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Serbia’s Balancing Act Is Running Out of Time

Geoeconomics ahead of elections on 25 October

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.

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Bulgaria’s Presidency Will Be Decided in The Sea

The security dimension of the vote on 25 October

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?

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Decoding the Aliberal Temptation

Democratisation lessons

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

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Is Central Europe Losing the Information War?

Czech MP on why inability to correct mistakes erodes political accountability

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?

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Who Defends EU Democratic Resilience Against Dublin’s Cuts?

Democratic and Economic Security Outlook 2026: 19-25 October

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

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Europe’s Talent for Perseverance is Shaped in the East

We need to be thankful to Putin because he is teaching us to be resilient – Grybauskaitė

How much national security depends on business and civil society closing ranks with military effort? Lessons from Forum2000 exchange with former Lithuanian president and Ukrainian practitioners.

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Belarus. Making Love To a Despot. Again

The momentum for a cautious thaw is coming next year

Brussels is due to renew its sanctions against the Lukashenka regime in February 2027. Is Poland about to build a bargaining position with Minsk?

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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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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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