Strategic Foresight by Visegrad Insight

Twitter: @visegradinsight

In-house programme dedicated to analysing impactful trends, mapping out potential scenarios and generating weekly and monthly foresights.

Articles

Energy Security Will Not Be Solved by Committees

13 July 2026

Russia Escalates Cognitive War Ahead of NATO Summit

6 July 2026

The V4 Is Back and So Is the Money

29 June 2026

Countdown to Kyiv’s Strike on Belarus

22 June 2026

One Step for EU, One Giant Leap for Ukraine and Moldova

15 June 2026

China’s Maritime Operation Against Taiwan is a Signal to CEE

8 June 2026

History Threatens Strategy. New Poland-Ukraine Rift

1 June 2026

Is Ukraine Ready to Join the EU? – SURVEY

27 May 2026

US Boosts Troops in Poland, Kyiv Pushes for Accession

25 May 2026

Trump-Xi Jinping Talk Of New Era Favouring Great Powers

18 May 2026

The Shadow of Hormuz Over Central Europe

11 May 2026

Warsaw’s Friends With Defence Benefits

11 May 2026

Europe Meets In Yerevan While Putin Scrambles His Parade

4 May 2026

Reviving Visegrad Cooperation through 3SI

30 April 2026

Online event: Will CEE survive the energy crisis?

30 April 2026

Post-Orbán Dividend for Ukraine

27 April 2026

How Will Hungary’s Political Shift Impact Europe?

21 April 2026

Bulgaria’s Radev Will Test Europe’s Resolve on Russia

20 April 2026

Political Economy of Péter Magyar’s Victory – Online Event Recap

14 April 2026

Russians Go Home, Say Hungarian Voters

13 April 2026

Online event: Hungary after elections

7 April 2026

Investors Bet Against Orbán. Navigate Hungarian Election Week Like a Pro

6 April 2026

Ukraine Halts Half of Russian Oil Exports. Expect More Drone Strikes

30 March 2026

What to Expect from Central Europe Amid Middle East Escalation?

26 March 2026

EU Capitals Within Iran’s Missile Range. What’s Next?

23 March 2026

Events recap: The State of Hungary

20 March 2026

France and Poland Debate Democracy Shield Ahead of Elections – RECAP

18 March 2026

Vetoing SAFE Puts the Brakes on Poland’s Defence Consensus

16 March 2026

How Hormuz Chokepoint Crowns US Dominance in CEE

9 March 2026

Is Kyiv Beating Budapest and Bratislava at Their Own Game? – Online Event Recap

6 March 2026

Democracy Under Pressure: A Mass European Response to a Mass Threat

5 March 2026

Online events: The State of Hungary

4 March 2026

US Attacks on Iran Mean a Massive Ripple Effect on CEE

2 March 2026

Understanding Fico’s Brussels Strategy – Event Recap

26 February 2026

Online event: Is Kyiv Beating Budapest and Bratislava at Their Own Game?

26 February 2026

What to Expect from Poland’s New Foreign and Security Policy?

25 February 2026

Ukraine Learns from Trump to Use Geoeconomic Leverage Against Orbán and Fico

25 February 2026

EU Bank Massive Lending to Shore Up the Eastern Flank

23 February 2026

Online event: When Politics Meets Policy: Understanding Fico’s Brussels Strategy

18 February 2026

Rubio Courted by Fico and Orbán. British and German Generals Call to Rearm

16 February 2026

Europe’s Leaders Retreat to Grit Teeth on Economic Security

9 February 2026

What Breaks First – Russia’s Economy or Its War? – Recap

3 February 2026

99 Billion of SAFE Funds Will Boost the 3Seas Initiative

2 February 2026

Trump Taps Germany As the Defender of Europe

26 January 2026

Europe’s Democratic Resilience in the Era of US–China Confrontation

23 January 2026

Online Event: What Breaks First – Russia’s Economy or Its War?

21 January 2026

Europeans to Confront Trump – But After Davos

19 January 2026

The Last Year of War or Peace?

16 January 2026

Venezuela Shows Central Europe’s Precarious Position in a World Governed by Power

12 January 2026

Online Event: The Last Year of War or Peace? Foresight for 2026

8 January 2026

Europe’s Democratic Security Challenged by the United States National Security Strategy

31 December 2025

Visegrad Christmas Carol – Three Scrooges and No Spirits

22 December 2025

Partners In Trust – How Can Civil Society be Supported in Preparation for Crises? – RECAP

19 December 2025

Orbán – Russia’s Most Valuable Frozen Asset in Europe

15 December 2025

Democracy Shield or Paper Armour?

