But hey, ‘healthy nations of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe’ will enjoy the benefits of economic, military and political exchanges with the US. Maybe, beyond Orban’s MAGA flirt, these countries might actually be doing something right about their security?

A former Soviet republic on Europe’s eastern flank found itself playing David against a Goliath of foreign interference. Holding the ground, Moldova has become a demonstration of what the EU Democracy Shield seeks to achieve.

We sat down with Anne Applebaum to discuss the sustainability of political culture upholding Putin’s regime, as Res Publica Nowa is preparing a Polish-language volume on how Russia may fail.

Poland has placed its first military radar satellite into orbit. Delivered by the Finnish-Polish company ICEYE under a contract for at least three units, MikroSAR joins a club of only forty three such satellites across European Union (EU) states (as of 2023, based on UCS Satellite Database classification). Although it...

Despite cancelling a trip to Budapest, Karol Nawrocki’s relationship with Viktor Orbán is far from over. The Polish president, scrutinised by public opinion for undercutting the foreign and security of Poland, did not need to be seen with a politician recently showcased in the Kremlin. The awkward reality is that...

The Polish-Ukrainian border has become one of Europe’s busiest economic frontiers and one of its most politically sensitive. It has seen both farmers’ blockades and attempts of Russian sabotage to stop the freight so essential to Ukraine’s economy. But there is a quiet consolidation of industrial and logistical ties that...

In April 2026, after sixteen years of consecutive governments led by Viktor Orbán, Hungarians will decide if they are persuaded by the ‘war and peace’ or by Péter Magyar’s promise to confront what has come to define the system.

Last week delivered an unexpected shock to Western capitals: a loosely drafted peace proposal on the war in Ukraine that appeared out of thin air and immediately entered the diplomatic bloodstream. What made it consequential was something else entirely: it arrived without any European imprint.

There is little point in belabouring the absurdity of the so-called 28-point peace plan. Ukrainians denounced it almost immediately as a demand for capitulation, and they were right to do so.

Britain, France and Germany responded with a 24-point revision, which in itself is a blunder. Terrorists must receive no concessions or they will continue to terrorise us.

In Georgia, the fight for equality is no longer only about women’s rights or social justice, but rather is a test of democracy itself. Gender has turned into a political battleground and a key element in the strategy to silence criticism and assert control under the guise of ‘traditional values’.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms face fresh scrutiny following the Timur Mindich scandal. In that light, the European Commission’s verdict of ‘limited progress’ is doing Kyiv a disservice.