Turkey votes in turbulent times
A troubled Turkey votes this Sunday, with elections once again a vote on the role of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Wider Europe
Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
What do Ukraine's local elections tell us about the country's political future?
Assessing Saakashvili: where does Odesa stand now?
How is the Odessan Saakashvili experiment shaping up?
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 Sofia: Talking Turkey
From NATO's eastern border Bulgaria looks warily at its neighbours
Crony capitalism binds Putin and Erdogan
Deep economic ties – legitimate and illegitimate – drive Turkey’s muted opposition to Russia’s Syria intervention
Belarus votes – and this time it matters
Ukraine, economics and diminishing Russian subsidies cast a long shadow over elections in “Europe's last dictatorship”
Moldova – a colour revolution or peaceful resolution?
Despite alarming developments, the protest movement appears to be losing momentum – the ruling coalition has a good chance of surviving
Belarus: Elections in times of crisis
The low level of political protests in the run-up to the elections shows that Lukashenka remains popular, despite all Belarus’ economic woes