11 December 2025

Does Poland Fight the Hybrid War Alone? – Recap

9 December 2025

Roundtable event: Unpacking the Civil Society Strategy: Integrating Civil Society into Europe’s Security Architecture

8 December 2025

Debate: Unpacking the Democracy Shield: Promise and Pitfalls

8 December 2025

US Strategy Will Not Solve Our Problems But It Can Help Europe Grow Up

8 December 2025

No clean hands: Ukraine’s corruption scandal and Central Europe’s glass house

1 December 2025

Orbán’s Nationalists Want to Dance On Ukraine’s Grave

1 December 2025

Public debate: Unpacking the Democracy Shield: Promise and Pitfalls

25 November 2025

Online event: Does corruption in Ukraine and the EU threaten democratic security?

24 November 2025

How CEE Leaders Reacted to Ukraine Peace Plan Proposal

24 November 2025

Europe Adjusts for Cold Winter and Russian Sabotage

17 November 2025

Orbán’s Failing Expectations Game – COMMENTARY

10 November 2025

Roundtable event: Czech Civil Society in Crisis Preparedness: Linking Bottom-Up Foresight with EU Priorities

7 November 2025

Roundtable event: CEE Under Pressure for Funding – Recommendations from the Region

5 November 2025

Roundtable event: War on Democracies? How to Ensure Resilience of European Electoral Races 2025–2029

3 November 2025

Trump is De-Russifying Europe’s Energy Market – Who Benefits?

3 November 2025

Debate: How Will EU Policies Help Maintain Peace in Europe?

30 October 2025

Politics or pipelines: what wins in Slovakia?

29 October 2025

Debate: How the Civil Society Leaders Must Update Their Plans To Match the EU Defence Posture Challenge

29 October 2025

Roundtable event: Salient Public Spheres in the EU: Enhancing Resilience and Strategic Communication in the 2025–2029 Electoral Cycle

28 October 2025

Civil Society – Missing Element of Defence Preparedness

27 October 2025

Hot Air Balloons vs Real Economic Warfare

27 October 2025

Online: Is Slovakia Ready to Break Free from Russian Gas?

23 October 2025

How Will EU Policies Help Maintain Peace in Europe?

22 October 2025

Trump’s Hopes for Peace To Be Sliced Like Budapest Salami

20 October 2025

How the Civil Society Leaders Must Update Their Plans To Match the EU Defence Posture Challenge

20 October 2025

Video Recap: The State of Moldova After 2025 Elections

15 October 2025

A new Orban in Prague? What Babis’s win means for the region

15 October 2025

Russian Threats Rise. How Does CEE Fund Its Security?

14 October 2025

How CEE MEPs Voted On Ursula No-Confidence

13 October 2025

Online event: The State of Moldova

7 October 2025

Leaders Split on the EU Drone Wall – East and West

6 October 2025

Prague’s Election Looms Large Over Central Europe’s Security Fate

2 October 2025

Orbán-AfD-Like Bloc Rises in Czech Elections Showdown

29 September 2025

Online Events: The State of Czechia 2025

22 September 2025

Diplomacy and Drones. NATO’s Eastern Flank Makes Global Offensive 

22 September 2025

Between Trump and a Hard Place. Europe Balances Sanctions and Top Chinese Envoy

15 September 2025

Central Europe’s Rising Ambitions In the New EU Budget Game

10 September 2025

Europeans Want the EU to Deliver More Security. Will It?

8 September 2025

Online Event: CEE Strategic Perspectives on the Next Multiannual EU Budget

3 September 2025

Poland First Meets America First. What about the Rest of Central Europe?

1 September 2025

Putin’s Kaliningrad Eavesdrop and Moldova’s Oligarch Bribes

25 August 2025

Event: Exploring V4 Relations with the Danish NGO – Democracy in Europe Organisation

21 August 2025

Orban Peace Plan. Have Russia Win and Make Money on It

18 August 2025

Frozen Frontlines? European Leaders Rally before Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska

11 August 2025

President Nawrocki: The Right’s New Standard-Bearer – COMMENTARY

4 August 2025

Visegrad Insight Breakfast: Strengthening civil society organisations in CEE

1 August 2025

Safeguarding Democracy Against Information Manipulation and Hybrid Threats

30 July 2025

Video recap: How Can We Build Resilience Against Disinformation in the Deepfake Era?

29 July 2025

MAGA Fuels CEE Propagandists. Will EU Big Tech Regulation Fight Back?

28 July 2025

Online event: How Can We Build Resilience Against Disinformation in the Deepfake Era?

21 July 2025

Fellowship or Photo-op? EU Visit To Taiwan Outweighs China Summit

21 July 2025

Strengthening CSOs for Democratic Resilience in Central Europe

18 July 2025

Why The Next MFF Will Be Make or Break For Three Central European Governments

14 July 2025

Video recap: How Will Ukraine’s Unity Plan Shape Its Recovery?

