A New Twist in the Spanish Approach to Politics in Venezuela: Podemos in the Spanish Government
During the last pseudo-legislature in Spain, the position that had been maintained by the Spanish government towards Venezuela and its government was not too...
Turkey to Seek Larger Role in the Black Sea and the South Caucasus
As Turkey-Russia disagreements intensify in northern Syria, another theater – the Black Sea and the South Caucasus – is starting to play a bigger...
Italy’s Last Unexpected Eurosceptic Friend: Edi Rama and his “Lesson to Europe”
On March 29, Italian and Albanian media
reported the news of the arrival in
Italy of a team of 10 physicians and 20 nurses from Tirana...
Covid-19: Macron’s conflicting crisis communication
2020
started in France with a strike from the SNCF national railway workers who were
massively protesting against the ongoing reforms of their special pension
system. This...
Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity
The European unity and solidarity stand at the
precipice now: how can the members trust in each other in times of a greater
peril when even...
Russia aids Italy in fight against COVID-19: Why we should be aware
You’ve probably heard this week
that Russia Â- with such ceremony, might I add - sent planes with its military
medics to Italy to help in...
Russian army lends a helping hand to Italy
For the
past three days, Russian military transport planes with medical
specialists and aid on board have been landing at an air base near
Rome to help Italy in the fight...
The Covid-19 epidemics and the issue of Italy’s public debt
How will the
E.U. resources be defined in the near future for the coronavirus issue? The
issue is, in fact, much more complex than we may...
Defeating Systemic Corruption? Anti-Corruption Measures in Post-Revolution Ukraine and Armenia
Ukraine and
Armenia offer case studies on the challenges of recovering from post-Soviet
authoritarian legacy, fraught with rampant corruption.
As a matter of fact, systemic corruption has...
The EU Introduces New Vision for Eastern Partnership States
The EU has published an Eastern Partnership (EaP) policy which outlines
the Union approach for 2020 and beyond towards the six former Soviet states
bordering Russia....