On 3 December, the European Commission added Russia to the EU’s list of high-risk countries – commonly referred to as the ‘blacklist’ – deemed to have strategic deficiencies in their frameworks for ...

The Russians continue their attempts to completely take over the Pokrovsk conurbation, intensifying their activities in the ...

On 8 December, the Council of the European Union adopted the regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP), which the European Parliament had approved in November.

On 9 December, the Lithuanian government declared a nationwide emergency due to the threat to civil security posed by Belarusian smuggling balloons, which have been active for the past two months.

On 4 December, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy, signalling a profound redefinition of the United States’ role in the world and a shift in the objectives and ...

The federal budget for 2026, adopted by the Bundestag, envisages expenditure of €524.5 billion – €21.5 billion more than in 2025 (see ‘Germany’s budget: increased investment and debt’) – made possible ...

On 1 December, the Russians announced the capture of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. It is ...

According to preliminary results from the snap parliamentary elections held in Kyrgyzstan on 30 November, candidates formally standing as independents but closely linked to President Sadyr Japarov are ...

On 28 November, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (OPU), Andriy Yermak, had tendered his resignation. Earlier that day, agents from the National Anti ...

From 15–17 November, the seventh consultative meeting of the five Central Asian leaders was held in Tashkent. During the meeting, they announced, among other initiatives, the ‘New Central Asia’ plan, ...

In 2025, Turkey reoriented its policy towards Libya, drawing both politically and militarily closer to its former rival, Khalifa Haftar – the leader of the Libyan National Army, which controls the ...

Research fellow in the Department for Germany and Northern Europe, staff member of the Center for Eastern Studies. Previously, she worked at the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in the ...