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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF EASTERN EUROPE

Helping investors and international organisations to understand the impact of politics on their interests in Central Europe, the Balkans and the Former Soviet Union.

THE GREAT SCHISM

Europe is divided between liberalism’s defenders in the west and north, and states in the south and east

How the EU’s identity crisis poses a threat to peace in the Balkans

THE BALKANS IN THE AGE OF EXTREMES

LET KOSOVO BE PARTITIONED

A deal on Kosovo's status is within reach

THE NEW EASTERN BLOC

Eastern Europe is re-emerging as a distinct geopolitical entity

THE DAWN OF POST-LIBERALISM

Europe is entering a new political epoch

EUROPE'S CRISIS OF FAITH

The crisis in the EU is a crisis of faith in its core ideloogy

THE EU'S OTHER MIGRATION PROBLEM

Brain drain in Central and Eastern Europe

THE UNITED STATES AND THE BALKANS

American policy will change over time

THE EU IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE

Reports of the union's revival are greatly exaggerated

SERBIA'S BALANCING ACT

The new government must balance both internally and externally

FIXING KOSOVO

Left to themselves, Belgrade and Prishtina can find a solution

THE MAIN CASUALTY OF BREXIT WILL BE THE EU

The UK's departure will seriously weaken the union

INTERVIEW WITH JUTARNJI LIST

Responding to the problem of separatism in the Balkans

THE FUTURE OF MULTIETHNIC STATES IN THE BALKANS

International policy will eventually need to adapt to new political realities

MACEDONIA'S CRISIS HAS BECOME EXISTENTIAL

A crisis of corruption and governance is burgeoning into a crisis of state

INTERVIEW WITH EXPRESS

The risk of conflict in the Balkans is growing

THE END OF THE POST-YUGOSLAV SETTLEMENT

Fragile multiethnic states will not survive the shock to the European system

MACEDONIA: HOW THE EU FAILS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

Inconclusive elections mark the start of a more dangerous phase in the political crisis

EASTERN EUROPE'S CHINESE GAMBLE

A new power is making its presence felt in the region

MACEDONIA'S RESET DELAYED

The ruling parties are set to win early elections, despite evidence of deep corruption

NO GOOD OPTIONS IN THE NEW COLD WAR

German efforts to de-esalate tension could backfire

TURKEY'S REFLEXIVE RETURN TO THE BALKANS

Strategic Competition wIth Russia will encourage Turkish adventurism

WHY THE BALKANS ARE ON A GLIDEPATH TO COLLAPSE

The West has failed to resolve the mismatch of ethnic and political boundaries

WHERE ISLAMISM MEETS NATIONALISM

Islamic State Is Putting the Balkans on Edge

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EUROPEAN UNION?

Four scenarios for the future of the EU

CRISIS IN MACEDONIA

A crisis of governance is becoming a crisis of state

THE ROLE OF GERMAN POWER IN POST-BREXIT EUROPE

Germany needs Russian help in the international sphere

INSTABILITY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

The EU is struggling to prevent the fragmention of fragile states

THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER BREXIT

The first major backwards step in the process of European integration

CROATIA'S SHORT-LIVED POLITICAL EXPERIMENT

The government will not survive

THE BEGINNING OF THE END?

The future of the European Union hangs in the balance

EASTERN EUROPE'S ANTI-MARKET REVOLUTION

Economic nationalism is gaining ground

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