Eastern Europe

Anne Applebaum wants to understand rising illiberalism but is clinging to a Cold War moral framework that no longer applies.

Despite the government’s anti-immigration rhetoric, many Polish businesses rely on workers from other parts of Eastern Europe.

President Andrzej Duda is locked in a surprisingly close race with Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. Their rivalry is the latest battle between the country’s poorer and more religious rural regions and its wealthier, socially liberal cities.

While some Central and Eastern European governments have taken pro-Beijing positions, their considerations are far more domestic than international.

Liberals have changed the region for the better—but don’t perceive its sense of loss.

North Macedonia just became NATO’s newest and weakest member. That makes it a ripe target for interference.

Beijing is using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence into the EU’s backyard.

The coronavirus pandemic might not disrupt politics in wealthy Western democracies, but it is likely to unleash political instability—and even regime change—in developing countries already suffering from an economic crisis.

Britain has been exceptionally slow to respond to the pandemic. Trump's decision to omit the U.K. and Ireland from his European travel ban won't help halt the spread of the virus.

Slovakia’s progressive president was supposed to spur a regional revival of liberalism—now her party has even failed to qualify for parliament. What went wrong?

Changing Ukraine is much harder than its president thought. Here is how Zelensky should reboot his presidency and secure his place in history.

The entire Russian government has resigned as Putin charts his country’s political future—one that will certainly still include a leading role for him.

Emmanuel Macron thinks the Atlantic alliance is brain-dead, but its problems have deeper roots than the recent U.S.-Turkish spat over Syria.