10 July 2025

Online Event: Why Civil Society Is Democracy’s Last Shield

10 July 2025

German Government and Polish Far Right Push Warsaw to Temporary Border Checks 

7 July 2025

Video recap: Electoral Process in Jeopardy? Lessons Learned from Central Europe

3 July 2025

Online event: How Will Ukraine’s Unity Plan Shape Its Recovery?

2 July 2025

Three Months of Elections Sketch Dos and Don’ts for EU Democracy Shield

30 June 2025

Orbán Plans V4 in Secrecy. Will He Spoil Tusk’s Europe?

30 June 2025

Video recap: State of Delusion: Slovakia’s Descent into Conspiracism

26 June 2025

Online event: Electoral Process in Jeopardy? Lessons Learned from Central Europe

25 June 2025

CEE Cautiously Eyes US-Iran Strikes, Fears EU Fractures

23 June 2025

Online Event: State of Delusion: Slovakia’s Descent into Conspiracism

18 June 2025

Video recap: Can the EU Afford to Exclude Ukraine?

16 June 2025

Fiala Tweets For Israel, Tusk For World Peace, Orbán Waits to Comment

16 June 2025

Warsaw and Prague Look For Confidence Boost

9 June 2025

Online Event: Can the EU Afford to Exclude Ukraine?

9 June 2025

Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish Presidential Election Results

3 June 2025

Video recap: Poland’s Presidential Election Results

2 June 2025

MAGA Crowd Celebrates Nawrocki Victory in Poland

2 June 2025

Online Event: Poland’s Presidential Election Results

26 May 2025

Who is crazy, really – Putin, Trump, or Europe?

26 May 2025

Far-Right’s Upper Hand in Poland’s Presidential Run-off

20 May 2025

Romanian President-Elect Defeats Kremlin-Troll. New Headache: Fiscal Imbalance

19 May 2025

Online Events: State of Poland

19 May 2025

Nationalist Simion Poised For Victory in Romania. Poland’s First Round

12 May 2025

What Victory Parade? Fico and Vučić Get Sick Leave For Putin’s Day

5 May 2025

Video recap: State of Romania

30 April 2025

Visegrad Insight Breakfast with President Othmar Karas

28 April 2025

Trump Jr Sails To Eastern Europe to Woo American Deals over Chinese Influence

28 April 2025

ONLINE EVENTS: State of Romania

22 April 2025

Poland’s 2025 Presidential Race: Tusk’s Patriotic Gamble

21 April 2025

Video recap: Poland Votes 2025: State of Play

18 April 2025

Top Polish Football Team Loses 3:0, but Poland Scores Points with New German Government

14 April 2025

ONLINE EVENT: Poland Votes 2025: State of Play

10 April 2025

Video recap: Europe’s Defence Dilemma in the Trump Era

9 April 2025

Europe Ramps Up Defence Posture While US Administration Calls Out Militant Democracy

9 April 2025

EU To Talk Tariffs in Warsaw: Can They Get Washington to Pick Up The Phone?

7 April 2025

Event, online: Europe’s Defence Dilemma in the Trump Era

3 April 2025

Video recap: Defending Democracy – Disinformation in Czechia and Slovakia

2 April 2025

Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish Presidential Elections

2 April 2025

New EU Strategy: Keep Calm and Stockpile

31 March 2025

Event, online: Defending Democracy – Disinformation in Czechia and Slovakia

26 March 2025

Video recap: Is Ukraine’s Civil Society at Risk?

26 March 2025

Eastern Flank Cheers Incentives for European Defence-Industrial Complex

24 March 2025

Tariffs, Troops, and Tensions: EU Forges Defence Future as Serbia Protests Soar

17 March 2025

Event, online: Is Ukraine’s Civil Society at Risk?

17 March 2025

Romania’s Georgescu Ban: Russia Sows Doubt Over NATO’s Black Sea Stronghold

10 March 2025

Event, online: Is Europe Really Divided?

3 March 2025

Baltic Playbook Offers Hard-Won Lessons Ahead of EU Defence Summit

3 March 2025

Video recap: The State of Germany

28 February 2025

Visegrad Insight Breakfast: German election results

27 February 2025

CEE’s Industrial Future: Plans to Tackle Energy, Trade and China

24 February 2025

Eastern Flank Welcomes UK Troop Commitment in Ukraine

17 February 2025

Events, online: The State of Germany

12 February 2025

Baltics Switch to EU Grid. Tusk Wants More Energy Security

10 February 2025

EU Focus on Security in Gdansk. Rutte Urges War Readiness

3 February 2025

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Europe’s economic security

30 January 2025

Video recap: How can Europe improve its economic security?

30 January 2025

From Freedom Square to Europe: Civil Society Rises Against Slovakia’s Pro-Russian Turn

27 January 2025

Foresight on EU Values enters Year Three!

23 January 2025

Event, online: How can Europe improve its economic security?

22 January 2025

Trump Returns: Will Orbán or Tusk Lead the EU’s Response?

