Eastern Europe is a specific region in the European continent because it has been a testing ground of grand geopolitics throughout the last three hundred years. The concepts of partition, spheres of influence, buffer zones, division lines, cordon sanitaire, and limitrophe were not only developed in theory...

The Times of the Troubles has one additional feature: the erection of an enormous and sophisticated system of fortifications and military bases along the entire geopolitical zone of contact, that stretched hundreds of kilometres. The concentration of defence lines and fortifications was maybe the greatest in Europe...

In the history of Eastern Europe, the Lisowczyks hold significance for their extensive raids deep into the Russian territories...

Throughout the centuries, the Eastern European region has grappled with its greatest challenge: the inability to self-organise effectively. Conversely, the great powers have consistently resisted the notion that Eastern Europe can evolve into an independent centre of power...

The main take-away points from the events in Belarus from the summer of 2020 (the unrest of the pro-Western factions of Belarusian civil society) until the current refugee crisis on the Belarusian border with the EU are the following...