Central Europe

Increasingly, attacks on civil society and independent media have become normalized throughout central Europe, threatening the future of democracy in the region.

Pope Francis' decentralized approach to church decision-making means he's unlikely to criticize Central Europe's migration policies.

Romania and Poland devised two initiatives aimed at enhancing their positions within both NATO and EU: the Bucharest Nine (B9) and the Three Seas Initiative (3SI).<...>

Poland's Law and Justice Party (PiS) has effectively combining social conservatism and nationalism with welfarism.

As Western Europe continues to grapple with an influx of immigrants and refugees, its central and eastern European neighbors are dealing with the opposite problem:...

Dan Kelemen's argument that Poland is attempting to introduce a populist autocracy along the lines of Orban's Hungary conceals essential differences between the two...

Recent research overturns the standard narrative about refugee crises: that addressing them mainly means curtailing the conflict and poverty that “push” migrants...

Refugees' unnecessary deaths aren't just about migration or conflict. It is also about borders, visas, regional integration, and how these man-made structures...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently announced his government’s decisive break with liberal democracy. If EU leaders do not address this problem, they...

Over the past five years, Tallinn has concentrated on proving to itself and to its NATO allies that it is able to defend itself against Russia, using overt and...

Two of the Obama administration’s high-profile foreign policy gambits, the “reset” with Russia and the “pivot” to Asia, have made central and eastern Europe nervous...

While the grim effects of the 2008 financial crisis still resonate across the globe, the recession wasn't all bad: it triggered fundamental economic restructuring,...

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An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on communism.

The threat of war between NATO and the WP still exists, though it is lessening. It could be further reduced by arms control and defence policies conducive "toward a...

There is a need to re-evaluate US policies towards Eastern Europe in the light of Gorbachev's reforms. There is no prospect of fundamental change in relations...

'Glasnost' finds the Eastern European countries out of step with the USSR. They are reluctant to follow Moscow's lead because they are sceptical about Gorbachev's...