20 January 2025

Video recap: Risk Radar – Challenges For Europe in 2025

17 January 2025

NATO Baltic Meeting: Shadow Fleet, Eco-Sec Risks, Greenland Powerplay and Dragon-Bear Privateers?

13 January 2025

Event, online: Risk Radar – Challenges For Europe in 2025

9 January 2025

Tusk Slams Door in Hungary’s Face To Kick Off EU Presidency

6 January 2025

European Democracy Shield Needs Defence Posture

30 December 2024

Asylum Budapest: Political Refugees and Gas Addicts

23 December 2024

New RoL Risk: Polish Electoral Commission Challenges Top Court – QUICK TAKE

19 December 2024

Event, Warsaw: Guns or butter? Why the EU Democracy Shield Needs Both

17 December 2024

Christmas Came Early For Orbán. Will His Influence Last Longer Than Snow?

16 December 2024

Video recap: State of Romania

11 December 2024

Video recap: Polish EU Presidency

11 December 2024

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish EU Presidency

10 December 2024

Romania to Rerun Presidential Elections: Shaky Democracy on NATO’s Eastern Flank

9 December 2024

Event: Roundtable discussion in Brussels

6 December 2024

Video recap: Polish presidential elections

4 December 2024

EVENT, online: State of Romania – Presidential election results

3 December 2024

EVENT, online: Poland’s EU Presidency – Shaping European Policy Through Security

2 December 2024

Event, Brussels – Shielding European Democracy: Scenarios from Central Europe

2 December 2024

Georgia Protests Reactions: Baltics Lead, Central Europe MIA

2 December 2024

Video recap: Trump Returns. What Does it Mean for Central and Eastern Europe?

27 November 2024

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – What’s the state of affairs in Viktor Orbán’s country?

26 November 2024

Event: Country at Crossroads: Polish presidential elections

26 November 2024

Romania’s Presidential Surprise: Far-Right Georgescu or Pro-EU Lasconi?

25 November 2024

Video recap: How Will Indo-Pacific Tensions Impact Central and Eastern Europe?

21 November 2024

Event, Berlin: Shielding European Democracy: Scenarios from Central Europe

20 November 2024

Event: Trump Returns. What Does it Mean for Central and Eastern Europe?

19 November 2024

Event: How Will Indo-Pacific Tensions Impact Central and Eastern Europe?

18 November 2024

1K Days of War: Poland Rallies Leaders to Revamp European Security 

18 November 2024

Events: Roundtable discussions in Prague

14 November 2024

Events: Roundtable discussions in Bratislava

13 November 2024

Events: Roundtable discussions in Budapest: Defence, Governance, Disinformation

12 November 2024

Orbán’s Ambitions vs. Tusk’s Diplomacy. EU’s Path Forward with Trump

11 November 2024

Video Recap: US Elections’ Impact on CEE Security

6 November 2024

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – US presidential elections’ impact on Europe

6 November 2024

Event, Prague: Unmasking Disinformation

6 November 2024

Sandu Defies Russia: Moldova Sets the Tone for Election Week

4 November 2024

Event, Bratislava: Driving Change in EU Policy: Empowering NGOs and Expanding Funding Access

30 October 2024

Event: US Elections’ Impact on CEE Security

30 October 2024

Video recap: Is Georgia’s Future with Europe or Russia?

29 October 2024

EVENT, Budapest – Democratic Resilience: Practical Steps to Counter Disinformation

28 October 2024

Georgia: Has Orbán’s Dream Come True? EU Yet to Respond

28 October 2024

Event: State of Georgia

22 October 2024

Moldova Votes For EU Membership. But Will Russian Interference Stop Sandu?

21 October 2024

Video recap: Will Moldova choose to Embrace Europe or Russia?

18 October 2024

Border Control – Tusk Wants the EU to Withhold Some Asylum Rights

14 October 2024

Event: State of Moldova

11 October 2024

Video from the event: Trouble for Poland’s Far-Right: Fines, Jail, Financial Ruin

7 October 2024

Poland Votes For EU Autonomy from China’s Electric Cars: Against Berlin, Budapest and Bratislava

7 October 2024

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Economic security in Central and Eastern Europe

4 October 2024

Event: Monetising Misinformation in Central Europe

4 October 2024

Central Europe Drives EU Strategic Communication – For Better Or Worse

1 October 2024

EVENT: Trouble for Poland’s Far-Right: Fines, Jail, Financial Ruin

30 September 2024

Austrian Far-Right Victory Will Energise Central European Nationalists

30 September 2024

Disinformation In Poland – Policy Brief

27 September 2024

A Fork In The Road: Central Europe Split on Chinese EV Tariffs

23 September 2024

The Politics of Mass Flooding in Central Europe

16 September 2024

Video recap: How the nationalist agenda is shaping Slovakia’s future?

