In light of the war in Ukraine, Western Balkans is becoming another friction point in a divided world. But the Western Balkans region is all the more an opportunity for Czech foreign policy, lost in recent years under the empty “managerial style” of Andrej Babiš’s governments.

With security issues at the political centre, a political consensus lays in the balance for Estonia.

In this Monthly Foresight, European security is the focus, with the Conference on the Future of Europe facing difficulties to find its place on the European agenda in the context of more urgent recent events in Ukraine and other turbulences in the world.

The lack of strategic response from the Polish government risks losing much of the goodwill citizens, civil society and public institutions have garnered over their tremendous response to Russia’s War with Ukraine. Instead, the PiS government is trying to utilise Poland’s new positive international image for their own purposes and...

Vice-President of the European Commission Věra Jourová, who is in charge of the rule of law and democracy in the EU, sees the possibility of reaching an agreement between Brussels and Warsaw. According to her at a meeting with Czech journalists, there is a big difference between the current approaches...

Russia is taking control of the Black Sea and transit through the area is both more costly and dangerous. New routes are opening up but will they be solutions to the trade crisis already unfolding?

The subject of European mediaspheres vulnerability is particularly important today as the first few weeks of warfare in Ukraine highlighted. This article will outline how the Polish online space was riddled with certain themes and how easily those sowing disinformation were able to adapt to the real socio-political events in...

Emmanuel Marcon’s Russophilia has given Moscow many chances to come back into the European fold and reflects the contemporary and historical French attitude, but it could force NATO’s Eastern Flank and Scandanavia to turn towards London and Washington for security reassurances. Yet, there are areas of compromise which can make...

Czech foreign policy needs less talk about the Visegrad Group and more bold relations with its Central and Eastern European partners.