Think Tanks Essentials
In a time when events change daily, it’s important to see beyond the headlines. That’s why the team at Eastern Europe Youth Empowerment Space (EEYES) created Think Tanks Essentials — a magazine that gathers key ideas and insights from the world’s leading analytical centers.
Our goal is to show how expert analysis helps explain current processes and forecast the future.
The magazine will be published monthly and will serve as a reliable source for deep understanding of global developments. Each issue will feature analysis of major trends in world politics, reviews of leading think tanks’ research, and explanations of the processes shaping the present and the future.
For everyone who strives to understand the world more deeply, Think Tanks Essentials is a source of analytics, a forecasting tool, and a way to see what lies behind the news. Because behind every event, there’s context — and we aim to uncover it. This is just the beginning. More to come.
The first issue — “Think Tanks Essentials – Issue №1 (October 2025)” — is dedicated to the key challenges facing modern Europe. Europe once again stands at a crossroads.
Can NATO deter Russia if the Kremlin tests the limits again? Is Europe ready to take on more risks in a world where the U.S. has become a less reliable ally? And what is Ukraine’s place in the new security architecture? In this issue, we’ve gathered analysis from leading international research centers — Chatham House, RUSI, EPC, IRIS, IISS, SWP, and others.
Among the featured materials: “Checkbook Diplomacy” in EU–U.S. relations in the Trump era, “The Shadow of Munich over Washington: Is the West Repeating Historical Mistakes?”, an overview of large-scale Russian sabotage operations against Europe’s critical infrastructure, four scenarios for the future of transatlantic relations, new debates in the EU on security guarantees for Ukraine, and much more.
The focus topic of this issue is Europe’s energy and climate security. We explore how to move from emergency responses to systemic solutions that will shape the continent’s future.
Can Europe simultaneously resist Kremlin aggression and reduce its own energy dependence? This issue examines the challenges that are already shaping a new world order. Think Tanks Essentials helps you see more than just the news — because behind every event, there’s a deeper context, and we’re here to reveal it.
Issue No. 2 – November 2025
Issue No. 2 – December 2025
Issue No. 1 – October 2025
For now, Think Tanks Essentials will be published in Ukrainian to stay close to our audience. However, an English-language version is already in development — to make regional analysis accessible to a wider international readership.
This is just the beginning of a great journey into the world of ideas, research, and insights that shape our present and our future.
Stay tuned and discover new meanings together with Think Tanks Essentials!