15 September 2024

Tusk Visits Moldova: The Secrets Of Poland’s EUCO Presidency

9 September 2024

Event: How the nationalist agenda is shaping Slovakia’s future

6 September 2024

Law and Justice Election Fraud: What Next From CEE’s Civil Society Oppressors?

2 September 2024

Event: Danish NGO Democracy in Europe Organisation and Visegrad Insight

27 August 2024

Indian PM Modi Visits Warsaw and Kyiv Amid Europe’s Internal Strengthening Efforts

19 August 2024

Ukraine’s Bold Incursion Amid CEE Concerns Over Middle East Tensions

12 August 2024

EU’s Complex Prisoner Swap Sparks Debate, Hungary Criticised Over Visa Scheme, and Ukraine’s War Efforts

5 August 2024

EU Foreign Ministers Snub Budapest as Commissioner Nominations Begin

29 July 2024

Are CEE Leaders Confident of US Support of Ukraine Now that Biden Has Dropped Out? 

22 July 2024

CEE Reacts to Trump Rally Shooting

15 July 2024

Orbán’s Red Carpet for Le Pen: EU Nationalist to Overtake Renew in the EU Parliament

8 July 2024

VIDEO: French election results

1 July 2024

Democratic Security Advocates Must Shift Effort From Hungary to Poland EUCO Presidency

1 July 2024

Le Pen Storms Into Election Lead: A New Era For France, And Europe?

1 July 2024

Event: Conference on Propaganda and Disinformation – BREAKFAST SUMMARY

27 June 2024

Event Warsaw: Foresight Workshops on Future EU Policy

26 June 2024

EVENT: French Election Results

24 June 2024

Ukraine and Moldova Accession Talks Begin: Planning For An Enlarged Europe

24 June 2024

Video recap: European Election results

19 June 2024

Shaping the Next European Parliament: Second Coming of the Far-right?

17 June 2024

Pro-Russian Parties Surge Ahead of Ukraine’s Recovery and Peace Summits

10 June 2024

Video Recap: The State of the EU’s Strategic Agenda

6 June 2024

EVENT: European Election Results

3 June 2024

As Europe Votes, CEE Nationalists Consolidate Power

3 June 2024

EVENTS: The State of the EU’s Strategic Agenda

27 May 2024

NATO Foreign Ministers To Meet In Prague After Weimar Triangle Defence Talks

27 May 2024

Slovakia Shooting and EP Elections: What Else Can Disrupt Democratic Security?

20 May 2024

DEBATE, Brussels: Navigating Informed Choices in the 2024 EP Elections – CEE Perspectives

15 May 2024

War Economy Reshuffles in Russia and Europe

13 May 2024

DEBATE, Vilnius: Europe’s Future After 2024 European Parliament Elections

9 May 2024

Tusk and von der Leyen: Plan for Europe Against Russian Subversion

6 May 2024

Only Enlarged EU Would Thwart Some of Xi Jinping’s Ambitions

29 April 2024

PUBLIC DEBATE, Warsaw. EP Elections 2024: High time for informed decisions

26 April 2024

VIDEO RECAP – Military Union: Will CEE Be Secure?

25 April 2024

Public debate, Budapest. EP 2024 elections: Is this the end of the mainstream in Brussels?

23 April 2024

MFA Sikorski to Expound Poland’s New Foreign Policy Strategy

22 April 2024

EP ELECTIONS 2024: HOW DEMOCRACY CAN WIN AND EUROPE LOSE – Foresight Report

19 April 2024

EVENT: Military Union: Will CEE Be Secure?

19 April 2024

Europe Future Event April 2024

15 April 2024

New EU Strategic Agenda to Sponsor Democratic Security and Boost Enlargement

15 April 2024

PUBLIC DEBATE, Paris: Who will vote for European sovereignty?

11 April 2024

Slovakia’s Russia Turn Deepens As Pellegrini Wins Presidential Vote

8 April 2024

New Political Geometry Boosts Europe’s Defence

2 April 2024

EVENT: Slovak Presidential Election Results

28 March 2024

Slovak Opposition Scores Upset in Presidential Vote over Fico’s Ally 

25 March 2024

The West Seeks Strength Against Putin’s Next Term

18 March 2024

EVENTS: Costs of Non-Enlargement – Berlin

14 March 2024

Polish Leaders Head for Talks with Biden on Energy and Defence  

11 March 2024

EVENTS: Costs of Non-Enlargement – Launch of a new Foresight Report

8 March 2024

Event online: CEE’s Green Transition: Diversifying Away from China?

