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Europe Aligned with Iran Sanctions Long Before D-Day

Online event: One Week After Trump’s ‘D-Day’ Against Iran – What Is There for CEE Economic Security?

European Council Has Fewer Success Stories Than Failures

Greasy Lies. Food Crises as Fuel for Chinese and Russian Disinformation

Brussels Is Planning the Platform Ukraine Already Built

Slovakia Partners Up with Poland on Pragmatic Three Seas Initiative

Citizens Are First in Line Against Russia’s Sabotage in CEE

CEE Bets on Defence. Fintech Can Help

Stakeholder Platform for Democratic Resilience – a Blueprint

Rule of Law, Investment Climate and the V4 Case for Europe

Forget Geopolitical Case for Enlargement. Economic Security Homework To Do

Economic Security Gateway for EU Enlargement

The Volatile Taiwan Strait

Europe’s New Geoeconomics of Energy

How Exposed is CEE to a Crisis in the Taiwan Strait? Strategic Frontiers of CEE-Taiwan Relations

Lessons from Hungary on Europe’s Democratic Security Future

The Shadow of Hormuz Over Central Europe

Reviving Visegrad Cooperation through 3SI

Online event: Will CEE survive the energy crisis?

How Will Hungary’s Political Shift Impact Europe?

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

Online event: Hungary after elections

Masterclass on Resilience with Elisabeth Braw and Edward Lucas

The Visegrad Group is Shaken But Still Sound

Project and Report: Building the “Serbian World”

What Will Happen to V4 After Hungary’s Vote of Destiny?

What to Expect from Central Europe Amid Middle East Escalation?

Events recap: The State of Hungary

France and Poland Debate Democracy Shield Ahead of Elections – RECAP

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

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

V4 Builds a Defence-Tech Industry in a Garage. Ukraine Helps

Online events: The State of Hungary

Battle-hardened Slovak Cinderella Picks a Groom from Brussels Ballroom

Understanding Fico’s Brussels Strategy – Event Recap

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

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

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

How Rent Seeking Drives Fico’s Brussels Strategy

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

Visegrad Insight Fellows

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

Democratic and Economic Security Perspectives for 2026 – A Recap

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

Resilient Futures Fellowship

The Last Year of War or Peace?

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

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

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

Can Europe Hold the Line for Another Five Years? – INTERVIEW

Does Poland Fight the Hybrid War Alone? – Recap

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

Debate: Unpacking the Democracy Shield: Promise and Pitfalls

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

Public debate: Unpacking the Democracy Shield: Promise and Pitfalls

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

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

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

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

What Babiš means for the EU

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

Politics or pipelines: what wins in Slovakia?

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

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

Civil Society – Missing Element of Defence Preparedness

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

How Will EU Policies Help Maintain Peace in Europe?

Slovakia Turns the Page on Russian Fossil Fuels – COMMENTARY

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

Video Recap: The State of Moldova After 2025 Elections

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

Russian Threats Rise. How Does CEE Fund Its Security?

How Orbán’s Anti-Ukraine Crusade Fuels Hungary’s Election War Machine

Online event: The State of Moldova

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

Europe Future Forum Grapples with Enlargement Amid Economic Perils

Online Events: The State of Czechia 2025

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

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

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

Visegrad Insight Breakfast: Strengthening civil society organisations in CEE

Safeguarding Democracy Against Information Manipulation and Hybrid Threats

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

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

Strengthening CSOs for Democratic Resilience in Central Europe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Video recap: Can the EU Afford to Exclude Ukraine?

Online Event: Can the EU Afford to Exclude Ukraine?

Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish Presidential Election Results

Video recap: Poland’s Presidential Election Results

Online Event: Poland’s Presidential Election Results

Online Events: State of Poland

Video recap: State of Romania

Visegrad Insight Breakfast with President Othmar Karas

ONLINE EVENTS: State of Romania

Video recap: Poland Votes 2025: State of Play

ONLINE EVENT: Poland Votes 2025: State of Play

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

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

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

Video recap: Defending Democracy – Disinformation in Czechia and Slovakia

Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish Presidential Elections

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

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

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

Event, online: Is Europe Really Divided?

Video recap: The State of Germany

Visegrad Insight Breakfast: German election results

Events, online: The State of Germany

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Europe’s economic security

Video recap: How can Europe improve its economic security?

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

Video recap: Risk Radar – Challenges For Europe in 2025

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

European Democracy Shield Needs Defence Posture

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

Video recap: State of Romania

Video recap: Polish EU Presidency

Event: Visegrad Insight Breakfast – Polish EU Presidency

Event: Roundtable discussion in Brussels

Video recap: Polish presidential elections