Author and independent journalist, Catherine Wilson, journeyed across eastern and central Europe from Romania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia to Hungary from late 2024 to the early months of 2025. Along the way she explored the many questions she had about how Europe was changing and evolving around the Ukraine war that had been raging for three years. The resulting e-book comprises six chapters that delve into the background of the Ukraine war, the legacy of the years after 1989 and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the EU's reckoning with its 'Independence' moment, the trends of democratic electoral outcomes in the past two years, the rise of far-right populist politics on the continent and concluding insights about the ways in which Europe's future is unfolding. Personal observations combine with key interviews, research and historical insights. Factual and context-rich. Written for a general audience.'Russia's War and Europe's Revival' is also the inaugural publication of an e-book series, entitled 'Wide World Reports,' that seeks to provide time-constrained readers with facts, expert perspectives and insightful dives into some of the critical global events and issues in our world today. Written for a general news-interested audience.