6 March 2024

Costs of Non-Enlargement — Foresight Report

6 March 2024

Hungary’s Forint Sinks on Economic Gloom and Orbán Pressure on Central Bank 

4 March 2024

Long-delayed V4 Summit in Prague Unlikely to End Disunity

26 February 2024

Navalny’s Killing Shows Putin Senses Leeway as US Wavers over Ukraine

19 February 2024

Poland Seeks Joint Action Plan on Ukraine with Germany and France 

12 February 2024

EU Approves Ukraine Aid While Kyiv is Riveted by the Fate of Top Commander 

5 February 2024

Hungary’s Isolation Deepens Before EU Council on Ukraine Funding

29 January 2024

Orbán and Fico Close Ranks to Defend Their Authoritarian, Pro-Russia Course

22 January 2024

Event: Meeting with USAID representatives

19 January 2024

Poland in Turmoil as New Government Takes Steps to Restore Rule of Law 

15 January 2024

Council President Michel To Vacate Post As the EU Enters Election Year

8 January 2024

Policy Brief: CEE Division Over Ukraine Becomes the Top Issue For the EU For 2024

28 December 2023

EU Anger at Orban Grows Despite His U-Turn to Unblock Ukraine’s accession talks

18 December 2023

Policy Brief: How To Foster a Green Transition While Decreasing Dependency On China

14 December 2023

EU Summit Faces Test Over Hungarian Threats to Veto Ukraine Aid

11 December 2023

EVENT Bratislava: What Are Slovakia’s Priorities For the Next EU Agenda?

7 December 2023

EVENT Prague: How to Save Democracy and Ensure a Ukraine Victory?

7 December 2023

EVENT Warsaw: What are the Polish priorities for the next EU Agenda?

4 December 2023

EU Leaders On a De-risking Trip To Beijing As CEE Exposure To China Flashes Red 

4 December 2023

Policy Brief: The Greening Process of Heating and Transportation

29 November 2023

EVENT Prague: Czechia – What are the priorities for the next EU Agenda?

29 November 2023

EU Watches Idly As Poland and Slovakia Fail To Unblock Road Traffic With Ukraine 

27 November 2023

Hungary Digs In Over Ukraine, EU Rules Ahead Of a Key Summit 

20 November 2023

EVENT Budapest: What are Hungary’s priorities in the next EU Agenda?

14 November 2023

Ukraine Accession Talks Greenlighted As Poland’s Kaczyński Lambasts EU 

13 November 2023

Von der Leyen In Kyiv Sounds Optimistic On Ukraine’s EU Accession Talks 

6 November 2023

EVENT Brussels: Will the next EU Agenda save Ukraine and democracy?

6 November 2023

Orbán Isolated At EU Summit, Votes Along Austria, Croatia, Czechia and the US Against Hamas

30 October 2023

Orbán Meets Putin As V4 Shaken By a Shift Of Power In Poland and Slovakia 

23 October 2023

Poland’s Pro-EU Opposition Ahead in Elections

16 October 2023

Polish Ruling Eurosceptics Struggle a Week Before Elections

9 October 2023

Event: State of Poland

8 October 2023

Policy Brief: EU Migration and Enlargement Ambitions Fall on Deaf Ears in CEE

6 October 2023

Pro-Russian Fico ekes out victory in Slovakia, EU summit on defence

2 October 2023

Slovaks to Elect Parliament in Test For EU Unity On Ukraine

25 September 2023

Visa-for-cash migrant scandal spreads from Poland to Hungary

18 September 2023

India, backed by the US and Europe, launches alternative to Belt and Road

11 September 2023

Policy Report: How to Address Energy Poverty in Poland

4 September 2023

Germany Says Ukraine’s EU Entry Is a Matter of Common Security   

4 September 2023

China Expands Brics. Putin No-Show Overlaps With Prigrozhin Assasination

28 August 2023

Workshop: Civic Foresight Lab at European Forum Alpbach

25 August 2023

Ukraine President Thanks Denmark and the Netherlands for F-16s

21 August 2023

Erdoğan to visit Hungary, Polish election campaign kicks into high gear  

14 August 2023

Russia’s Role in the Black Sea Disrupted

7 August 2023

Ukrainian-backed Peace Summit Will Be Held in Saudi Arabia

31 July 2023

Spain’s Vox, Allied With Orban and Kaczyński, Flops in Election

24 July 2023

Policy Brief: Avoiding Pitfalls and Building Resilience for SMEs

24 July 2023

Traffic Halted on Crimean Bridge After Explosions

17 July 2023

Project: Trajectories of Change – Strategic Foresight for EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood

12 July 2023

Ukraine to Get “Pathway” to NATO Membership at Summit

10 July 2023

Policy Brief: CEE Electoral Polarisation Puts EU and Ukraine at Risk

6 July 2023

Ukraine Prepares for Potential Disaster at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

3 July 2023

What Scenarios for Belarus – A Foresight Breakfast

28 June 2023

Putin’s Weakness Exposed by Farcical Wagner “Coup”

