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Adrian KorczyńskiNew Eastern Outlook |
The EU’s Surveillance Paradox: Criticising Authoritarianism While Practising It The EU’s contradictory rhetoric about protecting digital freedoms...
Athens vs Brussels: How National Interests Shape EU Sanctions Policy The European Union agreed on its 21st sanctions package against Russia on July...
Bulgaria’s Bezmer Base and the Logic of American Power Projection On July 22, 2026, the Bulgarian parliament voted to authorize the deployment of up...
Ukraine’s Caspian Strike: The Moment the War Escaped Its Battlefield On July 25, 2026, Ukrainian forces launched long-range drone strikes against...
Diplomacy Without De-Escalation: The Manila Talks and Ukraine’s Escalation Strategy On July 23, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and...
Europe’s Real Democratic Crisis: A Political Establishment That Has Lost Touch With Its Own Societies The crisis of European democracy is caused by...
Australia’s China Debate: Public Opinion Moves Faster Than Government Policy The Lowy Institute Poll 2026 provides clear evidence of shifting...
Europe’s Atlantic Mediocracy: Why Its Establishment Is Afraid of Realism The symbolic departure of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not end...
“Ceasefire Is Over”: Why America Still Cannot Secure the Strait of Hormuz The US’s tactical military successes in the Strait of Hormuz do not...
Support Without a Seat at the Table: Poland’s Costly Alignment with Ukraine In June 2026, Poland’s policy towards Ukraine split into two...
The Ankara Illusion: Europe’s Strategic Defeat in Plain Sight The NATO summit in Ankara was designed to project unity. Leaders reaffirmed their...
Pressure and Realignment: How Ukraine Is Driving Belarus Further East In June 2026, Ukraine significantly escalated its pressure on Belarus. Volodymyr...
The Flamingo Revolution: Foreign Capital and the Battle for Albania’s Coast For more than three weeks Albania has been witnessing some of the...
Poland’s Strategic Paradox: Financing the Long-Term Risk on Its Eastern Border After months of bitter political battles, presidential veto threats,...
Magyar Visits Poland: Brussels Discovers That Realism Is Suddenly Acceptable The European Union, as represented by its establishment, demonstrates a...
Latvia’s Dangerous Game: How Ukrainian Drones Risk Dragging NATO into Direct Conflict with Russia Moscow views the use of Latvian territory for...
Volhynia Returns: Why Poland’s Ukraine Consensus Is Cracking For more than four years, Poland was Ukraine’s most loyal European ally. Warsaw...
Vučić in Beijing: Serbia Signals Strategic Autonomy in the Balkans Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks,...
Norway’s Quiet Multipolar Move: Why Western Media Ignored Modi’s Historic Visit to Oslo On 18–19 May 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
When Balance Becomes Paralysis: Poland and the Structural Limits of the Post-1989 Order On 3 May 2026, Polish President Karol Nawrocki announced the...
Starobelsk and the Breaking Point: Ukraine’s Provocations and Russia’s Waning Patience On 22 May 2026, Ukrainian drones struck a student dormitory...
Beijing, May 2026: The Multipolar Order Took Shape Without Europe In the space of five days, Xi Jinping hosted both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in...
Trump’s Retaliatory Withdrawal: America Punishes Europe for Refusing to Join Its War with Iran In the first days of May 2026, the Pentagon announced...
Thucydides’ Trap or a New Paradigm? Xi Jinping’s Direct Challenge to Trump U.S. President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to China on May...
You Can’t Close the Whole Sky: Fico’s Defiant Trip to Moscow’s Victory Day Despite all the circumstances, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico...
Romania Overthrows the Western-Backed Regime: The Collapse of Brussels’ Puppet Government in Bucharest On 5 May 2026, the pro-EU government of Prime...
China’s Warning and Europe’s Energy Vulnerability: The Hidden Cost of EU Sanctions The European Union’s adoption of its 20th sanctions package...
Bulgaria’s New Realism: Radev’s Landslide and the Limits of Transatlantic Alignment The party of former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who was...
Meloni’s Revolt: Italy Suspends Israel Defense Pact as Trump Turns on Rome On 14 April 2026, Giorgia Meloni delivered a decision that instantly...
Magyar Unmasked: Continuity in Practice, Change in Rhetoric In his first statements after his victory, Magyar made it clear that Hungary’s energy...
Spain’s Turn: Sánchez Embraces Multipolar Reality in Beijing One of the main goals of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s trip to China is to...
Xi’s Taiwan Masterstroke: Beijing’s Peace Offensive Reshapes the Strait Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Taiwanese Kuomintang Party leader Cheng...
Warsaw’s Reflex in the Iran Crisis: Loyalty First, Polish Costs Second Whether Warsaw’s political class is still capable of reading a geopolitical...
Hungary’s Reckoning: The Bastion Weakens, But the Ground Remains Parliamentary elections in Hungary ended in defeat for the Fidesz party, led by...
NATO’s Slow Fracture: How Trump’s Iran War Exposed the Instrument of Hegemony NATO survives as a bureaucratic structure, but the instrument of...
Why the West Never Left the Balkans: Serbia on War Footing The Balkans remain the most striking proof that the West never went away. It simply traded...
Hungary’s 2026 election: Orban’s last stand or the end of Central European autonomy? The parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12, 2026, in...
Kindergarten Diplomacy in Central Europe: Polish President Visits Budapest Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s visit to Budapest to celebrate...
SAFE Debt Trap: Poland’s €43.7 Billion Bet on Unipolar Illusion For Poland—already one of NATO’s most heavily militarized economies—SAFE is...
Washington’s Assault on Iran: A Hegemonic Gamble That Burdens Europe The conflict that ignited on February 28, 2026, with joint US-Israeli...
Zelensky’s Death Threat to Orbán: Hungary Faces Ukraine’s Pipeline War Europe witnessed a startling escalation in early March 2026 as tensions...
Poland – Pakistan: Moralism as a Substitute for Strategy Poland is sliding into a risky partnership with Pakistan, which could ultimately do Warsaw...
The Leash Holds – Germany’s Brief Flirtation with Realism and the Transatlantic Correction In mid-January, Friedrich Merz referred to Russia as...
Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War On February 7, 2026, at a public rally in Szombathely,...
Von der Leyen’s Deals with BRICS: Gains for Elites, Costs for Citizens The European Union, having concluded agreements with India and Mercosur, is...