Western Balkans and the Return to Arms: Can the EU stabilize the region? Sasa Kulenovic 03/10/2019 Publications, Western Balkans The political climate in the Western Balkans has become more volatile in recent years, characterized by an increase in bilateral tensions and a sharpening nationalist and at times warmongering rhetoric. A... Be More Curious...
Monday Talk with Giulio Terzi, Italy’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ebubekir ISIK 09/09/2019 Beyond Europe As part of our Monday Talks series, we talked with Giulio Terzi, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, about many pressing issues that the EU Foreign Policy is confronted with. Among many issues, we... Be More Curious...
COMMENTARY | New Game-Rules for Nord Stream II Ana-Maria Caminski 06/08/2019 Business, Publications, Russia The idea of a European Union united under common energy policies and energy security strategies, seems to be even more far-fetched, after the amendment of the old Gas Directive (Directive 2009/73/EC), concerning common rules for the internal market i... Be More Curious...
The EU Hybrid Diplomacy Between Deep Concern for Ukraine and no ‘Red-Line’ for Russia Vocal Europe 29/07/2019 Publications, Russia She is graduated with a degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Trieste, Italy. Currently, she is running her master’s degree at the University of Konstanz with a specialisation in ... Be More Curious...
POLICY PAPER | A look inside the Russian Information War against the West Marta Barandiy 17/07/2019 Publications, Russia In the post-truth world of Putin and Trump the international law is being spurned by some states; a development led by the two most powerful permanent members of the United Nation’s Security Council. In t... Be More Curious...
Interview with Marta Barandiy on EU-Ukraine-Russia Triangle Natalia Liagka 09/07/2019 Russia As part of our interview series supported by Science 14, we have talked to Marta Barandiy, founder of Promote Ukraine. Among many relevant issues, we have talked about recent matters related to Ukraine, Russia and the European Union.... Be More Curious...
POLICY BRIEF | Nord Stream II: What’s all the buzz about it? Natalia Liagka 27/06/2019 Beyond Europe, Publications Nord Stream II is a gas pipeline that is planned to start in Russia and end in Germany, passing through the Baltic Sea with an underwater route of approximately 1.200 km, and it will transfer 55 billion c... Be More Curious...
REPORT | A Message for Europe from the President of North Macedonia Carey Bennington 24/06/2019 Western Balkans LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE SPEECH President of North Macedonia, Mr Stevo Pendarovski, recently spoke at an event moderated by Shada Islam and hosted by Friends of Europe in Brussels, Belgium. H... Be More Curious...
Vocal Cast with Henri Malosse on the European Elections Carey Bennington 04/06/2019 Vocal Cast As part of our Vocal Cast series supported by Science 14, we have talked to Henri Malosse, former President of European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Honorary Chairman of Vocal Europe. Among many relevant issues, we have talked about, populism... Be More Curious...
POLICY BRIEF | Which Direction Will Volodymyr Zelenskiy Go? Natalia Liagka 21/05/2019 Beyond Europe, Publications The 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections were concluded on 21st of April. In the second round of the elections two candidates claimed people’s vote, the actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the former President... Be More Curious...
Monday Talk with H.E. Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Ebubekir ISIK 20/05/2019 Monday Talks As part of our Monday Talks series supported by Science 14, we have talked with H.E Jacek Czaputowicz, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, about many pressing issues, including the upcoming Euro... Be More Curious...
A new cooperation for energy security: the U.S. strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean Mariaeugenia Benato 19/05/2019 Business, Publications, Research Area In April 2019, the U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio, Senior United States Senator, announced the establishment of the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act: a quadrilateral e... Be More Curious...
COMMENTARY | How North Macedonia’s rebranded name affects its international position? Aleksandra Toska 16/05/2019 Publications, Western Balkans The collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991 led to the birth of several nation states, with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (henceforth FYROM) being one of the initial offspring. Compared to the rest o... Be More Curious...
Should we expect a Russian disinformation campaign during the 2019 European elections? Natalia Liagka 07/05/2019 Publications, Russia Disinformation is understood as a verifiably false or misleading information that is created, presented and disseminated for economic gain or to intentionally deceive the public, and maybe cause public ... Be More Curious...
Vocal Cast with Péter Balázs, Hungary’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ebubekir ISIK 24/04/2019 Vocal Cast As part of our Vocal Cast series, we have talked to Péter Balázs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and a professor at Central European University in Budapest. Among many relevant issues, we have talked about the accession countries of the Eu... Be More Curious...
A Possible Empowerment of the EU from the US in its Sanctions Policy? Astrid Viaud 20/04/2019 Beyond Europe, Publications A French version of this article will be available in the Revue Défense Nationale (May 2019). The United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on May 8, 2018, and the reinsertio... Be More Curious...
