Europe

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...

Opportunism and July’s Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup

By mid-July, within days of the latest flareup in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a flurry of articles written by Azerbaijani think tank members...

From Prussia to Germany: Bismarck’s Foreign Policy

Before Bismarck helmed the German stewardship, the German areas were fragmented into many a piece— this included two major exceptions: Hanover governed by the...

Defying Geography: The Israel-Azerbaijan Partnership

Fighting in July between Armenia and Azerbaijan caused many casualties along the border, and the governments of the region fear an escalation to the...

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