D uring the Cold War, the Arctic was a centre of Soviet-American tensions due to nuclear missiles at the North Pole. After the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet…
A s part of our Talking Geopolitical Podcast Series, we have talked to Ms Marie-Anne Coninsx, the first EU Ambassador for the Arctic and a Member of the Board of Directors of the International…
T urkey will go to the elections somewhere between May and June 2023. However, it is not possible to say that the elections would be held in a democratic environment. The 20-year Erdogan Administration…
R ussia’s decision to invade Ukraine has resulted in an unprecedentedly quick succession of sanctions emanating from the European Union and the United States. Ignoring previous practices that favored a linear and gradual enhancement…
W e are now entering “The Age of Encounter” — as argued by Hans Kribbe in The Strongmen.[1] In other words, it is an age of encounters with other “great powers” and seemingly irrational and…
E nergy security is a multidimensional concept because it carries the dimensions of availability, affordability, technological development, environmental sustainability, and governance.[1] The interpretation of these dimensions of the energy security changes according to whether…
WEBINAR
T he Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - that is threatening the very principles of sovereignty and democracy - has abruptly challenged the European security order, just as the continent was rising again…
I n the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis, EU-Russia relations have undoubtedly been severed. The Russian conflict in Ukraine heightened ‘longstanding tensions’ within the Western Balkans[1]. The Western Balkan Six comprises of Albania,…
I t almost seems surreal: Less than 20 years ago, in his first mandate as president, W. Putin was a frequent visitor to Brussels, even raising the question of an EU accession for…
D reaming of the end of history, Europe awakened by the return of geopolitics in its direct Neighbourhood. With President Putin’s landmark speech at the 43rd MSC in 2007 challenging the post-Cold War…