Fighting ‘Sovietism’ – What does Ukraine's military reshuffle mean for the war?

Eastern Europe Adrien Fontanellaz - August 31, 2026.

In January 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov, then 35, became Ukraine's new defence minister. He had spent the previous several years running the Ministry of Digital Transformation,...

Why does Zelenskyy believe holding an election during the war could split Ukraine apart?

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - August 23, 2026.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass protests and calls for...

Ukraine enters a political battle before the end of the war

Eastern Europe Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 19, 2026.

The Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions NABU and SAPO announced that they were conducting an operation against a criminal organisation which, according to their statements, was led...

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