26 June 2023

Putin Says Nuclear Weapons Deployed in Belarus

19 June 2023

Ukraine Offensive Underway as NATO Ponders Security Offer to Kyiv

12 June 2023

Hundreds of Thousands Rally to Defend Polish Democracy

5 June 2023

Poland’s Ruling Party Adopts “Lex Tusk”, Erdoğan Clinches Victory

29 May 2023

Ukraine To Get F-16s

22 May 2023

Turkish Presidential Race Heads to a Runoff

15 May 2023

Orbán Gathers Like-Minded Leaders for Anti-western Gabfest That Would Suit Moscow May 9 Parade

8 May 2023

Europe Day Celebrations Marred By Russia’s War

2 May 2023

Project: Citizens Foresight on 2024 European Parliament Elections with Voices from CEE

28 April 2023

Central Europe Demands Clarification From China

24 April 2023

Event: How the EU’s Electoral Cycle Will Define its Future

18 April 2023

Polish Hungarian Frenemies Strike Ukraine on Grain Exports

17 April 2023

Ukraine Energy Exports Resurrected

11 April 2023

Elections Under Information Pressures And Narrative Battles

3 April 2023

Policy Brief: How Will Coal Backtracking Affect Just Transition in Poland and the V4?

29 March 2023

How the EU’s Ammunition Plan for Ukraine Can Succeed

27 March 2023

Ukrainian Spring

20 March 2023

Unrest In the EU Neighbourhood

13 March 2023

Pro-Ukraine Stances Pay Off In Central European Politics

6 March 2023

Swedish and Finnish NATO Ratification, Hungarian Discussions Hint at Further Delays

27 February 2023

Project: Foresight On European Values and Democratic Security

26 February 2023

The Battle of Narratives is Playing Out in CEE

20 February 2023

Moldovan Cabinet Resigned Under Pressure From Russia

13 February 2023

Can Populists Strike Back In Slovakia?

6 February 2023

Prague Castle Reoriented Towards the EU core

30 January 2023

More to European Defence than Meets the Eye

23 January 2023

Policy Brief: Is the Windfall Tax the Best Tool For the V4 Countries?

20 January 2023

Czech Society Targeted By Polarising Campaign

16 January 2023

Babiš Wins First Round in Court

9 January 2023

The Changing of the Guard at Prague Castle

5 January 2023

Slovakia Averts Budgetary Crisis

3 January 2023

Political Instability in Slovakia Deepens

19 December 2022

Can Europe Arm Itself Against Rogue Leaders?

12 December 2022

Slovak Government Faces No Confidence Test

5 December 2022

Corruption Is Central Europe’s Soft Underbelly

1 December 2022

Orbán Still Eying Regional Cleavages

28 November 2022

Poland and Hungary Vie for Elusive EU Funds

21 November 2022

Hot and Cold Receptions for the G20

14 November 2022

Formalities Aside: We Need a Real EU border

7 November 2022

Central Europe Seeks Out Nuclear Power to Solve Energy Crisis

1 November 2022

Permanent “State of Danger” in Hungary

31 October 2022

Are We the Last Generation To Experience Democracy?

24 October 2022

EU Enlargement Stands for Stability on the Continent

17 October 2022

Putin’s Bridge to Europe on Fire

10 October 2022

FAQ — What Difference Can the European Political Community Make?

6 October 2022

The Region Heats up as the Weather Cools Down

3 October 2022

While Moscow Celebrates, the Ukrainians Advance

3 October 2022

Central Europe’s Autocrats Find a Friend in Meloni

26 September 2022

Commission Finally Gets Serious on Hungary

19 September 2022

Xi Comes to Console His Weakened Ally

12 September 2022

Elections Happening as Energy Prices Bite

5 September 2022

Europe Looking for a Common Voice as Russia Tries to Exploit Weaknesses

29 August 2022

Cabinets Brace for Energy Reality Ahead of Winter

22 August 2022

China’s Belt and Road Just Got Shorter

16 August 2022

Victor Orbán visits Texas for CPAC

8 August 2022

Orbán Spreads Russian Narratives After Hungarian Foreign Minister Visits Moscow

25 July 2022

The Czechs Are Probing for EU Treaty Change

18 July 2022

Currencies Inflate and Protests Will Grow

11 July 2022

Eastern Flank Defence on the Table in June NATO Summit

27 June 2022

FAQ – What Will Come from This Year’s NATO Summit?

22 June 2022

Ukraine Fights While EU Debates its Future

20 June 2022

The European Big Three Go to Kyiv

13 June 2022

Governments Fall in Estonia and Rise in Slovenia

6 June 2022

Event: How Can the V4 Even Continue?

24 May 2022

Civil Society Gave Its Voice to the Three Seas Initiative

23 May 2022

Ukraine Successfully Woos Germany

16 May 2022

Division Over Oil Sanctions for Ukraine

9 May 2022

FAQ – Can Russia Win This War?