Monday Talk with Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe Astrid Viaud 15/04/2019 Monday Talks As part of our Monday Talks series supported by Science 14, we talked with Dunja Mijatović, Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe (CoE). Vocal Europe's Astrid Viaud conducted the interview wi... Be More Curious...
The Looming Spectre of the 2.0 Nuclearization and the European Union Pavel Vanev 13/04/2019 Inside Europe, Publications The row between the US and Russia over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty began in July 2014, when the US State Department published a Compliance Report, alleging “that the Russian Federation in violation of its obligations under the INF ... Be More Curious...
OPINION | Lessons to learn after the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election Robert Petraru 10/04/2019 Beyond Europe On the evening of 31st March 2019, Volodymir Zelenskiy, former comedian, emerged as victorious in the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election with 30% of the vote. Petro Poroshenko, the incumbe... Be More Curious...
State of war in the upcoming Ukrainian elections Ana-Maria Caminski 23/03/2019 Beyond Europe *Edited by Carey Bennington For as long as they have existed, armed conflicts have simply served as pretexts to mask the hidden interests of an adversary camp or with the intention of escalation that c... Be More Curious...
Kosovo and the EU: The Need for Visa Liberalisation is Growing Alejandra Finotto 09/03/2019 Publications, Western Balkans Just last year, Kosovo was celebrating its 10th anniversary of Independence, which it declared on February 2008 unilaterally from Serbia. Despite having a past marked by conflict, especially given the 1998 national-led uprisings in former Yugoslavia an... Be More Curious...
POLICY PAPER – European Populism Feels at Home in Moscow: the Italian Case Vera Ventura 05/02/2019 Publications, Russia With the recent rise of tensions in the Azov Sea, Russia-EU relations seem to have reached a new low after the Salisbury attack. However, some European political parties, and notably the so-called populis... Be More Curious...
A challenge for New Year: who will buy the Leviathan gas? Ana-Maria Caminski 20/01/2019 Israel The days when treasures seekers were looking for gold are not entirely left behind. If at the beginning of modern epoch, the fighting was for the fields of gold, in our post-modern world is for the fiel... Be More Curious...
An independent Ukraine Orthodox Church: why now? Vera Ventura 15/01/2019 Beyond Europe, Publications In Ukraine, this year’s celebrations for the Orthodox Christmas on January 7 assumed a whole new meaning, as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has now gained its religious independence - or autocephaly - from the Moscow Patriarchate. The official decre... Be More Curious...
OPINION — Beware of Russia’s bilateral cyber world order Marta Barandiy 07/12/2018 Russia This piece, which was first published on Euromaindanpress, was co-authored by Marta Barandiy and Katria Tomko. Russia, the United States, France, and China held secret talks on cybersecurity in Pari... Be More Curious...
COMMENTARY — No option left? In the Azov Sea, the EU is all Talk and No Action Vera Ventura 04/12/2018 Publications, Russia On November 25, Russian border patrol boats seized three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Azov Sea — two artillery boats and a tugboat — as they were attempting to pass through the Kerch Strait and used w... Be More Curious...
OPINION — How Russia may be isolated on energy trade Ana-Maria Caminski 02/12/2018 Russia After the division of Russian empire in the end of First World War, a new concept has appeared in the political field. Intermarium was the answer of newly independent states at the Eastern imperialism. At the beginning, the concept designate a regional... Be More Curious...
POLICY BRIEF — “Elections” in Donbas: more European involvement needed to change the status quo Vera Ventura 25/11/2018 Publications, Russia On November 11, so-called “elections” were held in the occupied territories of Donetsk (DNR) and Luhansk (LNR), in the Eastern area of Ukraine commonly referred to as Donbas. The two self-proclaimed... Be More Curious...
Russia Still Angry about Spanish Missile Joseph Hammond 12/11/2018 Russia RRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that a NATO air patrol in Estonia came close to firing a missile sparking World War III. “A Spanish fighter recently accidentally fired an air-to-air miss... Be More Curious...
Monday Talk with Gabi Zimmer Elisa Telesca 15/10/2018 Monday Talks As Part of our Monday Talks series, we have conducted an interview with Gabi Zimmer, Chair of Conferederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left, to discuss about Brexit, the upcoming European Elections, migration issue, Russia, Tur... Be More Curious...
Macedonia referendum result – everyone rejoices, none is satisfied Sergio Caliva 05/10/2018 Western Balkans Last Sunday, on the 30thof September, Skopje held the most important vote in its recent national history, after the independence which took place in 1991. This time the aim was to settle the three decad... Be More Curious...
Chernobyl 2.0 –The Crimean ecological disaster Sergio Caliva 30/09/2018 Beyond Europe Overnight into the August 24, the Ukraine’s independence day, an ecological disaster in the city of Armyansk in the northern part of the temporary occupied Crimea occurred, close to the administrative b... Be More Curious...
