New Eastern Europe

New Eastern Europe is a unique bimonthly news magazine focused on the happenings in Central and Eastern Europe. Our editorial team operates out of Krakow, Poland. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the City of Gdansk, the European Solidarity Center, and the Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe. The aim of New Eastern Europe is to foster discussions, deepen understanding, and promote dialogue on the challenges facing countries that were once part of the Soviet Union or influenced by it. Unlike a traditional academic journal, we adopt a journalistic style, featuring commentary and analysis from a range of contributors including journalists, experts, analysts, writers, historians, and both Eastern and Western political figures.

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The Holocaust and scripts in Europe: writing on the wall? - New Eastern Europe

6 days 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.
Armenia’s geopolitical awakening: a democracy caught between empires

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

As the old world order collapses and new spheres of influence take shape, Armenia — long seen as a Russian satellite — is rapidly becoming one of the most exposed democracies in the world. Pressured by authoritarian neighbours, abandoned by old alliances, and uncertain of new ones, Armenia now sits at the fault line of a global disorder defined less by law and more by raw ambition.
Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe: a return through the back door?

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Despite increasing repressions at home, Azerbaijan formally remains a member of the Council of Europe, though engaging only with selected branches of the institution. No one seems to be interested in changing the status quo. This approach not only undermines the legitimacy of the institution as a whole but also dashes hopes of Azerbaijani political prisoners regaining their freedom. Can you have your cake and eat it too? Azerbaijan has proven that it is possible in the Council of Europe.
American-Russian rapprochement as a threat to Europe

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

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The death of frozen conflicts: why Ukraine must win

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

For decades, Russia and other authoritarian regimes have mastered a simple yet devastating strategy to control their neighbours: invade, occupy a portion of their land, then stall the war through endless diplomacy. The pattern is familiar, with military aggression followed by a ceasefire that legitimizes territorial gains, all framed as a negotiated peace. The West, eager to avoid escalation, has repeatedly played along, treating these uneasy pauses as a form of stability.
The complexity of the peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

After 35 years of conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan have drafted a peace treaty, finalizing the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, a few days after the public announcement, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of preparing for war, naming ceasefire violations as the issue. Since the European Union’s local monitors have not confirmed the incident, it creates the impression that Azerbaijan is spreading disinformation, searching for a reason to justify all means of rejecting the peace process.
Solidarity in crisis offers hope for a peaceful Balkan future - New Eastern Europe

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

The Balkans has long been a region marked by rivalries, political tensions and unresolved historical disputes. Nationalist narratives, ethnic and religious intolerance, and territorial claims have often defined relations between neighbouring countries in the region. As it takes only a few loud voices to stir up intolerance among the many, nurturing good relations is more challenging in practice.
“All wars come at the expense of human life. No one thinks about the little man”

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

The writer, journalist and human rights activist Polina Zherebtsova spent ten years of her childhood and youth caught up in the wars declared by Russia on the Chechen Republic, which dreamed of independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. She described her experiences from that period in poignant diaries, several novels and poems. She warns the world about the Kremlin, totalitarianism and violence, which are indispensable parts of every sphere of Russian reality.
Poland is defending Europe from Russia’s hybrid war

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Situated on the vast European plain, Poland often fell prey to its larger neighbours’ territorial ambitions throughout history. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 all but confirmed to Poland that the place on the map it had long fought for cannot be taken for granted. Donald Tusk, who returned as Poland’s prime minister in 2023, has acted swiftly to drive the western response to a renewed confrontation with Russia.
The dark heart of Russia's faith: a review of Lucy Ash’s The Baton and the Cross

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

I met Lucy Ash, the author of The Baton and the Cross, in July 2023 on a trip to Svyatohirsk Lavra, a mountain monastery in Ukraine’s embattled east. Its shrapnel-ridden white walls overlooking the picturesque Siverskiy Donets river testified to its recent tragic history. Yet it was an episode from ten years ago that drew the accomplished reporter to this holy – or rather unholy – place.