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2 days ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
It it highly likely that Rafał Trzaskowski – the Mayor of Warsaw and the clear front-runner – will become Poland’s next president. The first round of Poland’s presidential election is set to be held this Sunday. For Ukraine, Trzaskowski’s victory would be a positive scenario, considering that his main rivals – Karol Nawrocki and Sławomir Mentzen – are openly anti-Ukrainian in both rhetoric and actions.
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2 days ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
On Sunday, 11 May, parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Albania – the eleventh since the fall of Enver Hoxha’s communist regime. The elections themselves held little intrigue. Opinion polls indicated that Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party, in power since 2013, was likely to retain its majority. However, a more important question loomed: would the West consider these elections democratic and fair? Especially since Edi Rama has given plenty of reasons for criticism.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Richard N. Haass
Last November, the world witnessed an unprecedented step that changed the rules of the geopolitical game. For the first time in history, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for high-ranking officials from a country considered part of the "collective West."This involved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Richard N. Haass
One of Ukraine's key security questions is how to deter Putin from launching a new attack in the event that a ceasefire agreement is reached. In current academic and political discourse, various options and models of security guarantees for Ukraine are being discussed that could prevent the Russian aggressor from launching another invasion.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Richard N. Haass
Recent polling data suggests that Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is facing political failure even before officially taking office. The far-right and pro-Russian party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has come dangerously close to becoming the highest-polling political force in the country.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
US President Donald Trump has launched a full-scale "trade war."At the same time, the President of the European Commission has acknowledged serious flaws in the global trade system and expressed readiness to "support any effort aimed at aligning global trade with the realities of the world economy."However, the way the US President has chosen to address these problems looks more like treating a headache with a guillotine. And it’s not just about the tariff hikes Trump has announced.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
With more than a month left before Poland’s presidential election, the campaign’s main topics are security, migration, and Ukraine. While security and migration are standard themes for right-wing politicians, the presidential candidates’ debates have shown at least some constructive discussion on these issues. In contrast, the rhetoric surrounding Ukraine and Ukrainians has leaned heavily toward populism and the stirring of negative emotions.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
Having halted the country’s path toward Europe, Georgia’s government is now revisiting its past. At the center of attention: the events of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. The ruling party, Georgian Dream, is moving to legitimise previously voiced accusations against the opposition.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Ian Buruma
The frozen conflict that has defined Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for its entire modern history now seems to be fully "unfrozen." The possibility of renewed hostilities in BiH has become realistic. The catalyst for this crisis was the verdict against Republika Srpska’s President Milorad Dodik, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from political activity for six years.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Anton Filippov |Ian Buruma
Romania’s Constitutional Court has officially ruled out the participation of far-right candidate Călin Georgescu in the presidential elections. Now, George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), is attempting to take up Georgescu’s mantle and become Romania’s next president. He has a strong chance, especially given the failure of pro-Western politicians to unite.
