This will be the year of spatial politics, when EU-style regionalism is forced to compete with Eurasian spheres of interest and a range of other geospatial labels.

If the Cold War was an all-male affair, the current conflict between the EU and Russia is very much female versus male. But it’s a conflict that is by no means inevitable.

Tensions in eastern Ukraine do not mark the start of a new cold war. But they may be the prelude to a global conflict that is deeper, wider, and colder still.

Amid the excitement over the appointment of the next generation of EU leaders, a curious and eclectic lexicon has emerged among the inhabitants of the Brussels bubble.

For Eastern Europeans in particular, the EU’s raison d’être is nothing if not geopolitical. That is something the union’s next foreign policy chief needs to understand.

Poland has the potential to play a pivotal role in a new transatlantic relationship. But Warsaw’s Western partners must learn to understand what makes the country tick.

As the EU prepares to draft a new justice and home affairs program, leaders should listen to Eastern Europeans’ concerns about demographic trends and population shifts.

The Ukraine crisis has prompted Western leaders to invent a new diplomatic language. Here is a lexicon of the most useful phrases that make up the West’s new rhetorical repertoire.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to call on Poland and Turkey to forge a common European future. Although risky, a genuine bilateral partnership could benefit both nations.

The breakdown in relations between Britain, France, and Germany has strengthened Poland’s hand. Now, Warsaw needs to explain what it wants to do with its new power.