9 May 2022

The Tale of Two Elections

25 April 2022

New April Offensive in Donbas

19 April 2022

EU Visits Ukraine

11 April 2022

Hungarian and Serbian Election Week

28 March 2022

Hot Stalemate in Ukraine

21 March 2022

When Bombs and Missiles Start to Fly Across NATO Borders

14 March 2022

First Attempt at Invasion Failed Expect Another

7 March 2022

Central European Response to Russian Invasion

28 February 2022

Show Referendum Under Way in Belarus

21 February 2022

In the Window of Invasion

14 February 2022

Change of the Guard Over Ukraine

7 February 2022

Project: Foresight on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

4 February 2022

Baltics Firm Against the Revisionists

31 January 2022

Pegasus Scandal Could Break PiS’s Majority

24 January 2022

New Cyber Security Breaches

17 January 2022

Cold Winter Bad for Peace Talks

10 January 2022

Russian Demands Lead To Renewed NATO Discussion

3 January 2022

Yalta 2.0 Will Not Happen

20 December 2021

All Eyes on Ukraine at the EaP Summit

13 December 2021

On the Road to the Summit

6 December 2021

Three Cheers for Democracy

1 December 2021

NATO Solidarity In the EU

29 November 2021

Moscow’s Manoeuvres

22 November 2021

Bulgaria Opts for Change

15 November 2021

Clash of Cultures

8 November 2021

Once More Unto the Polls, Dear Friends

2 November 2021

Gas Shortage Toolbox

25 October 2021

The Centre-Right Antidote For EU Populism

18 October 2021

Zeman’s Coalition Gambit Denied

11 October 2021

No Room For Criticism For Babiš

4 October 2021

Elections and Impossible Coalitions

27 September 2021

The Fight for Democracy Expands

20 September 2021

More Than Military Bravado

6 September 2021

The Atomic Trade Option

30 August 2021

Mixed Response on Afghanistan

23 August 2021

The Fight for Information in Europe

16 August 2021

Poland’s Government Blinks First

9 August 2021

Shifting Currents, Prevailing Winds

2 August 2021

Rule of Law Stars and Troublemakers

26 July 2021

Populists’ New Judicial Toolkit

19 July 2021

Moldova Votes for a Pro-EU Parliament

12 July 2021

The Age of Illiberal Presidencies

5 July 2021

Slovenia Set To Take the Reins of the EU Presidency

28 June 2021

Orbán’s Lasting Limelight

21 June 2021

NATO’s Ongoing Eastern Flank Problem

14 June 2021

CE’s Push to Revive Democracy

7 June 2021

Biden’s European Tour Exudes Optimism

1 June 2021

Air Piracy by KGB Must Be a Game-changer

24 May 2021

Searching for a Common European Response

17 May 2021

NATO’s Eastern Flank Summit in Bucharest

10 May 2021

Never Let Crises Go to Waste

4 May 2021

Illiberal Narratives Less Convincing

26 April 2021

CEE to Add Diplomatic Pressure on Kremlin

19 April 2021

Global Unrest Over Ukrainian Conflict

12 April 2021

Bulgarians Reject the Political Establishment

6 April 2021

Eduard Heger, Slovakia’s New Prime Minister

29 March 2021

Orbán Wants to Remould the EU’s Far-Right

22 March 2021

Daniel Obajtek’s Transparency Problem

15 March 2021

The Gender Pay Gap

8 March 2021

Tribal Politics in a Pandemic

4 March 2021

Vaccine Passports to Save the Day

1 March 2021

Searching for Immunity

22 February 2021

Backed into a Corner

15 February 2021

China’s Strategic Moves in Central Europe

8 February 2021

Constraints on Liberty

4 February 2021

Racing for the Jab

1 February 2021

Pressure from Moscow Grows

25 January 2021

New Transatlantic Ties

17 January 2021

COVID-19 Ravages Central Europe

11 January 2021

Vacuum for Chaos

7 January 2021

Testing Social Bonds and Trust to the Breaking Point

5 January 2021

Orban Uses Anti-LGBTQI Campaign As a Smokescreen

21 December 2020

This Week in Central Europe: 14-20 December

14 December 2020

This Week in Central Europe: 7-13 December

7 December 2020

The Brexit-Budget Precipice

3 December 2020

This Week in Central Europe: 30 November – 6 December

30 November 2020

This Week in Central Europe: 23-29 November

23 November 2020

This Week in Central Europe: 16-22 November

16 November 2020

The Polish-German Relationship

14 December 2018

Social media engagement

10 December 2018

Events in Europe and in the US

5 December 2018

Workshops – CE2025

7 November 2018

Decision makers

13 October 2018

Politico about Central European Futures

13 October 2018

Budapest Debate

13 October 2018