Eastern Europe - Analytical Digest Series

The Eastern Europe - Analytical Digest Series consists of regular online Digests that provide in-depth analysis of recent events, trends, and developments in Eastern European politics, economics, foreign policy, security, and society.

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The series focuses particularly on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova (including the breakaway region of Transnistria), Belarus, and the South Caucasus states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.

The issues feature original academic and policy-relevant research articles from authors worldwide, complemented by topical statistical data, graphics, and opinion polls.

The Eastern Europe - Analytical Digest Series is produced by a partner network. The core partners are the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, the external page Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO) at the University of Bremen, and the external page Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) at the University of Zurich. Additional institutions participate in specific Digest series.

When a new issue is published, CSS sends out a free newsletter, which can be subscribed to on the respective Digest’s webpage.

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No. 337: Scenarios for Russia's Future

Author(s): Mikhail Troitskiy, William Dixon, Maksym Beznosiuk
Editor(s): Fabian Burkhardt, Vassily Klimentov, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich
Publication Year: 2026

No. 008: Belarusian Democratic Opposition

Author(s): Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina, Radzhana Buyantueva
Editor(s): Nelly Bekus, Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Iryna Herasimovich, Jeronim Perović, Jonathan Raspe, Alesia Rudnik, Olga Dryndova, Heiko Pleines
Series: Belarus Analytical Digest
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich
Publication Year: 2026

No. 005: The Parliamentary Elections of 2025 II

Author(s): Sergiu Lipcean, Dorina Baltag
Editor(s): Dorina Baltag, Jan Matti Dollbaum, Amy Eaglestone, Eleanor Knott, Jeronim Perović, Svetlana Suveica, Daniel Ursprung
Series: Moldovan Analytical Digest
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS); Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; Université de Fribourg
Publication Year: 2026

No. 336: Nuclear Arms

Author(s): Peter Rutland, Asya Cooley, Skye Cooley, Valerii Pekar
Editor(s): Fabian Burkhardt, Vassily Klimentov, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES); Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich
Publication Year: 2026

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