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Author: Daniel Gleichgewicht

Šeduva’s Lost Shtetl humanises a vanished world

A world-class museum pays a poignant tribute to Lithuania’s erstwhile Jewish community.

August 14, 2026 - Ludo Segers

Re-equilibration, moderation or escalation?

How Ukraine's deep strikes are reshaping Russia's strategic choices.

August 11, 2026 - Andreas Umland Lesia Bidochko

The anatomy of revanchism: how the Kremlin has weaponized history

Why the West must break free from the cognitive traps of the past when it comes to Russia.

August 10, 2026 - Alina Ponypaliak

Contested memories and everyday statehood in Armenia: translocal narratives of legitimacy in the South Caucasus

Armenia is currently undergoing a seismic change in how society relates to the state. While high politics remains an important factor, a growing number of citizens are starting to actively judge governments on their ability to improve everyday life.

August 7, 2026 - Anna Vardanyan

Deadlocked: the transatlantic rift over the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the future of BiH Energy

Uncertainty over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s unique form of governance has exposed a clear rift between Europe and the US. While concerns grow about the fragile country’s security situation, the Trump administration appears to prefer a mercantilist policy with profit at its heart.

August 6, 2026 - Zach Rogers

Serbia’s blind spot

Strasbourg's rebuke and Ankara's silence describe the same void.

August 4, 2026 - Nikola Lunić

Not yet a new history: Hungary between liminality and counterfactuality

The recent election in Hungary has encouraged debate on the country’s next steps. Such change will occur not only at the top but across society, with factors both past and present influencing this transition.

August 3, 2026 - Gabor Farkas

Everything could be shared, except the name of God

Across the Balkan Peninsula, Muslims and Christians have prayed to the same figures under different names, drunk from the same healing springs, and gathered at the same shrines for centuries. What they shared was never theology. It was something older and more durable: hope.

July 31, 2026 - Tunacan Tuna

One year on: July protests return to Ukraine

Recent protests in Ukraine have become a microcosm for hopes concerning the country’s future. The response to Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal is emblematic of a wider current of thought concerning the need to both defend and strengthen Ukrainian democracy.

July 29, 2026 - Valerii Pekar

Here be dragons

The Trump administration’s designs on Europe extend far beyond the US president’s latest proclamation. Both government departments and think tanks in Washington are increasingly looking to support allies who wish to recast the continent in the image of MAGA.

July 28, 2026 - Radu Cornea

Europe can learn from Ukraine how to break Russian myths

The development of effective European self-defence against Russia's "mental warfare" demands better understanding of how Moscow thinks about its conflict with the West.

July 27, 2026 - Elena Davlikanova

Why the West still misunderstands Belarus’s role in Russia’s war

Western perceptions of Belarus remain clouded in uncertainty. This is in spite of its connections to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Understanding the hopes of Belarusian society will prove pivotal to properly engaging with the country when the conflict eventually comes to an end.

July 24, 2026 - Viktar Baranau

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