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Executive Summary: On January 1, Poland took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, emphasizing the need to strengthenEuropean security to deter Russian aggression. The Visegrád Four... MORE
Ukraine Scores Diplomatic Victory at Peace Summit
Executive Summary: The Summit on Peace in Ukraine, held in Switzerland on June 15 and 16, demonstrated a unified position held by many states worldwide in respecting Ukraine’s territorial integrity... MORE
Georgians Fight for Their European Dream
Executive Summary: Protests intensified in Georgia after the parliament approved the second reading of the reintroduced Russian-style “foreign agents” law, as police arrested dozens of protesters and several opposition leaders... MORE
Pro-Russian Ruling Elite in Georgia Announce West as Enemy and Hunt for ‘Western Agents’
Executive Summary: The ruling Georgian Dream party organized a march in favor of their foreign agents bill as a response to two weeks of continuous protests against the bill. Western... MORE
Polish Farmer Protests Trigger International Repercussions
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Some Neighbors Look at Georgia’s Europeanization With Hope, Others With Suspicion
On December 14, 2023, the European Union granted official candidate status to Georgia (Twitter.com/CharlesMichel,December 14, 2023; European Commission, accessed January 2). The decision will presumably have a significant impact on... MORE
Poland’s New Government Looks to Adapt Foreign Policy Approach
On October 15, after eight years in power, the Law and Justice (PiS) government in Poland lost its absolute parliamentary majority. While PiS technically won a plurality of the vote,... MORE
All Eyes on Hungary as Ukraine’s EU Membership Hangs in the Balance
On December 4, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a letter to European Council President Charles Michel urging him to take the opening of EU accession talks with Ukraine off... MORE
NATO and EU Seek to Ease Rising Tensions in Western Balkans
On November 20, the secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, declared that the alliance wholly supports Bosnia-Herzegovina’s territorial integrity. Stoltenberg was speaking in Sarajevo, his first... MORE
Azerbaijan Advocates for Regional Solutions to Regional Problems in the South Caucasus
On October 4, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev canceled a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz... MORE