WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow David J. Kostelancik and communications intern Andrew Raynus: * * * Europe Can Coax Albanian Reform Protests in Albania have reignited arguments about endemic corruption. Can Europe help provide a remedy? * Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku and other senior officials have been charged with corruption, leaving the country split on how best t  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by Walter Clemens, associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and a professor emeritus of political science at Boston University: * * * Putin's Contradictions Have a Poetic Precedent The writings of a 19th Century Russian poet can help explain the shifting sands of Vladimir Putin's relationship with the West. * After the fall of the USSR in  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by journalist and geopolitical analyst Matthew Fulco in its China Brief Notes: * * * Beijing Reacts To Panama Setbacks Executive Summary: * Since 2025, Panama has pushed back against the People's Republic of China's (PRC) influence in its region by leaving the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and cancelling Hong Kong firm CK Hutchinson's port concessions on the Panama Canal. In the meantime, Pa  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement released the following testimony by Jane Stoever, law professor at the University of California-Irvine, from a May 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies." Stoever is also the director of the Law Domestic Violence Clinic, Initiative to End Family Violence, and co-chair of the Orange County Domestic Violence Death Review Team. *  more