Hungary's media landscape exists in a grey zone, where journalism's boundaries are set by the whims of regulatory power.

Quickly bringing in the Western Balkan candidates, Ukraine and Moldova to counter Russia or China poses many dilemmas for the ...

If you open your window on a quiet street in central Prague, the first sound you hear is the trrrrk-trrrrk-trrrrk of carry-on suitcases trundling across paving stones, as tourists walk to their hotel ...

As the spectre of war in Ukraine looms over Europe, what individual NATO members do – or choose not to do – will have a geopolitical impact on how any conflict unfolds. When it comes to Ukraine, ...

After a year of spiralling tensions, Ethiopians and Somalis are talking again: on 11 January, Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud went to Addis Ababa to reestablish diplomatic relations. The ...

Trump’s 28-point plan for Ukraine Podcast Emergency room Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes 21 November 2025 Mark Leonard welcomes Jana Kobzova and Jim O’Brien to unpack the leaked 28-point US-Russia ...

The discussion did not unfold as planned. The signing of the Mercosur deal was postponed to January, and while the EU will ...

Trump and Lukashenka’s new found dialogue leaves the EU in a bind. However, there is a middle ground to be found between ...

Power is now defined by control over flows of people, goods, money, and data, and via the connections they establish. Only states that see the new map of geopolitical power clearly will be able to ...

A Russia-Ukraine peace deal that capitulates to Putin risks destabilising the Western Balkans, emboldening Serbian ...

The effects of the Gaza war are spilling over into countries across the Middle East, including Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. This ECFR mapping project sets out the domestic and regional dynamics ...

In the James Bond film Spectre, the protagonist’s arch-villain Blofeld stands in his secret desert base surrounded by well-armed cronies and banks of computers. He looks at agent 007 malevolently and ...