President Putin and his henchmen at Gazprom are playing a mean game of poker, planning to use an artificial gas shortage this winter to extort pipeline concessions from the EU. But if the West plays its hand...
August 2021
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Volodymyr KopchakKarabakh and the trap of analogies
Я пишу не для того, чтобы просить тебя прийти, я пишу, чтобы предупредить: я всегда буду ждать… Фредерик Бегбедер...
Agil RustamzadeIntelligence and Security Services Reform and Oversight in Ukraine – An Interim Report
In this article, we will look at three intelligence services of Ukraine and recent developments in their legal, managerial, and oversight structures: the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU – Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrainy SBU...
NGRNHow relevant the threat of Central Asian militants from Afghanistan?
Ситуация в Афганистане продолжает ухудшаться. По данным СМИ Талибан контролирует центры семи из девяти северных провинций страны. У правительственных сил остались Мазари-Шариф и Меймене – центры провинций Балх и...
Sherali RizoyonAzerbaijani gas as a challenge for Gazprom’s dominance on the markets in Southern and Southeastern Europe
The Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) of the European Union has become operational since the start of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline in 2021. Greece, Bulgaria and Italy already have access to gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah...
Plamen DimitrovPrincipled pragmatism is a tricky guide for the EU foreign policy towards the South Caucasus
It has been a while since the concepts of “resilience” and “principled pragmatism” colonized the EU foreign policy discourse, gradually eroding Brussels’ identity as a normative power in the South Caucasus. Pragmatic...
Mahammad MammadovChina’s Great Game in Afghanistan won’t be a Duplication of the Past
Since President Biden announced that the United States troops would withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11, the world has watched how to handle remaining “the Afghanistan Question” in the post-U.S...
Wang LiThe hot political summer in Bulgaria is full of surprises (Part Two)
After these negative public reactions, Trifonov and his men took a slight step back, withdrew their nominee for Prime Minister and promised to comply with the criticism. However, after their election victory over GERB...
Vassil SotirovExpert Society Opposes Russian Occupation of Crimea
The Summit, which will officially launch the Crimean Platform, will take place on August 23 in Kyiv. First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Japarova is convinced that the Crimean Platform is an...
Igor Levchenko