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Eastern Europe

A voter steps out of a booth draped in Romania’s red, yellow, and blue during the first round of the 2025 presidential election, with a ballot box marked 'Alegerea Președintelui României 2025' in view. Romania
Democracy and citizenship

Fault lines in the East: Romania’s political transformation and Europe’s future

By Antonia Colibășanu // Posted on 08 May 2025
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of the Republic of Ukraine, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic at the Summit on the war in Ukraine in Normandy at Salle Murat, Palais de l'Elysée.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

France’s Eastern Zeitenwende?

By Teona Giuashvili // Posted on 08 May 2024
A tank with flowers in the muzzle in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) on 24 June 2023 during the Y. Prigozhin’s and Wagner Group military mutiny against Vladimir Putin
International Security

Vladimir Putin, a hostage to his own game

By Mira Milosevich-Juaristi // Posted on 27 Jun 2023
The Ukrainian war and the future of the European integration
Future of Europe

Conversation on “Russia’s war in Ukraine and the future of European integration”

// Posted on 16 Sep 2022
Political cycle. Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and the European Union flag.
Future of Europe

The EU’s 2019-24 political cycle: mid-term assessment and outlook

By Raquel García // Posted on 22 Jul 2022
Flag of Lithuania at the embassy in Washington D.C (US)
International Security

Lithuania hopes NATO’s Strategic Concept leads to more heavy metal and boots on the ground

By Linas Kojala, Justinas Kulys // Posted on 07 Jun 2022
Anti-nuclear shelter sign. Photo: Burgess Milner
International Security

The overlooked terrorist component of the hybrid threat posed by Putin’s Russia

By Fernando Reinares // Posted on 10 Mar 2022
The emptying Europe. City of Gospić, administrative center of Lika-Senj County (Croatia). Photo: INekic (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0). Elcano Blog
Future of Europe

The emptying Europe

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 21 Jan 2020
Ukraine, Russia and the EU sanctions. Image via Debate 21. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Ukraine, Russia and the sanctions: ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’

// Posted on 15 Apr 2016
International Security

The hybrid war and the challenge of peace in Ukraine

// Posted on 05 Mar 2015
Ucrania: la paz que se esconde tras el alto el fuego.
Future of Europe

Ukraine: the peace hiding behind the ceasefire

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 17 Feb 2015
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