Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2016

Subject

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2016.

Significance

The collapse of the political left underlines a populist shift in the Central European-Baltic (CEB) political landscape. This is unlikely to reverse, owing to geopolitical tensions across the EU arising from the migrant crisis. South-eastern Europe (SEE) will remain in heightened volatility in 2016, weakened by international crises and problems of governance, corruption and ethnic division, the major flashpoints being Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia.