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…
A s part of our podcast series, we talked with Igor Bandović about the war in Ukraine and its Impact on the Western Balkans. Mr Bandović is the director of the Belgrade Centre for…
R ussia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine dispelled all assumptions that governed the European security order for the past three decades and raised the (in)security antes to a level not experienced since the beginning…
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,…
A s part of our "Talking Geopolitics" series, we have talked with Ambassador Raoul Delcorde on European Strategic Autonomy in Times of Crises and the impact of Russian Aggression on EU's defence capabilities.
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…
I n today’s podcast episode, we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Susan Stewart, Head of Research Division on Eastern Europe & Eurasia at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) - the…
I n today’s episode we are joined by Moniek de Jong, one of the leading scholars on the international contestation of the Nord-Stream 2 pipeline project. Ms de Jong is currently finishing her…
I n today’s podcast episode, we are pleased as well as honoured to be joined by Ambassador Steven Pifer who is a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin and a…