Pension reform: Will Russians have the chance to retire? Clara Berthelot 17/09/2018 Russia Last weekend saw the violent reaction of the Russian police over protests against the pension reform that has been proposed by the government. However, those protests were not the first one to show opposition to the latest pension reform. Indeed it ... Be More Curious...
Looking Globally – Europe with Hard Power Vocal Europe 31/08/2018 Inside Europe There have been a few moments in the last century of Modern Europe’s history that shaped the structure of the continent for the next decades. Without any doubt, World War One and World War Two have trul... Be More Curious...
Four countries, one threat Ana-Maria Caminski 22/08/2018 Inside Europe On the chessboard of the world, every pawn seems to be an important pawn. Especially when the stake of the game is the expansion of the political power by gaining of the old sphere of influence and the ... Be More Curious...
Can Russia gain from a failing Iran deal? Vocal Europe 14/08/2018 Russia This article was first published by Bear Market Brief. It is no secret that Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal has left Tehran in a difficult situation. Emerging from a period of market isolation, the state hoped that the 2015 ag... Be More Curious...
2019 Ukrainian elections, what to expect from Russia Clara Berthelot 14/08/2018 Russia The Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections that are scheduled respectively in March and October 2019 are to draw our attention, especially taking into account the numerous Russian interferen... Be More Curious...
Can cyber attacks cause a major war? Valeria Mingardi 30/07/2018 Inside Europe In the last two decades, the world has seen a rapid digitalization of services, both in civil society and state functions, thanks to the Internet and to the world wide web. As much as this is considered a p... Be More Curious...
Monday Talk with Pierre Vimont on Transatlantic Relations Clara Berthelot 30/07/2018 Monday Talks Following the NATO Summit (July 11-12) and the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki (July 16), we discussed with Mr Vimont, who is former Executive Secretary General of the European External Action Service and a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, about the tw... Be More Curious...
Can the World Cup become a vehicle for promoting human rights? Alessio Tardivo 20/07/2018 The Opinion During the lead up to the World Cup tournament that ended this past Sunday, both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International noted significant human rights abuses on the part of host country Russia. Wh... Be More Curious...
Poland’s dilemma: Euro-scepticism and US cooperation Clara Berthelot 06/07/2018 Inside Europe As Poland is more and more on the conservative side and becoming a tenacious partner in European discussions, it seems, however, that it is open to a deeper cooperation with the United States. Since 2015... Be More Curious...
The Putin club is growing but who will benefit more? Alessio Tardivo 21/06/2018 Russia In recent days, Angela Merkel’s visit in Sochi to meet President Vladimir Putin, followed by Emmanuel Macron’s flight to St. Pietersburg to meet the former KGB lieutenant recently elected President for the 4th time and the visits of Putin himself to Recep ... Be More Curious...
Mitya Maker: Medvedev’s New Cabinet Vocal Europe 25/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia This insight was first published by Bear Market Brief. President Putin met with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday to discuss the structure of the new government. While the full list of Ministers is y... Be More Curious...
Putin IV: Stagnation at Home, Action Abroad? Toni Michel 23/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia Following his re-election on 18 March, Russia’s old and new president Vladimir Putin was inaugurated in the Kremlin on 07 May. Both the dates of the election and the inauguration were deliberately chosen to... Be More Curious...
President Erdogan’s juggling act Robert Ellis 17/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey At Tuesday’s press conference with Turkey’s President Erdogan, the best Theresa May could muster in the form of condemnation of Turkey’s human rights abuses was a pious reminder: “I have underlined to President Erdogan that we want to see democratic values... Be More Curious...
Zapret a manger: Russia’s elites face growing sanctions pressure Vocal Europe 15/04/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia ‘zapret’ (запрет) is the Russian word for ‘ban’. There is much to unpack in the US Treasury Department’s latest sanctions expansion, announced on 6 April. Seven Russians explicitly labeled oligarchs by Tre... Be More Curious...
Baltic States: missed opportunities in global politics Vocal Europe 07/04/2018 Inside Europe We are living in the world where the facts "who makes" and "where it is made" are much more important than "what for" issue. Nowadays the world political scene is divided between superpowers supported by their ... Be More Curious...
Is Vladimir Putin the new archaic face of Europe’s enemy? Richard Senneville 28/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia Lotus Coffman, the fifth president of the University of Minnesota, said: "The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people". And Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served as an Associate Justice of the Su... Be More Curious...
Why 1.5 million Syrians are wanted by the Assad regime? Ruslan Trad 27/03/2018 The Opinion These days data from the Syrian regime leaked out, including lists of people wanted by the authorities. Names count over one million, including mine. The lists include the names of the particular person,... Be More Curious...
What to expect from Putin’s Russia for six more years ahead? Julien Hoez 21/03/2018 Inside Europe In the days following Vladimir Putin’s “electoral victory”, we have seen the usual mix of indignation, humor and derision aimed at the deplorable situation within the Russian Federation. People laugh at Rus... Be More Curious...
