What awaits Ukraine after US presidential elections?
Who is the man that Kiev wants in the White House - Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden? For a country like Ukraine,...
Azerbaijan-Russia Ties Face Increasing Challenges
Russia-Azerbaijan ties face increased challenges as Baku accused Moscow of purposefully stoking the conflict by providing arms to Armenia. It is notable that this...
An occasion for the EU to reaffirm its standing on Security policies and Human Rights
Vice-President of the EU Commission Margaritis Shinas was a keynote speaker at this summer’s Diplomatic Conference in Vienna organised by the International Institute IFIMES,...
Metternich: The visionary reconstructor of Europe and champion of conservatism
Klemens Von Metternich early life and orthodox ideas
Klemens Von Metternich was born on May 15, 1773, into the House of Metternich, a German noble...
Democratic Backsliding in the Visegrad Four: Examining the Illiberal Turn
The initial years of the post-communist era reflected a promising beginning of the consolidation of democracy in the Visegrad Four countries. Slovakia, the only...
France one-sided Liberalism- a new tide of Islamophobia
It seems as if the liberal values and liberal political culture in France is only for the certain factions of the society. In the...
Putting People in Control of Their Land to Realize Ukraine’s Potential
Land reform will allow Ukraine to capitalize on its economic potential and improve the lives of Ukrainian people – but a lot still needs...
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orban’s Authoritarianism
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orbán’s Authoritarianism
In the initial days of novel coronavirus outbreak, with it localised to only a few provinces...
Conflict in the Mediterranean: What explains Turkey’s aggressive stance?
The Eastern European nations of Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been embroiled in a battle of invectives over the exploration of gas deposits in...
The Turkey-Cyprus-Israel area and Greece
With a view to understanding how Erdogan's Turkey thinks strategically, we need to analyse the recent evolution of Turkey's political system, together with its...