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Sikorski and Albares on Big Beautiful Border Wall and Migrants – INTERVIEW

Polish and Spanish display solidarity in defence posture and sober approaches to handle migration

Why will Spain die for Danzig? Visegrad Insight and Agenda Pública ask Foreign Ministers Radosław Sikorski and José Manuel Albares.

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Once Inside, Montenegro Will Be Enlargement’s Strongest Advocate – INTERVIEW

Ivan Ivanišević on economic security, Chinese loans and Montenegro’s road to EU membership

At the Europe Future Forum, Visegrad Insight spoke with Ivan Ivanišević, Acting Director General for EU Affairs at Montenegro’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Assistant Editor Arslan Suleymanov asked him what economic security means for a small state, the lessons of a Chinese-financed motorway and why Podgorica wants to keep the...

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Did Ukraine’s Yandex Strike Silence Russia’s Trolls?

Democratic and Economic Security Outlook 2026: 12-18 October

On Saturday night Central Europe’s timelines briefly believed the information war had been won with a drone. Europe will face some hard questions.

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Russia Has Learned That Chaos Is Cheaper Than War – INTERVIEW

Elisabeth Braw on grey-zone sabotage, the undersea threat and how Europe can defend itself

Is Russia’s undersea war a sign of the Kremlin preparing for something bigger? Read on what Europe should expect and what Brussels can do to prevent the crisis from cascading.

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Poland’s Power Needs a Purpose

Keynote from the Europe Future Forum 2026

Warsaw has caught up with Europe. Now it must decide what to do with its power.

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Buy American, Build European? CEE’s New Defence Strategy

The only area where the US and EU strategies converge

CEE countries are seeking greater cooperation within the EU on defence and industrial buildout. Will pursuing both be possible?

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The Deafening Silence of Poland in Europe

Warsaw is missing its chance to shape Europe’s biggest debates on security and the EU budget

Poland’s political debate pushes Europe’s future aside. Without it Warsaw backslides on current EU integration formats and misses its leadership window in Europe’s new political architecture. Could the whole of the Tusk Cabinet eschew reactive European policy and express more of a strategic ambition in the EU MFF and European...

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The Long Shadow of Trump Over Europe’s Unity

Democratic and Economic Security Outlook 2026: 5-11 October

Looking at elections in Latvia and the political turmoil in Romania, MAGA influences Europe’s politics with varying success rates but steadily contributes to increasing strategic divergence. One can read the European Commission proposal to dust off the passerelle clauses exactly in that light.

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Few Reasons to Worry About Latvian Trump

What to expect from Latvia's Saeima elections on 3 October 2026

Ainārs Šlesers has only a thin chance of becoming prime minister, but his populist Latvia First could still find its way into government. Read what this means for Latvia and the wider CEE region.

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Hungary-Ukraine Spat Gains a New Dimension – OVERVIEW

Behind the latest wave of misunderstanding between Kyiv and Budapest

Hungary refused to join Ukraine’s Carpathian Eight and rejected a MOL-Naftogaz fuel storage plan. Is the thaw coming to an end? Here is what we know so far from the media.

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How Poland Wants to Turn a Failing Train Maker into a Geoeconomic Asset

The Europe Future Forum visit to the PESA factory in Bydgoszcz

A development institution rescued a rail manufacturer and made it part of Poland’s geostrategic positioning in Europe and beyond.

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Political Clock is Ticking on CEE Budgets

Democratic and Economic Security Outlook 2026: 28 September – 4 October

Time is running out this week on budget-law drafts across several CEE capitals.

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Democracies at War. War on Democracies

The war in Europe should be understood not merely as an external event factor engaging select democratic partners in support for Ukraine, but also a deliberate subversion from within against all EU democracies and the collective fabric of the Union. The ‘Democracies at War. War on Democracies’ report tells the story of European democratic ambitions and why the EU’s military buildup needs strengthening democratic foundations across the block to succeed.

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