Refugee road to nowhere: the Western Balkans
The refugee crisis is placing a huge strain on the countries of the Western Balkans – the EU cannot afford for them to break
Wider Europe
Turkey votes in turbulent times
A troubled Turkey votes this Sunday, with elections once again a vote on the role of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
What do Ukraine's local elections tell us about the country's political future?
29 Oct
What does Putin think?
How far is Putin willing to go to get what he wants?
Torbjörn Becker: can Putinomics survive?
ECFR speaks to Torbjörn Becker from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics about Russia's economic outlook
23 Oct
Diskussionsrunde zum Thema “Wo steht die Ukraine?”
What does the future hold for Ukraine? The ECFR Berlin Office and Stiftung Mercator invited to a closed discussion round with Ukraine's Prime Minister Arsenji Jazenjuk.
Assessing Saakashvili: where does Odesa stand now?
How is the Odessan Saakashvili experiment shaping up?
Russian airstrikes in Syria: reactions & repercussions
Experts discuss what this means for the international dynamics of the conflict
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