The future of Central Europe’s car industry will depend on whether V4 firms retain design, engineering and supplier capabilities as the industry shifts towards electric and software-defined vehicles. Can New Delhi deliver all?

The pathway to snap elections in Poland closed on the night of 30 October. Judges began repairing the Constitutional Tribunal on their own authority, and once the court works again, President Karol Nawrocki loses the one lever that could have dissolved parliament early. The repair is contested and messy, but...

The events at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal have closed the pathway to snap elections. A big win for Donald Tusk?

America’s diesel deal offers the Kremlin too little to change its strategy and too much to lose for Kyiv. What are the alternatives for Trump before the mid-terms?

The first step towards the de facto state takeover of Czech Television and Czech Radio is now complete. What are the implications for Czechia’s democracy?

This weekend’s elections in Serbia are of historic proportions for the country – and for Europe. But there is a problem with how CEE politicians talk about them. What comes next for Serbia, the Western Balkans and the whole of Europe?

Falling investment, domestic unrest and mounting pressure from the EU, China, Russia and the US are testing the economic model that once powered Serbia’s rise.

Bulgaria’s presidential candidates offer different answers to the tension between Rumen Radev’s calls for restraint towards Russia and his government’s requests for NATO protection in the Black Sea. Who will reap the benefit?

Aliberalism is the new buzzword in Budapest and Chișinău. Has CEE found a new playbook for defeating hybrid regimes?

Fighting fake news alone will not protect Central and Eastern European democracies. Credible ways to check competing claims can help greatly. Is the region doing enough?

Who needs enemies when Dublin is cutting the EU’s democratic resilience branch?