Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
What do Ukraine's local elections tell us about the country's political future?
Commentary
Portugal and Brexit: old alliance, new government
Portugal is one of the UK’s oldest allies, but changing domestic politics and contrasting views on the European project make unqualified reform support unlikely
Can the EU play a role in taming Israeli-Palestinian violence?
What tools do European politicians have at their disposal to help end rising bloodshed in Israel and Palestine?
Poland’s choice: the day after
Law and Justice’s landslide election victory is an unprecedented moment for Polish democracy
Assessing Saakashvili: where does Odesa stand now?
How is the Odessan Saakashvili experiment shaping up?
Poland’s parliamentary election: the ultimate explainer
Poland votes this weekend, with the Law and Justice party widely expected to win. What are the big isuses dominating the election?
Old Ukraine, New Ukraine
Ukraine has embarked on its own phase of consolidation like that of the nineteenth century nation states as well as a twentieth century-style imperial decolonisation process.
Belarus has voted – what next?
After the election, Belarus is likely to set foot into unknown territories, but cautiously
View from Rome: Vision quest
The search for a common European approach to Syria dominates in Italy
View from Madrid: Islamic State first
Spain’s focus on tackling Islamic State leaves it more amenable to political solution including Assad