At a wedding in Sarajevo, a melody rises that my grandmother would have recognized without being told its name. She never visited Bosnia. She was from somewhere I have never been — Şumen, in Bulgaria, ...

As snow descended on the streets of Rēzekne on a chilly February night, approximately two dozen men and women of all ages prepared for the Rēzekne Region Mixed Choir’s rehearsal, making their way to a ...

The consequences of Russia’s invasion are visible not only in Ukraine. The Kremlin has set off or exploited a series of crises that face most European countries.

Janez Janša is returning to the post of prime minister. This will be his fourth time leading the Slovenian government. After his defeat in 2022, when voters decisively ousted his COVID-era coalition, ...

War is never only a military question. The military question goes far beyond the logistics of warfare, or even geopolitics.

The consequences of Russia’s invasion are visible not only in Ukraine. The Kremlin has set off or exploited a series of crises that face most European countries. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we ...

After 2020, the Belarusian state relied on methods that were direct and familiar. People were detained for joining demonstrations, sharing opposition symbols, or supporting political groups. These ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski met with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan during a trilateral meeting together with Romania in Helenów near Warsaw in June 2024. Photo: Ministry of Foreign ...

The consequences of Russia’s invasion are visible not only in Ukraine. The Kremlin has set off or exploited a series of crises that face most European countries.

Maksim Litavrin lives in Riga now, but, behind his eyes, he is far away. In 2022, Litavrin, alongside dozens of fellow reporters, left home and became a Russian journalist-in-exile to escape an ...

The consequences of Russia’s invasion are visible not only in Ukraine. The Kremlin has set off or exploited a series of crises that face most European countries.