Daniel Gleichgewicht

Wrocław

Assistant Editor at New Eastern Europe

Editor @NewEastEurope. Tweets about international relations, European affairs, culture and football.

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Articles

Russia is stealing Ukrainian grain. It wants to do so without any restrictions

4 days ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

In one of the rounds of negotiations between the US and Russia at the end of March, Russian representatives raised the issue of the “Black Sea Initiative”. This was enacted and implemented in 2022 with the support of Turkey and the UN to allow for the safe export of grain from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. However, after a year, the Russian government withdrew from the agreement.
“Russia has lost sensitivity to death. Death validates it now”

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Three years ago, Ukrainian forces retook Kherson in what was then hailed as a major turning point in the war. At the time, Professor Andrey Makarevich, a political scientist at the University of Tartu and long-time observer of Russia’s authoritarian evolution, told me that Vladimir Putin would not survive a second Kherson. But that second Kherson never came.
In the digital shadows, Belarusian cyber partisans unnerve Lukashenka

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Much of today’s warfare unfolds in digital silence. Resistance nowadays often takes place in lines of code, through the exploitation of software vulnerabilities and the quiet extraction of sensitive information. When classified data is stolen, it can be passed to military commanders to inform real-world operations, including precision strikes. These actions can have significant impact – even shaping the course of a battle such as in Ukraine – yet the public may never know that they occurred.
Europe at a crossroads: strategic security dependency in the age of uncertainty

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

The strategic wake-up callAs time passes since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, uncertainty has become the de facto state of the world. However, two statements hold true now more than ever. The first is when dealing with Putin he can only be relied upon breaking his word in pursuit of imperial ambitions. Consequently, Europe needs to strengthen its security.
Ukraine is a victim of Russian and western imperialism - New Eastern Europe

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

In the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I was asked once “how come a country can just take land in the 21st century and no one seems to be bothered about it?” The short answer to this is because we live in a postcolonial world. For centuries we lived in a political system where stronger states conquered weaker nations and it was the normal state of affairs.
Germany's election has redrawn the map – Roma must not be erased - New Eastern Europe

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Anti-Roma rhetoric has long simmered in German politics. Now, emboldened by electoral gains, the far right has pushed its narratives into mainstream discourse. If current trends continue, the consequences could be severe: increased policing, funding cuts for civil society, and growing hostility toward minorities are no longer off the table. While these risks are not yet imminent, mainstream parties remain under constant pressure from a strong far-right opposition.
The end of post-socialism and the opportunity for a European public service media house

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Top diplomats, spearheaded by the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, huddled together during the latest EU foreign ministers’ gathering to discuss Trump slashing funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Causing as much panic, astonishment and confusion, as his other moves of the second Trump administration, this US withdrawal from the European information space could nevertheless, be also a stimuli for another age.
Jetztzeit is now: democratic erosion from above, civic resistance from below

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

In recent months, we have been witnessing an authentic wave of protests spreading across South-Eastern Europe, most recently reaching Turkey. In conditions of increasingly authoritarian rule, hidden behind a proclaimed democratic facade, the street has remained the most powerful space for expressing public discontent. It has also been the most effective instrument in the hands of citizens to reshape public opinion, precisely because of – or despite – the regimes’ tightening grip on media freedom.
What is driving closer cooperation between Russia and Myanmar?

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin earlier this month, Myanmar’s self-appointed head of state Min Aung Hlaing fawned over his opposite number. He likened the Russian president to a king from a Buddhist folk tale and voiced support for the ongoing “special military operation” against Ukraine. Putin, in turn, heralded the 40 per cent uptick in year-on-year bilateral trade.
The Holocaust and scripts in Europe: writing on the wall? - New Eastern Europe

4 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Letters and wordsIn post-war Europe, next to no attention has been paid to languages, let alone script. With a couple of exceptions, the norm emerged that a proper nation-state comes complete with its own distinctive national language. In Portugal, the Portuguese language plays this role, in France French, in the Netherlands Dutch (Netherlandish), and in Hungary Hungarian.