List of Eastern Europe articles
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Latvian President Egils Levits, Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, U.S. President Joe Biden, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and other participants leave the podium after posing for a group photo in Warsaw. Ukraine Has Shifted Europe’s East-West Fault Line
Eastern Europe is in the driver’s seat. The West should buckle up.
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Jogaila and Jadwiga of Poland It’s Time to Bring Back the Polish-Lithuanian Union
A political construct created nearly 700 years ago offers solutions for Europe today.
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A Russian T-80 tank in Ukraine’s Donbas region on March 11. A Tank by Any Other Name
The naming conventions vary—but the strength and speed remain the same.
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About 500 pupils and their parents protest against the language education reform in front of the parliament in Latvia on Feb 10, 2005. Latvia Is Going on Offense Against Russian Culture
The Baltic nation is taking cultural cohesion into its own hands—and risking backlash.
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Retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove (R), former NATO supreme allied commander Europe and former commander of the U.S. European Command, testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the U.S.-Russian relationship in Washington, D.C. Is the West Falling for Putin’s Nuclear Rhetoric?
Philip Breedlove, a former supreme allied commander for NATO, says policymakers are falling for Putin’s nuclear rhetoric.
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A U.S. Army Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is seen in a military exercise between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the U.S.-led international coalition near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Dec. 7, 2021. Even More Than Tanks and Planes, Ukraine Needs IFVs
Front-line officers are desperate for a less glamorous weapon: the infantry fighting vehicle.
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An aerial view shows ships at the anchorage area of the Bosphorus southern entrance in Istanbul. Crunch Time Looms for Black Sea Grain Export Deal
Russia wants more concessions to keep allowing vital food exports to leave Ukrainian ports.
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Protesters raise a European Union flag as they are sprayed by a water cannon during clashes with police near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on March 7. Russia Is Furious at Georgia’s Protesters
Moscow issues ominous threats as Georgians fight for their imperiled democracy.
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Russia's assault on the South Caucasus in the 19th century How the World Forgot About Russian Imperialism
And why recovering this history matters for understanding the war in Ukraine.
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A woman walks past a Russian army armored personnel carrier on a street of Grozny, Chechnya, in 2004. The Road to Democracy in Russia Runs Through Chechnya
Russia will only democratize when it faces its war crimes in the Caucasus and abandons imperial nostalgia.
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Then-Czech President Milos Zeman speaks during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. China Keeps Betting on the Wrong Politicians
Beijing’s relationships in Central and Eastern Europe are falling apart.
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Ukrainian servicemen move towards the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 8. Incrementalism Is Throttling U.S. Support for Ukraine
Ad hoc, one-off decisions and lagging implementation are undermining the strategic effects of U.S. military assistance.
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People perform and sing carols during the opening of a "Yurt of Invincibility," a heating tent organized by representatives of the Kazakh diaspora in Ukraine, in central Kyiv on Jan. 14. Is the Ukraine War an Anti-Colonial Struggle?
Fellow victims of Russian imperialism are finding solidarity with Kyiv.
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Soldiers of an Estonian honor guard attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Monument to the War of Independence in Tallinn, Estonia, on Feb, 24. How Estonia Is Planning for the Worst
The small Baltic nation is learning from Sweden and Finland—and creating a system for civilians to contribute to national defense in case of invasion.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov walk as they attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Bishkek on June 14, 2019. Putin Has Assembled an Axis of Autocrats Against Ukraine
Russia’s war is receiving critical assistance from authoritarian regimes around the world.
