This issue of Diplomaatia is devoted to problems in Eastern Europe, discussing both the region as a whole and shedding light on the circumstances in selected countries and sub-regions.

According to a conventional analysis, Hungary’s politics could be treated as a straightforward contest between the left and the right, assimilating the Western or even specific local – British, French or German – meanings of...

Historical gratitude – to a certain extent yes, but love – no way

The 100 days between the time when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania de facto recovered their independence in August 1991 and the moment when the Soviet Union dissolved in December of that year into 12 newly independent states played...