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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Moscow’s latest disruptive measures against Europe involve targeting cables traversing the Baltic Sea. The EU needs to bolster its deterrence posture and secure its infrastructure against such ...

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 ...